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