Senior Centre Wins Prestigious Architecture Award

During the school break, architects BVN, were awarded the prestigious William E Kemp Award for Educational Architecture at the NSW Architecture Awards for their work on the Senior Centre – what we already know is a simply outstanding building.

The Award Jury said, ‘With an eye on the future of collaborative work-place environments the Senior Centre enhances learner-centred design principles by providing daylight-illuminated spaces that enable students to take increasing responsibility for their own learning and be more self-directed in how they shape their learning experience. Open areas have successfully blurred the boundaries between spaces such that staff and students are often working side by side in their preparation time. The glass pods suspended throughout the building encourage senior students to make the most of the opportunity for private study, small group study or meetings with teachers. There is a harmonious and successfully realised balance between open collaborative spaces, performance, practical and more traditional spaces.’

In reality, the Senior Centre offers so much more than beautiful spaces. It provides our girls with a view to their future work places and facilitates the style of learning that will equip them with the skills they will need to be adaptable and flexible.

Of course, we are proud of the awards the building has so far received, but my pride comes from knowing that our girls are using the spaces as they were designed to be used: to work as a team or seek a place for quiet study. During Illuminate last week, the girls transformed the building into a stunning gallery to display all manner of art and it looked absolutely stunning. I was so proud that I sent the architects several photos to show them how their creation is now working for us so brilliantly.

– Lisa Moloney
Principal

For more information on the Architectural Awards, please click here.