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Hope Haven Café Hope & Hope Farm
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Hope HavenCAFÉ HOPE & HOPE FARM
A Project Of
CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS
A Collaboration With
THE TULANE CITY CENTERNEW ORLEANS FOOD AND FARM NETWORK
Led By
MARCELLA DEL SIGNORE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, TULANE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vision
Siting
Context
Program_Part 1: Café Hope
Program_Part 2: Hope Farm
Program_Part 3: Jeff Care
Acknowledgments
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VISION
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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 ofpromoting 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.
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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 Café 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
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Westbank Expressway Madonna Manor/Hope Haven site
Harvey Canal no.1 Industrial Canal
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CONTEXT
E Adjoining the eastern edge of
the site is the West Jefferson
Medical Center, the largest
full-service medical complex on
the West Bank. Proximity to the
hospital inherently increases site
safety
S Directly south of the site lies a
standard suburban neighbor-
hood, consisting of mainly
single family houses. The
neighborhood counters the
other, larger-scaled surrounding
environments.
W Along the western bounding
highway is Archbishop Shaw
High School, an all-male Catholic
school. The nearby school could
team with Hope Haven, provid-
ing volunteers, classes and other
services.
N Immediately north of the site is
the elevated West Bank Ex-
pressway, lines by commercial
establishments on both sides.
Proximity to the Expressway
ensures easy vehicular acces to
the Hope Haven site.
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ground thirdsecond
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main
cafeexpansion
courtyard
residential
administration
cafe
kitchen
program distribution
Madonna Manor building at Hope Haven Campus
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PROGRAM_PART 1: CAFÉ HOPE
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.
ceiling with lowered portions above screen
interior screens filter natural and artificial light
furniture organized in linear bands
kitchen
office
deck access
existing structure
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above: a rendering of the interior of Café Hope
right: plan of the café
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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 adifferent 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 waiting-seating 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.
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top: interior view of Cafe’ Hope
from the bar / gift shop area
right: interior view of Cafe’ Hope
from the seating area
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PROGRAM_PART 3: JEFF CARE public living area
two units with private bathbelow: jeff care plan
four or two units(depending on arrangement)
operable walls
diningoffice area
living unit
living unit
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above: programmatic axon
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second floor: living unit, detail plan
bedroom
bedroomwith private bathroom
bedroomwith private bathroom
bedroom
living area
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.
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left: second floor, administration,
detail plan.
right: second floor, kitchen area,
detail plan.
library/reading room
officeoffice
officeoffice
office
office
day room
meeting room
family/computer room
dining area
storage
kitchen
refrig.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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our thanks to:
research and design team:Marcella Del Signore, advising professorKristian Mizes, TCC internTravis Bost, TCC internJason Liu, TCC internThomas J Bogan, TCC intern
consultants:Pierre Stouse, structural consultantMike Ducote, electrical consultantChuck Sardi, mechanical consultant