MSoA — ARCH673 — W23
The Neighbourhood
Wellness Hub
Providing access to medical services in a community-oriented space, rooted in the N.C.C.’s legacy of care
by Anastasia Jaffray
Healthcare x Community Space
Little Burgundy’s Neighbourhood Wellness Hub combines the daily use of practical healthcare spaces with a diverse range of community-based activities. It is a lively public place where the community can foster an expanded sense of wellbeing and support that can only be created by the neighbourhood itself.
Working at the intersection of community space and wellbeing, the Hub invites the community to re-interpret what lies in between the public and the private, the domestic and the institutional, and memory and future.
The architectural approach is to carefully reimagine the interstices both
through the programming of the proposal and the spatial resolution of soft,
adaptable spaces. By designing in between spaces where social programming and
healthcare programming meet, the proposal aims at allowing community users to
define - and, with time, redefine - a sense of health and wellbeing through
community action rooted in a sense of place - on an historically significant
site, centrally located and connected to other spaces of community life.
Accessing healthcare services in Little Burgundy
The combination of healthcare and community programming is a response to the
need for accessible medical services within Little Burgundy and the community’s
desire for adaptable multipurpose spaces that can accommodate their changing
neighbourhood.
The need for medical services in the community is well known. After the closure of the CLSC in Little Burgundy, the closest CLSC is located in Saint-Henri. Annotated archival drawings of the N.C.C. floor plans include the remark ‘CLSC?’ on the ground floor, indicating interest in the combination of the N.C.C. programming and the CLSC model of care.
The need for medical services in the community is well known. After the closure of the CLSC in Little Burgundy, the closest CLSC is located in Saint-Henri. Annotated archival drawings of the N.C.C. floor plans include the remark ‘CLSC?’ on the ground floor, indicating interest in the combination of the N.C.C. programming and the CLSC model of care.
In 2014, the Coalition de la Petite-Bourgogne spoke with the community and found that community members were obligated to leave their community to access medical services. The community also weighed in on what they would like to see in the future. The most popular future action items as voted by the community were providing access to drop-in medical and mental health services, providing support and information about food and social services, and combatting poor air quality by improving urban environments.
A network of care
Walkthrough and map of the Sentier de la Petite-Bourgogne, connected public indoor and outdoor spaces.
The proposal imagines a community centre that focuses on neighbourhood health and wellbeing, combining regular daytime use with events-based programming. Inside and outside the building, neighbours are always meeting neighbours.
Ground floor plan of the Neighbourhood Wellness Hub.
Ground floor plan program description. 
Ground floor plan showing the combination of amenities and how they interact.
Long section showing grain of community spaces running through the site.
Cross section through medical amenities, showing two distinct types of consultation rooms and the entry hall looking out to the public garden.
