The client’s vision was minimalist and intuitive. The home’s concrete, glass and timber architecture, sitting right by the sea, was meant to be the star, so Bridger Automation kept the technology out of sight. There are no walls crowded with switches, and the equipment lives in a ventilated services room instead of in the living spaces. Everything is controlled through Control4, from touchscreens, engraved keypads or a phone.
Day to day, the house simply responds. Lighting and climate adjust to who is in a room and the time of day, and the blinds and curtains follow “Morning”, “Evening” and “Goodnight” scenes. Music plays through 14 zones across all four levels. “Party Mode” puts the whole house on one playlist at the touch of a button, while the children can listen to Spotify in the playroom and the parents stream a podcast in the master suite. The pool and spa are part of the system too, so the spa can be heated on the way home.
The coastal setting posed challenges. Salt air is hard on electronics, so outdoor speakers and sensors are marine-grade and weather-sealed. The concrete and steel structure blocks Wi-Fi, so Bridger designed a commercial-grade network with hard-wired access points, so devices stay connected as you move between floors.
A commercial-grade Araknis network was deployed with multiple hard-wired access points strategically positioned and verified through pre-wire heat map analysis, enabling seamless roaming across all four levels without signal drops.
IP-rated outdoor enclosures and marine-grade coatings were used for external sensors and speakers, while marine-grade outdoor landscape speakers were specifically selected to withstand the corrosive coastal conditions.
Digital audio extenders pulled audio directly from the smart TVs and fed it back to the central matrix, keeping sound perfectly synchronized across adjacent zones like the kitchen and alfresco.
The Triad 16x16 digital matrix's built-in 16-band equalizer was used to digitally tune each zone, rolling off harsh high frequencies that would otherwise bounce off glass walls.
