New York team beats RMJM to design shelters for stray cats

Brooklyn-based collaborators Co Adaptive Architecture and architect Kathryn Walton have won a competition to design a shelter for New York’s stray cats.

The team beat six other practices including RMJM in the second annual Architects for Animals competition, part of the non-profit Mayor’s Alliance for New York City’s Animals.

All the participants donated their prototypes to the cause. There are said to be more than 10,000 stray cats in New York City.

Co Adaptive, a design firm that supports socially and environmentally beneficial work for non-profit organisations, teamed with architect Kathryn Walton, founder of a street cat charity, to come up with the winning shelter.

Built from recycled materials, it includes a pressure sensor, LED light, and a radio transmitter that lights up when occupied and sends information to a base station that records the weight of the cat and the duration of its stay.

 

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