T he W omen ’ s C ollege —
the LANGLEY PRECINCT PROJECT A place for the next generation of female leaders in Australia
“An encouraging and supportive environment in which to live…” What the new precinct delivers
New Sibyl Centre
The Langley Precinct development will bring a new benchmark in facilities for students and guests of the Women’s College and the University of Sydney. The first major building program to be undertaken in over forty years, it will enhance the College’s reputation for scholarship, leadership and professional development.
Founded on the principles of equal access, the Women’s College has played a significant role in educating women in Australia. Gesturing visually to this history, the landmark new Sibyl Centre will be a hub of learning, creativity and dialogue, adding to the intellectual, social and architectural heritage of the College and the University.
“The Langley Precinct Project with the new Sibyl Centre will be a place for the next generation of female leaders in Australia to grow in, learn in and lead in. I can’t wait to come back and visit to see the improvements the Langley development will make to my once dear home which has shaped me as the leader I am today.”
“I have found Women’s to be a place that fosters a supportive and encouraging environment in which to live. With the development of the Langley Precinct and new Sibyl Centre, I know that the College will further enable Women’s students to explore their potential while at university.”
(ALISHA KING, SENIOR STUDENT 2013)
(GABRIELLE ROYLE, SENIOR STUDENT 2015)
“Greater opportunities to enrich the College and university experience…”
A snapshot of the new Langley Precinct New second library with integrated learning spaces Music practice rooms & architecture/art work areas Social/meeting/lecture space for up to 300 students Refurbished student accommodation (140 rooms) with new common areas Three beautiful large private gardens for students Conversion to a state of the art conference facility in summer Indoor and outdoor events spaces Satellite catering kitchen Full disabled access across the site
Fundraising
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The Langley Precinct Project is a $25million development and with your support we seek to raise $5million from our alumnae and friends for this project.
(Top left) Artist’s impression of the new Sibyl Centre in the Langley Precinct. Image courtesy m3 architecture. (Above) Model of the Sibyl Centre and Langley Precinct. Photograph: Scott Cameron.
Help us ensure that our students are living and learning in a beautiful, comfortable, contemporary environment, continuing our College’s impressive history into the future. Together.
Together, help us reach our fundraising goal.
Sibyl Over a century ago the first College Principal, Louisa Macdonald, commissioned a play to mark the College’s 21st birthday. An ambitious project, the play titled A Mask was first performed with great ceremony on the front lawn of College in 1913. In classical literature the figure of Sibyl represents female wisdom and foresight. As the central figure of A Mask, Sibyl presides over a pageant of historically significant women and looks towards a future when women’s burdens are shaken off. The College’s academic journal took the name Sibyl in 2013. Women’s College has been a stronghold of female education and professional advancement since 1892, encapsulating in its walls both the history of women’s higher education in Australia and a cogent promise of its future. Naming the new research centre in the Langley Precinct Development The Sibyl Centre gestures to the generations of female leaders who have studied here, connecting the College’s important cultural heritage with its promised future.
“The development of the Langley Precinct and construction of the new Sibyl Centre will provide greater opportunities for collaboration, performance, study and socialising to enrich the College and university experience for current and future students.” (REBECCA HOLDT, SENIOR STUDENT 2014)
Images (Above) Dancers on the College front lawn in the 1932 performance of A Mask. (Right) The College crest in sandstone, Main Building. (Front cover, left to right) Senior Students Rebecca Holdt (2014), Alisha King (2013) and Gabrielle Royle (2015). Photography: Scott Cameron
For information contact The Principal’s office T +61 2 9517 5002 E secretary@thewomenscollege.com.au www.thewomenscollege.com.au