Building projects speak to a future orientation and evoke images of progress and improvement: they require a vision for what is ahead and a confidence to anticipate what will be required by inhabitants who possibly, at the time of conception, do not even exist.
In the case of Blinkbonnie House, the vision began with the 1998 Master Plan, which forecast an expanded centre for early learning. The specific plan to construct a building that would support a contemporary, Reggio Emilia inspired program for girls in Kindergarten to Year 1 evolved more recently and it has been my great privilege to expand this vision, work with the architects to develop the detail for its design and completion, and to see realised a space which will not only house our youngest learners, but provide purpose built performing arts spaces for our senior girls as well.
The Blinkbonnie House project embodies our core values at Lowther Hall. It involved many people across and beyond our school community working for a common good; it was supported by a spirit of philanthropy; it both embraces the future and celebrates our past; it demonstrates excellence through effort – in planning, design, construction and fit out; but most of all, it was driven by the goal to create the best possible learning environment for the girls who will occupy it. It has been a joy to be involved with each stage of the project and now to see our students reaping the benefits of this wonderful new space.
Ms Elisabeth Rhodes, Principal
