The Buenos
Aires Country Club is a 27 hole golf course with a limited number of
private residential home sites looking onto the course. The club
hosted the Argentina Open, and South American Amateur, two of the
most prestigious events in South America, in successive weeks, in
December 1994, one year after opening. In December 2000, the course
hosted the EMC World Cup Team Championship won by Tiger Woods and
David Duval.
As the lead
architect, in charge of design and construction observation, Kelly
Blake Moran designed a system of interconnected wetlands and lakes,
including some that were adjacent to elevated fairways. The
fairways were sloped and drained to the lakes and wetlands. Also,
large, out of play areas of the course were planted with native
grasses that were established, and require little supplemental
irrigation. This accomplished three important goals. First, it
removed from intensive maintenance and irrigation large areas of the
golf course and placed it into low maintenance wetlands, lakes, and
native grass areas. Second, most of the golf course surface area
drains to the lakes so the water can be used for irrigation. Third,
the fairways remain in good condition because all surface water is
quickly diverted to swales, wetlands, and lakes, thus the course can
be enjoyed even during inclement weather.
Achieving the
client's goals is the first priority. At the Buenos Aires Country
Club, the solutions designed to accomplish the client's goals
simultaneously contributed to creating beautiful landscapes.
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