Imperial Klub Golf at Lippo Karawaci

When we designed the Imperial Golf Course at Lippo Karawachi we wanted an original golf course which not only related well to its surrounding community but which was a creation that was actually part of this community. As Master Planner for the project we were looking for identity. I determined that a formal island surrounded by an equally formal lake, surrounded by a more relaxed golf course would form a strong identifying symbol for the community. The course itself has a theme history of Indonesia, and this was told by overt symbols which hark back to the symbols on the Old Course in St.Andrews, Scotland. The strategic value of the holes are independent of these symbols but also owe allegiance to St.Andrews. The course is designed so that each hole is a separate event, an individual theater where every golfer can give his maximum performance. We were determined not only to make the course a work of art but to arrange it so that the golfer could have once of the best days of his life when he played Imperial.