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Battor Country Club is a master plan golf and tennis resort community situated along the banks of Volta River in the village of Battor in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa .
The country club will sits on approximately 100 acres of land between the Volta River and a seasonal creek. The club is designed to provide exclusive recreational facilities for a growing segment of the population interested in resort facilities close to Ghana ’s Capital city of Accra .
This design competition will draw on the talents of interested landscape architecture and design students in major colleges and universities across the US.
Registration
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Name:
Email:
Contact Address:
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Eligibility
Competition is open to ALL including students and professionals.
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Awards and Prizes
A jury will select one first prize and two honorable mentions.
The winner(s) will win:
The owners maintain the right to continue with developing the design using the actual team members at their discretion.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should not include any name, logos, or markings that identify the entrant and or team. All authors are to remain anonymous placing their information in a sealed enveloped fixed to the back of the competition boards.
Information should include: The name of all participants including school affiliation and student year.
All submissions become the property of the Battor Country Club Design competition. As no provisions will be made for work to be returned it is highly recommended that work be documented and saved.
A selected jury of professionals will be selected at a given time to award the competition winners. The jury has full discretion to ascertain the completeness, content, and resolution of the entries. The Jury will also be responsible for checking that all entries comply with the competition guidelines.
The winning entry design will show:
- 18 hole Golf course at least 6,500 yards total course length
- Large Practice Green(s) close to the club house
- Driving Range
- 20 unit townhouse
- Tennis Courts
- Jet Ski and Boat docking station by the river
- Club House
- Bar
- Club House Store and offices
- Conference Center
- Spa
Site proposals should include scaled plans of the design scheme, with at least one
cross section through a major space. Appropriate graphics and text should be applied
with emphasis on perspective views highlighting the experience that would be the
Battor Country Club and Resort. Graphic techniques are entirely at the discretion
of the competitors. Scale drawings should include a graphic scale and a north arrow.
You will be provided:
- Still pictures and video of the land (see links below)
- Surveyor’s measurements and topography graph (upon request)
Work should be mounted on rigid, lightweight boards, preferably foam core.
Submissions should be no more than three boards each 30” x 42”.
On the back of each board should be the sealed envelope with team information.
All juried information must be adhered to the boards. Separate models and diagrams
(not included graphically or through photography on the board) will not be considered
as part of the presentation.
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Packaging and delivery of Submission
Please send submissions by mail to:
Battor Country Club
Suite 1000
3505 Bridge Mill Court
Norcross , GA 30092
All submissions must be mailed to the above address with a postmark no later than
October 15th, 2007 . Hand delivered submissions must be received prior to 5:00 p.m.
e.s.t. , on October 15th, 2007 .
Submissions sent by U.S. Mail, express company, or by private courier service must be
postmarked by the deadline stated in the previous paragraph. Competitors are advised
to consider an express mail service that can guarantee delivery in one or two days.
It is recommended that materials be sent by registered mail, FedEx, UPS, or other
means that allows the sender to track the status of the materials. Inquiries about
deliveries should be addressed to your chosen delivery service.
For answers to your questions please email:
BattorCountryClub@hotmail.com
BattorCountryClub@yahoo.com
Live Chat on MSN & Yahoo Messenger to answer your questions.
Saturday June 16, 2007 12 noon EST
Saturday July 14, 2007 12 noon EST
Saturday August 11, 2007 12 noon EST
Saturday August 25, 2007 12 noon EST
SUBMISSION DEADLINE October 15th, 2007
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About Battor and the Volta River
Battor is a village of about 10,000 people located about 45km from the heart of Ghana ’s capital, Accra . From time immemorial the people of Battor have settled along the banks of the Volta River engaged in farming and fishing activities.
During her 54 year reign as Queenmother of the Battor Traditional Area, the late Mama Ehui Asieku III brought economic and social development, national prominence and attention to an already vibrant, storied and proud culture. Today that legacy continues in the hearts and minds of the Battor people.
The people of Battor celebrate two major festivals annually to commemorate their history and culture. The “Tsitsoryi Festival” celebrates their endurance after Volta River floods that nearly wiped out the village many years ago, while the “Hogbeza Festival” celebrates the heroism their forefathers demonstrated in epic battles.
The Volta River it is said is the route by which the people of the ancient kingdom of Ghana fled south from the Islamic invaders in 1076. It was discovered by the early Portuguese traders who reached the coast of West Africa in 1471 and gave the river its name Volta , which means "to meander".
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