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Animal-supportive homes move beyond an human-centric view to embrace a more inclusive design philosophy that recognizes and values the place of animals within our built environment. Creating an animal-supportive home requires a multifaceted approach to architectural and design practices that prioritizes the well-being of animals alongside those of humans. | Animal-supportive homes move beyond an human-centric view to embrace a more inclusive design philosophy that recognizes and values the place of animals within our built environment. Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios include several features of animal-supportive architecture that integrate the living needs of cats into the home, which, collectively, have significant therapeutic value for the residents as well.<!-- | ||
Creating an animal-supportive home requires a multifaceted approach to architectural and design practices that prioritizes the well-being of animals alongside those of humans. | |||
Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios include several features of animal-supportive architecture that integrate the living needs of animals into the home. Although these features are all designed to benefit animals, living in an animal-supportive home has enormous therapeutic potential, because not only can it improve the experience of living with animals, but far more importantly, it can allow some people to have all the benefits of animal companionship who otherwise could not due to the challenges that come with trauma recovery. | Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios include several features of animal-supportive architecture that integrate the living needs of animals into the home. Although these features are all designed to benefit animals, living in an animal-supportive home has enormous therapeutic potential, because not only can it improve the experience of living with animals, but far more importantly, it can allow some people to have all the benefits of animal companionship who otherwise could not due to the challenges that come with trauma recovery. | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 5 August 2025
Homes That Heal
The Haven Homes project is part of an effort to develop new ways for housing to better serve individuals and society. So far, through this project we have built two trauma recovery housing facilities for women:
Haven House
A safe, relaxing group home for women undergoing partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient trauma therapy. Designed for health, harmony, and happiness with emphases on natural materials, art immersion, and animal companionship.
Cloud Nine Studios
Small, quiet apartments with nearly all the features of a full home, sized for a single individual. Designed especially for long-term healing from serious trauma for women who wish to live on their own or with up to three cats.
What Makes These Homes Different?
Living in these homes is unlike being anywhere else. Some of these differences come from management practices, like our quiet policy or the free benefits for people with cats. Hundreds of other differences are built into the environment to create a truly unique living experience. These differences fall into three broad categories:
Trauma-Informed Design
Trauma-informed design is an emerging, multidisciplinary approach to creating spaces that are safe, supportive, and conducive to healing for individuals who have experienced trauma. Here, practically all aspects of the environment have been made through the lens of trauma-informed design, ensuring its most basic tenets were followed before branching out.
Therapeutic Beauty
Building on this foundation, we aimed to create an inherently therapeutic environment, i.e., one where people experience specific, measurable psychological benefits. Specifically, we set out to identify the most prevalent barriers that could possibly be mediated through environmental changes and take steps in the home environment to help break down those barriers.
Animal Support
Animal-supportive homes move beyond an human-centric view to embrace a more inclusive design philosophy that recognizes and values the place of animals within our built environment. Haven House and Cloud Nine Studios include several features of animal-supportive architecture that integrate the living needs of cats into the home, which, collectively, have significant therapeutic value for the residents as well.