Hole 1

Mount Vernon Triangulation

Sponsors: Mount Vernon Triangle CID and Steuart Investment Co.; Designer: E/L Studio; Builder: Think Make Build, FLOR, and Independent Custom Metalworks

This course highlights Mount Vernon Triangle, an up-and-coming area within the District of Columbia. Triangulation, or determining a location by measuring angles from known points, is naturally derived from the intersections of Massachusetts Ave., New York Ave., and New Jersey Ave. The course lays flat at rest, but when the golfer stands on the platform to tee off through obstacles, the course is activated, and simple machines are revealed. This hole aims to not only map a D.C. neighborhood, but also to become a lesson in triangulation and angles.

Par: 3

Hole 2

The Evolution of the Office

Sponsors: American Society of Interior Designers and Teknion; Designer: Determined by Design; Builder: DAVIS Construction

Our hole looks at "The Evolution of the Office." The way we work has changed significantly over the years: for many, the days of being tethered to a desk in a cubicle are gone.  We’ve seen the evolution from old desk to personal computers, to laptops, to wireless technology. Today, people can be connected all day long with smart phone devices and tablets without needing to step foot into the office. Now that work is no longer confined to office, the sky (or the local park bench) is the limit.

Par: 2

Hole 3

Malleable Green

Sponsor and Designer: Wiencek + Associates Architects + Planners; Builder: Hamel Builders

In a very simple form, "Malleable Green" represents our future—our changing environment and the challenges it presents. Malleable means "to have a capacity for adaptive change"—indeed, the future is all about change, evolution, and the ability to adapt. In the future, designers of our buildings and our cities will use data-driven metrics to focus on moving targets and conquer obstacles toward achieving sustainable goals in order to create more positive living environments.

Par: 3

Hole 4

The Future's Looking Up!: Green Roofs as our New Urban Playgrounds

Sponsor and Designer: Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS LLP; Builder: Monarc Construction; Additional contributors: ABC Imaging and Interface

While golfing on "The Future's Looking Up," we hope that participants reflect on the importance of green roofs. Green space is a precious commodity, particularly in the midst of a dense, growing, urban setting like Washington, D.C. Among the many benefits of green roof spaces are: creating landscapes for recreational uses, providing local produce through urban farming, and even establishing habitats for dwindling bee and avian populations. This movement also helps to beautify views of a mostly low-lying D.C. skyline.

Par: 3

Hole 5

Tomorrow's Water

Winner: Best Design Award

Sponsor: American Society of Landscape Architects; Designer and Builder: Jason Granado, lead, with Jaeeun Cho, Brian Green, James Hanger, and John Whilden of the Virginia Tech Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center

"Tomorrow's Water" takes on the waterways of the future. A watershed is an area of land where water collects and flows into a stream, a river, a lake, or another large body of water. Whether it's the little rise that drains the rain off the front yard, or the valley that carries a river from the mountains down to the sea, watersheds are at work all around us. Landscape architects help control, absorb, filter, and clean runoff to improve the health of watersheds across the country, including D.C.’s Anacostia and Potomac Rivers.

Par: 3

Hole 6

outSMART the GRID

Sponsor: IEEE-USA; Designer: Inscape Publico; Builder: Glass Construction

Our golf hole, “outSMART the GRID,” reflects the modernization of the electricity delivery system. By applying modern computer, control, and communications technologies to the electric grid, engineers are improving utility operations and providing customers with valuable information. By striking the ball, you generate power and simulate the flow of electricity. Once the ball reaches the hole, the lights represent feedback about your energy use. Do you think you can “outSMART the GRID?”

Par: 3

Hole 7

Imagination Powers the Future

Winner: People's Choice Award
Winner: Fun Factor Award

Sponsor, Designer, and Builder: Hargrove, Inc.

Our hole, "Imagination Powers the Future," is a celebration of kids and creativity. From imagination and daydreams, ideas are generated that grow, get developed, get built—and have the power to shape our future. Play is a source of positive power, just like renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. We hope you have fun, celebrate the power of imagination, and keep drawing and dreaming!

Par: 3

Hole 8

Ledoux for Two

Sponsor: Linder & Associates Event Architects; Designer and Builder: District Design

Called "Ledoux for Two," our hole refers to the utopian lineage of the sphere. Spheres consistently appear in historical and contemporary projects that explore the outer limits of modernity and utopianism, such as in the work of the French neoclassist Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), whose dramatic proposals seem structurally and conceptually modern today. By enabling two players to race to the hole, this design explores the inherent “un-sidedness” of a sphere, while also speeding along the line for subsequent mini golf holes!

Par: 3

Hole 9

PARticipatory TERRAIN

Winner: Online Favorite - Blue Course

Sponsor: The JBG Companies; Designer: Landscape Architecture Bureau; Builder: Harkins Builders

"PARticipitory Terrain" requires your golfing group to take a position on a specific issue. Before starting this hole, read the question on the screen and answer for your group by placing one of the rods between the two poles that represent 'assent' or 'dissent.' The resulting configuration, a spatial opinion-map, encourages you to engage with the issue of the day as you navigate the dynamic datascape. Building the future is a collaborative act.

Par: 3