Hope Haven Café Hope & Hope Farm 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 1: CAFÉ HOPE ceiling with lowered portions above screen

Café Hope will be a fully operational full service restaurant located in Madonna Manor at 52 acre Hope Haven Campus 1101 Barataria Blvd. Marrero, LA. The Café will run as a social entrepreneurship business model that will offer job skills and life skill training for at risk youth. Café Hope will work in partnership with Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. Hope Haven Inc. will be formed as the umbrella corporation that in addition to Café Hope will include Hope Farm, a sustainable biodiversity farming model to support the café. The restaurant concept is to buy local products, cook healthful foods and be green friendly. Café Hope will also partner with Jefferson Parish Juvenile Services and Jefferson Parish Judges to support court mandated juvenile itineraries. The Café and the program will develop some of the historical vision of Monsignor Peter M. H. Wynhoven who founded the campus in 1925. The café will act as a collaborative platform for community and through involvement help revitalize this iconic Westbank Architectural Landmark.

interior screens filter natural and artificial light

existing structure

furniture organized in linear bands

kitchen

office

deck access

above: a rendering of the interior of CafĂŠ Hope right: plan of the cafĂŠ

Café Hope acts as one of the main agent to revitalize the campus and to promote new activities that will connect Catholic Charities programs with the community. Located on the ground floor of Madonna Manor, its strategic location allows different possibilities to reconnect the interior courtyard with the outdoor space of the Hope Farm. To promote visual and operational continuity, the café opens toward the courtyard and the outdoor space through large glass windows able to filter light in a different ways. The theme of light becomes instrumental in the development of the interior organization. The café is structured along five bands (oriented along the courtyard-outdoor area direction) to emphasize the connection of the interior space with the outdoor activities of the farm.Two large screens filter natural light and at the same time wrap two compressed zones.The idea is to utilize a continuous strip generated by a series of layers of curved sections to recreate a sense of visual continuity and at the same time absorb light mutation.

The curved sections generate different visual effects depending on the visitor’s location in the space. The two screens wraps two compressed zones where communal table are placed to maximize social interaction and to be used for teaching during the training program. The long strips of translucent and transparent glass windows aim to maximize the use of natural light and to save as much energy as possible to fully take advantage of the day-light coming from the courtyard and the outdoor area. Also artificial lights are placed on the ceiling to direct illuminate the dining area. The overall space is organized around a series of sub-programs: dining area used also as a teaching and learning area, entry area organized as a bar and gift shop, interior waitingseating area along the glass windows, two points of sales and outdoor seating. Existing support programs are directly connected with the café: kitchen and manager office on the east side and additional dining and catering area on the south side.

top: interior view of Cafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hope from the bar / gift shop area right: interior view of Cafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hope from the seating area

PROGRAM_PART 3: JEFF CARE

public living area

two units with private bath

below: jeff care plan living unit

operable walls office area

dining

four or two units (depending on arrangement)

living unit 42

above: programmatic axon 43

Jefferson Care Center Program is reorganized on the 2nd floor of Madonna Manor .The program will provide emergency/temporary shelter for homeless people. Four living units are developed on the Nord and South side of the building. Each living unit contains one living area, two rooms with private bathrooms and two rooms with operable walls to maximize the use and occupancy. Also a series of service spaces such as laundry, storage, private bathrooms are incorporated within the living space. On the east side, the existing clinic is converted into a kitchen and dining area to serve the families. On the west side, offices and a series of shared services (library, reading, computer, family and day room) provide communal spaces for the occupants.

bedroom

living area

bedroom

with private bathroom

second floor: living unit, detail plan 44

bedroom

with private bathroom

library/reading room office left: second floor, administration, refrig.

office

office office

kitchen

detail plan. right: second floor, kitchen area, detail plan.

dining area

meeting room

office office day room storage

family/computer room

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