Educan School for Dogs, Humans and Other Species in Spain. Rainwater troughs serve dogs and birds, while inside, acoustic panels reduce noise and carpet caters to the students’ paws
Spanish architects Enrique Espinosa and Lys Villalba are the brains behind the project. They consider the changing nature of agricultural buildings – and how they could become more innovative – in their approach to the school, which aims to be ecological, following principles of The building puts animals, not humans, at the centre of a design that considers all aspects from an animal’s point of view. Floors are designed to be trodden by paws, not shoes, with a dog’s sensitive pads accounted for.