The bachelor theisis deals with spatial needs of indoor cats. It looks for possibilities to improve their habitat, through exploring their nature, habits, motor and other life needs in coexistence with the needs and desires of caregivers. It focuses on designing modular cat furniture, aimed at improving the quality and quantity of their living enviroment. The final solution is furniture consisting of 5 parts, which can be assembled, combined and moved by the user-administrator, thus assigning them various functions: a bed, an observatory, a hiding place, a scratcher or a connecting link. It is mounted on a wall or ceiling, thus satisfying the instinct of cats to stay and observe their surroundings from high positions. The furniture is ergonomically adapted to cats, but also takes into account human needs, such as cleaning and maintenance of the furniture, and co-using parts of it for other purposes.
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