BACKGROUND
Featured in the prestigious Street of Dreams luxury show home tour, this speculator Longwood Florida residence features 13 distributed audio zones, 48 zones of lighting, 21 user interfaces, 10 integrated subsystems, and over 200 hours of expert programming. The impressive home technology design provides total home control and client customization in virtually every room.



CHALLENGE
Integrating the client's old system into his new home while expanding its capabilities.

DISCOVERY
The client already had an audio/video system in his prior home but he was unable to enjoy it properly. He was not content with the user interface of the old system and craved ease-of-use. He was looking for a consistent user interface that was customized and drew inspiration from the feel of his Rolls-Royce Phantom. The personalization was an important component of the client’s requests.



SOLUTION
The mix-and-match nature of the project created several barriers during the installation phase. We did not perform the original system design or pre-wire and were brought in to complete the project at the finishing stage prior to the Street of Dreams show. Because of this, we were unable to start designing a system from the ground up, with the client’s end goals in mind. We were fortunate that the home was already well wired but design sacrifices also had to be made, for example, we had three racks in the living spaces that normally would have been consolidated at the head-end. The system itself is comprised of 13 distributed audio zones and five distributed audio/video zones, 21 user interfaces, seven control processors, 10 integrated subsystems, over 200 hours of programming and one easy to use touch panel design.

RESULTS
Without any knowledge of who would live in the home, the project just started as a show home system for the tour. When originally designing the system, we had no knowledge of who would ultimately be living in the home and utilizing the system. Once the home was purchased, we better understood the new homeowner's needs and were able to integrate his existing equipment into the home. This resulted in a state-of-the-art electronic system with unique capabilities.