Hope Haven Farms by Small Center

Hope Haven CafĂŠ Hope & Hope Farm

Hope Haven CAFÉ HOPE & HOPE FARM

A Project Of

CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS A C ollaboration With

THE TULANE CITY CENTER NEW ORLEANS FOOD AND FARM NETWORK Led By

MARCELLA DEL SIGNORE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, TULANE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

Vision

Siting

Context

10 Program_Part 1: CafĂŠ Hope 18 Program_Part 2: Hope Farm 42 Program_Part 3: Jeff Care 46 Acknowledgments

VISION

The Tulane City Center partnered with Catholic Charities to develop a programmatic strategy for Madonna Manor building located at the Hope Haven Campus. The project integrates three community based programs (Jefferson Parish Care Center, Café Hope and Hope Haven Farm) in one cohesive plan to help revitalize and reactivate the Campus. Jefferson Care C enter will provide temporary shelter for homeless people and programs to reintegrate families in the community. Café Hope will be a fully operational service restaurant and will run as a social entrepreneurship business model that will offer job skills for at risk youth. Hope Haven Farm will develop a sustainable biodiversity farming model to support the Café and to promote initiatives to produce and buy local products. The Farm and Café will act as a collaborative platform for the community to help revitalize the iconic Westbank architectural landmark. Hope Haven Campus and in particular Madonna Manor is in urgent need to develop a cohesive strategy that could act as a catalyst to revitalize campus life and to promote a sustainable model to benefit community at large. Hope Haven Farm and Café Hope represent the staring point to develop this vision and to engage Monsignor Peter M. H. Wynohoven’s orginal mission of promoting and supporting social justice. The Cafe’ and the Farm will support each other in terms of infrastructure and resources through the production and promotion of healthy and fresh food. The Market also becomes an attractor point for the community promoting local economy and agricultural education. Combined with Café Hope training program for at risk youth, the farm acts also as a learning model of a sustainable urban farm creating a reference for future city-wide innovations. 5

SITING

Madonna Manor is part of Hope Haven Campus located just off the Westbank Expressway on Barataria Blvd. 1101. In 1925 Monsignor Peter M.H. Wynhoven founded this historic complex consisting of 13 Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings thought to be the largest in the South. Madonna Manor is the main building of the entire complex. Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, true to the historical vision, is committed to incorporate within the campus an array of community based programs. Hope Farm and CafĂŠ Hope is part of the continuous effort to continue to establish and develop programs for the community of the immediate Westbank area but also for the New Orleans community at large.

Hope Haven

Westbank Expressway

Madonna Manor/ Hope Haven site

Harvey Canal no.1

Industrial Canal

CONTEXT

W Along the western bounding

N Immediately north of the site is

Adjoining the eastern edge of

S Directly south of the site lies a

highway is Archbishop Shaw

the elevated West Bank Ex-

the site is the West Jefferson

standard suburban neighbor-

High School, an all-male Catholic

pressway, lines by commercial

Medical Center, the largest

hood, consisting of mainly

school. The nearby school could

establishments on both sides.

full-service medical complex on

single family houses. The

team with Hope Haven, provid-

Proximity to the Expressway

the West Bank. Proximity to the

neighborhood counters the

ing volunteers, classes and other

ensures easy vehicular acces to

hospital inherently increases site

other, larger-scaled surrounding

services.

the Hope Haven site.

safety

environments.

program distribution

main

residential

administration courtyard

cafe cafe expansion

ground

3 second

kitchen

third

Madonna Manor building at Hope Haven Campus

PROGRAM_PART 2: HOPE HAVEN FARMS

The design approach aims to integrate multiple functions within the area to attract community and to reconnect the already existing programs located at the Hope Haven campus. The farm area is divided in two main zones: the one close to the north entrance of Café Hope and a second one located between Barataria Blvd and 10th Av. A one way road is created to provide an independent access to the café and the farm. The farm is organized through a grid that denes and separates the main functions. The first aim is to locate different activities in the area close to the café to integrate as much as possible the farm with community activities, such as market and learning programs. The area close to the north side of the building contains an array of activities such as herb farm, market, seating areas, all integrated within the larger idea of the campus use. The market will play a key role in generating economic support for the farm and the cafe’ itself while at the same time attracting community to the site.

HOPE HAVEN FARM

MARKET +HERB FARM

CITRUS GROVE

CAFÉ HOPE

The second and larger area will be developed through a sustainable farming model with the idea to use the production for CafĂŠ Hope and the market. The idea is to generate continuous interaction between visitors, community, workers, and people who operate in the Campus. The main vision is to generate programs that seek as much as possible the integration between the farm, the people that operate it and the visitors.

BBQ + recycling

parking

pavillion

entrance

market

herb farm

seating

Hope Farm

green wall

signage

MADONNA MANOR

LEARNING PAVILION

right: replicable panel opposite: plan detail 21

HOPE FARMS: MODULE PavillionMATERIALS Panel Infill 1/2

1_food photos

2_water jet template

1_food photos

2_water jet template

HOPE FARMS: Pavillion Panel Infill 2/2

3_colored plastic behind 3_colored plastic backing

4_panel & plastic overlay 4_panel & plastic overlay

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opporsite: exploded axon of pavilion layers

Colored Polycarbonate Panel Colored Polycarbonate

Steel Tube S tructure Steel Tube

Panels

Structure

Chainlink Screen Chainlink Screen

Vegetation Vegetation

Colored Polycarbonate Panel Colored Polycarbonate Panels

Perforated Metal Screen Raster-Perforated Metal Screen 27

opposite: exterior pavilion perspective below: pavilion transverse section

below: interior pavilion perspective opposite: pavilion longitudinal section

MODULE DEVELOPMENT HOPE FARMS : Herb Garden Evolution

TYPICAL: TYPICAL ground level

: on the ground

EASE OF USE: OF USE EASE raised to table height

: raised to table height

HYBRID: HYBRID : from ground to table

from ground to table

EXPLODED MODULE COMPONENTS HOPE FARMS : Module Components Removable Canopy REMOVABLE CANOPY

Herb Farm HERB GARDEN Seating

SEATING

Market Area MARKET AREA

Wall GREENGreen WALL 33

HOPE FARMS : Module Variations

MODULE CONFIGURATION

A A

C C

HOPE FARMS : Module Plan

18’ canopy

seating

planter bed

20’

seating

right:module plan 35

below:module perspective of front

below: module perspective of rear

MODULE MATERIALS

PERFORATED SHEET METAL -- Water jet-cut sheet metal creates image of different items sold at farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market.

COLORED POLYCARBONATE -- Used alone or in strips layered behind the perf. sheet metal, the polycarb. adds color, durability, and rain protection.

H F Exploded Axon

VEGETATION -- Varying plants can grow up the chain link walls to create visual enclosure for the sides of pavilion.

CHAIN LINK SCREEN -- Typical chain link fencing allows for plant growth and can be easily cut & afforded.

STEEL TUBE -- Hollow tube can be attached at joints to create a rigid frame & allows for easy attachment of infill panels.

METAL MESH -- Laid on the g define the mark areas of the gar

ground to ket and seating rden module.

MARINE GRADE PLYWOOD -- Serving as the surface upon which the soil for the herb garden will rest, marine wood is extremely strong and can withstand moisture & insects.

PERFORATED SHEET METAL -- Water jet-cut sheet metal creates image of different items sold at farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market.

COLORED POLYCARBONATE -- Used alone or in strips layered behind the perf. sheet metal, the polycarb. adds color, durability, and rain protection.

STEEL TUBE -- Hollow tube can be attached at joints to create a rigid frame & allows for easy attachment of infill panels.

STEEL CABLE -- Easily spans between and attaches to tube frame to create a green wall.

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Greenwall Shade

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H U MOD LES Market Greenwall

Seating Herb Farm

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

our thanks to: research and design team: Marcella Del Signore, advising professor Kristian Mizes, TCC intern Travis Bost, TCC intern Jason Liu, TCC intern Thomas J Bogan, TCC intern consultants: Pierre Stouse, structural consultant Mike Ducote, electrical consultant Chuck Sardi, mechanical consultant