The Animal Foundation Dog Adoption Park

Photo credit: Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects

Land Use & Community

The Regional Animal Campus is located in a nondescript urban setting adjacent to an abandoned water-treatment plant. The site was donated to the Foundation to be used for the new adoption center. As the major pet adoption center and free pet clinic in Clark County, the Regional Animal Campus is one of the most heavily visited public facilities in the region. The campus plan reduced the number of existing visitor parking spaces and added carpool parking for full-time staff. Although the campus is located adjacent to multiple bus lines, most visitors arrive by automobile.

The iconic character of the adoption bungalows and the center’s campus design has transformed the former water-treatment plant’s urban void and established a local identity unique to the facility and the neighborhood. The campus approach also enables the facility to handle many visitors in a comfortable and uncrowded manner with exterior public circulation and kennel viewing walks shaded by roof overhangs and freestanding photovoltaic canopies. Further enlivening the campus, visitors are encouraged to bond with prospective pets on familiarization walks on campus grounds.

Green Strategies

• Support for Appropriate Transportation
  • Provide access to public transportation
  • Provide vehicle access to support car and vanpooling
• Property Selection Opportunities
  • Select already-developed sites for new development

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