Esperanza Wellness Campus in Chicago, Illinois by JGMA

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Esperanza Health Centers is a community health system whose mission is to promote healthy lifestyles and improve health status through the provision of high-quality care and wellness services. Emphasizing prevention and education provided by a bilingual and culturally diverse staff dedicated to overcoming the barriers faced by underserved communities. Esperanza meaning hope in Spanish is living up to its name.

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• Architects: JGMA
• Project: Esperanza Wellness Campus
• Location: Chicago, Illinois

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Esperanza envisions a world where community residents will be served regardless of immigration status, race/ethnicity, income or insurance, and will be able to realize their full potential through optimum health. Therefore, this new facility materializes the client’s mission and vision. Understanding that health is a combination of physical, mental and spiritual balance, the new Esperanza Health Center focuses on creating spaces for healing and wholeness.

It is the building that this community needs to heal, flourish and feel supported. JGMA designed a fully accessible building that is a contemporary community health center, providing critical services that are currently lacking in this southwest area of Chicago. By teaming up with local specialty care and community-based organizations the new facility will house comprehensive healthcare and utilizes forward-thinking design to attract and unite the surrounding community.

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Where once an unyielding concrete slab stretched for an entire city block, has now been transformed into a new clinic with outdoor walking and community garden spaces. Fostering community interaction by welcoming and supporting the growing student population that surrounds this site. The ground floor has been designed to draw in visitors to the building, blurring the interior and exterior. This flowing and open lobby plan, at the most predominant corner of the site, will become the central and vibrant hub of the facility.

Within the building are areas dedicated for community use: a pharmacy, a teaching kitchen used to promote healthy cooking, a large community meeting room for lectures and other educational activities, and maybe most importantly new therapy spaces for Mujeres Latinas En Action (MLEA).

One need only visit the intersection at 47th Street and California Avenue to understand the impact that Esperanza has generated. The reinvestment in this corner of Brighton Park is awe-inspiring in just the short time since Esperanza announced their plans for this building.

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Tags: Chicago, Illinois

Categories: Campus, Health Center, Wellness Center

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