Ryelec Automation, who had worked with them before, built the whole home around KNX, with Savant touchscreens and phone control on top. Every room’s switch works the same way, with Bright, Soft and Off, so guests can use the house without being shown how. A rooftop weather station tells the home when to tilt the outdoor louvres, close the rooftop glass skybox in rain or wind, and adjust irrigation.
The home is also built to be efficient. A geothermal system, with six 100-metre boreholes, heats and cools the home, pool and spa, and works with the solar and battery storage. There are invisible speakers throughout, even in the steam room and bathrooms, and buried subwoofers outdoors. A hidden cinema sits behind a bookcase door in the library. Downstairs there’s a wellness level with a gym, sauna, ice bath and steam room, plus a cellar with tasting area and an X-Golf simulator. Security, cameras, the intercom and a garage door that sinks into the floor are all controlled from the same Savant app.
The team concealed the theatre behind a hidden bookcase door and used a fixed acoustically transparent screen with a full LCR speaker configuration, dual subwoofers and ceiling-integrated surround and height channels behind it, delivering calibrated, immersive sound without a single visible speaker.
The team brought every internal and external light into KNX with DALI used extensively for high-resolution dimming and flexible grouping, allowing precise scene tuning and future adjustment as the clients continue to live in and refine the space.
The team programmed hydroponic grow lighting to follow natural sunrise and sunset cycles, allowing the plants to thrive underground while introducing greenery, softness and improved air quality to the space.
The team used Sonance invisible speakers embedded throughout these high-moisture environments, with close collaboration between the builder and design team to ensure the Venetian plaster and lime-based finishes used in several rooms would still allow sound to pass through cleanly.
