Overview
Your dog-child shuns the common doghouse you expect it to live in, and this leaves you feeling hurt and confused. But luckily Dogchitecture, a new exhibition in Mexico City, is presenting revolutionary doghouse proposals by ten design firm to help dogs feel at home.
It must have been interesting getting inside the mind of man's best friend to create these functional and visually intriguing puppy palaces. Inspired by Kenya Hara's Architecture for Dogs project, which paired designers with a particular breed for all kinds of unexpected results, the firms exhibiting in Dogchitecture include BNKR Arquitectura, Rojkind Arquitectos, Broissin, PRODUCTORA, a-001, Taller 13, PMS Arch Buro, ROW Studio, Laboratorio Arquitectura Básica and ESOS.
Polyforum Siqueiros in Mexico City hosts the exhibition until August 18 2013, when it goes on the road. Below is a look at some of the proposals on offer to tempt the fastidious chihuahua in your life.
Productora 'Pencil House'
PRODUCTORA's 'Pencil House' aims to please the eye.
a-001 'Tangle Nest'
a-001's Tangle Nest looks fun and interactive, like those alarming foam pits you used to be forced to leap into during gym class.
ESOS 'El Wokdog'
This ESOS doghouse is called "Wok" by day, cosy "Igloo" by night.
BNKR
BNKR Arquitectura channels dogs' enjoyment of burrowing and chasing their own tails.
Broissin
Broissin's proposal bypasses functional concerns and opts for aesthetic bewilderment, befitting the more esoteric dog.
Beneath One Fern
And here is Beneath One Fern, hosted by Zach Galifianakis.
Via PSFK