The project builds on the research developed in Digital Domestication: Dog TV, which examined how media technologies are used to entertain dogs and relieve stress and separation anxiety when dogs are left alone at home.

A House for Dogs responds spatially to this condition by transforming a 1950s House and Garden into a contemporary dog daycare for a newly developed neighbourhood. The project reimagines domestic space from a dogs perspective with a design that creates an enriching environment that encourages self-directed activity and exploration.

A central ramp system, paired with lower side floors, playfully negotiates the scale of dogs. The house unfolds into a sequence of distinct zones, ranging from interactive, social areas to quieter, retreat-like spaces. Dogs move freely between cool, sheltered basement areas, tiled bathing platforms and warm, intimate attic niches. Running through the entire structure, the ramp becomes a shared circulation spine and contact zone, where human and dog paths intersect and interactions naturally occurs.