{"id":2642,"date":"2025-09-27T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:00:16","slug":"anduhyaun-emergency-shelter-by-lga-houses-domestic-violence-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/anduhyaun-emergency-shelter-by-lga-houses-domestic-violence-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter by LGA houses domestic violence survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toronto studio LGA Architectural Partners<\/a> has created a shelter<\/a> for Indigenous women affected by domestic violence, ensuring the building and interiors honour their traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter arose from a partnership between LGA<\/a> and Anduhyaun, the owner and operator of Toronto’s only Indigenous Violence Against Women shelter.<\/p>\n

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From the entrance to the Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter, a winding corridor connects a series of rooms for intake, counselling, Elders, and staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Our collaboration has created a one-of-a-kind space that honors Indigenous traditions, with a focus on themes of revitalisation and transformation,” said LGA.<\/p>\n

“These themes are brought to life through formal and material choices that reference elements strongly associated with healing and nourishment: water, earth, and sky.”<\/p>\n

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Doorways are recessed so as not to interrupt the flow of the curved blue-tiled walls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new 1,102-square-metre centre has 18 rooms for women and their children, and a variety of resources to help them heal and recover from their experiences.<\/p>\n

The ground floor includes rooms for intake, counselling, Elders, and staff, which unfold along a river-like corridor lined with blue tiles.<\/p>\n

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A communal kitchen and dining room provides a space for residents to prepare and eat meals together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doorways are recessed back from the curved walls so as not to interrupt the flow of the “moving stream”.<\/p>\n

At the end of this corridor, a light-filled communal kitchen and dining area open to a private garden beyond.<\/p>\n

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A shingle-clad circular room accommodates ceremonies, meditations and gatherings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here, the tiles give way to cedar shingles arranged in a spiralling pattern “evocative of waves and shapes that emerge and change” according to LGA.<\/p>\n

“This is a vibrant shared space where residents cook with autonomy or together while engaging in the shelter community.”<\/p>\n

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Radial-patterned wood flooring converges in the centre of Nookomis, in which the walls are coloured sumac red<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wood flooring across the main level is laid in a radial pattern that converges at the centre of a circular room known as Nookomis \u2013 “grandmother” in the Ojibwe language.<\/p>\n

This space is used for ceremonies, meditations, meetings and other gatherings, and its walls are coloured sumac red to create an intimate feel.<\/p>\n