Saint Anne’s, which has been providing service to women since 1908, recognized and wanted to meet the need of young mothers emancipated from foster care and needing transitional housing and support.
ONYX collaborated with the St. Anne's building committee to craft a design that would meet their programmatic needs and would also unite the disparate parts of this urban, neighborhood campus.
Housing, counseling, training and a child-care facility comprised the building program to be constructed within the existing urban setting.
An L-shaped structure completes the campus and creates a greatly needed common open space.
The first floor of the building has a 10,000 square-foot Childcare Center designed for 100 children from infants through preschool.
The first floor also contains support functions for the 38 transitional apartment dwellers on the second and third floors.