This project was completed in association with Kuch Stephenson Gibson Malo Architects and EngineerThe Sister Margaret Smith Addictions Treatment Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario provides residential and non-residential services for the treatment of addictions including drug and alcohol, gambling and eating disorders, amongst others. The new building has been arranged around two landscaped courtyards and incorporates offices, classrooms, research facilities, residential units and a multi-denominational sacred space for clients, the Thunder Bay community and beyond.
The Centre has been designed to support the Core Values of the St Joseph’s Care Group which are: compassionate and holistic care, dignity and respect, faith based care, inclusiveness and truthfulness and trust. This is most evident at the main hall of the building known as the Hall of Recovery which organizes the three main components of the program in a dignified, calm, welcoming and comforting setting. Three large round roof windows, looking to the heavens, represent the Windows of Hope: one for each of the mind (therapy rooms), body (gymnasium) and soul (spiritual space).