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BEAUTIFUL BAUFRITZ
Picture courtesy of Baufritz UK Ltd
UK based installer GES Digital used an array of attractive products and a KNX base to deliver the aesthetics and control needed in this stunning new build by German eco house creator, Baufritz. In the business of home and commercial automation systems since 1997, GES Digital is one of the most experienced installers of smart building systems in the UK. Company MD, Iain Gordon, explains, “We cut our teeth shopfitting for some of the UK’s and Europe’s biggest operators. From leisure, to retail, games arenas to interactive TV studios, we covered just about everything. As the business and the market developed, we also moved into delivering smart home and audio-visual systems right across the UK. During this journey the KNX system and brands like Jung have been a mainstay of our offering.” As for this particular project Iain explains, “We help deliver a large number of projects for Baufritz. On this project, known as Woloszczuk, we came on board to deliver a modern smart home system to match the cutting-edge design and eco credentials of this beautiful home. “The project was won based on a pre-agreed pricing schedule set in place in advance for two years. We also had to demonstrate our ability to see a very large
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project through to completion. And in doing so, won all the ancillary elements of the project. This included CCTV, access control, AV, garden works and a host of interesting and unique ideas.” Iain adds, “The brief was flexible to start, but as time progressed, the client drilled down into their chosen elements which we had to come up to speed with very rapidly in order to meet their needs. Thankfully the KNX system and in particular Jung helped us do that.”
THE HOME
of Neoclassicism.” Its creators say House Woloszczuk is designed as a merging of these two distinctly different architectural styles. The home has in excess of 8000 ft.² of living space over four floors. Designed in vertical sections, each floor is conceived as a terrace or platform, meaning that the house does not have a conventional basement, but a lower ground floor with direct access to the back garden. At the back the interior of the house opens up with a threestorey atrium connecting all social areas. As you
Baufritz Specialises in creating ecologically valuable houses with individual design of highest quality. Ralf Pflugfelder, Architect for the project, explains, “The site is attractively located in the vicinity of Richmond Park. Houses in the crescent have substantially increased in size and have a distinct character. Existing houses have been replaced by new and larger houses and although there is no singular or coherent architectural language, there is a precedence for Tudor Revival and various forms
progress up through the house it takes on an increasingly private and enclosed character. The atrium, which takes inspiration from a ballroom, delivers the sense of space and height needed to accommodate all four floors.
THE PROJECT A project of this scale obviously must be planned meticulously, the home has a total living space of 8762 ft².
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