NV Integration has been shortlisted for Design et al’s Worldwide Design & Structure Awards.
As a part of the shortlisting, the worldwide publication has featured an interview with NV Integration Director Pip Evans by which he discusses his personal background, the rise of house automation, in addition to the extra sensible facets of approaching a sensible house undertaking.
The award entry options the house cinema from our Belgravia showroom – which you will discover out extra about right here. The awards will happen at The Hurlingham Membership in September 2015.
Inform us a little bit about your background in design.
My journey into house know-how started learning as a sound engineer, which in flip led to work with a neighborhood firm. From there I gained a place with a bigger agency in London. This early expertise formed the way in which I needed to go once I setup NV Integration in 2010. I felt that AV corporations might be a little bit rigid, getting too excited in regards to the tech, and forgetting their product goes into somebody’s house, who, whereas they need the tip consequence, are not looking for it to compromise on the design. This was my eureka second behind NV Integration and has been the mantra ever since. It permits us to work with the undertaking crew, and shopper’s imaginative and prescient of how their house ought to look. It permits us to ensure they will have the very best of each, the precise efficiency and the precise look.
In what course do you are feeling that the house know-how business is shifting in direction of in a common sense?
It’s a unbelievable time to be on this business – the traction and buzz round house automation in the intervening time is big, with practically all high-end residential developments or refurbishments in London viewing it as a will need to have, slightly than a pleasant to have. Additionally with the large gamers comparable to Apple and Google getting concerned (each have purchased corporations or could have merchandise imminently), that is going to dramatically enhance consciousness on the mass-market shopper degree. This in flip will feed up into the high-end sector too.
In the event you may supply one piece of recommendation in terms of house automation, what wouldn’t it be?
Get in contact with a house automation specialist as early as potential, ideally through the design part and previous to development. The recommendation of an organization like NV Integration will show you how to to specify the opposite providers within the house, comparable to heating and safety. This can save time, cash, and supply essentially the most reliability for the home-owner.
How essential are The Worldwide Design and Structure Awards as recognition of expertise and achievement?
They’re widely known and extremely regarded throughout many industries, one thing no different awards obtain. Architects, lighting designers, or constructing contractors are all conscious of the awards, so successful is of serious significance.
What tasks are you presently engaged on?
We’ve simply completed a five-storey city home in Chelsea, throughout which we labored with certainly one of London’s prime inside designers and the completed consequence regarded unbelievable. We built-in many providers within the property to maintain the wall areas clear, and the providers easy to make use of.
Just lately we started a undertaking in Thailand which is our largest up to now, so our design crew is presently busy producing the technical drawings. This features a Crestron house automation system with the entire mechanical and electrical providers built-in – it additionally features a six seat house theatre.
We’re about to finish a undertaking in Primrose Hill, involving an enormous double basement that includes a house cinema in a room which is 265m³, this offered a problem to design the audio appropriately to make sure a fair sound, but sufficient bass in such a big area.
What are your goals and objectives for the subsequent twelve months?
As we’re an increasing enterprise with 12 months on 12 months progress the purpose is to take care of that regular charge of growth, whereas rising our undertaking dimension and experience in-line with the sources and skill-set of the crew. We have already got a wholesome undertaking pipeline for the subsequent 12 months, so the plan is to ship to a excessive commonplace, and additional the enterprise by being judged on the success of our work….Oh, and to win the 2015 Design et al awards in fact!
Closing ideas; inform us a little bit extra about your self
Your most treasured possession?
My classic watch, an indulgent buy once I was youthful however I’ll by no means half with it.
Your favorite vacation vacation spot?
Too many unbelievable locations to select from – Brazil, or Phi Phi in Thailand would positively be contenders.
Your favorite lodge / restaurant / bar?
Eleven Madison Park in Manhattan or Pollen Road Social in Mayfair.
Your favorite e-book / movie / music?
Shantaram.
Your favorite food and drinks?
Meals: A Sunday roast with apple crumble for pudding within the autumn.
Drink: Monkey 47 & tonic
Your favorite method to spend a day?
A stroll within the British countryside.
In the event you weren’t a designer, what would you be?
Working on this business has made me realise how a lot job satisfaction architects should derive when somebody offers them the seed of an concept, they usually flip it right into a constructing that can outlive them many occasions over.
Anything attention-grabbing?
A one time Pamplona bull runner…
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