In 2025, the global animal health market reached approximately 70 billion dollars, and this figure is projected to double by 2033. Behind this figure, however, lies a quiet transformation within the built environment, with veterinary hospitals serving as a prime example. This typology, which for decades occupied the backrooms of improvised clinics and pet shop annexes, has increasingly developed its own architectural language and identity. It represents the architectural consolidation of a bond that has lasted for over 15,000 years.
This connection between humans and animals runs through the entirety of human history, playing a role even in major evolutionary leaps such as language and toolmaking. Domestication was, in a sense, learning how to cohabit.
