In Mexico City, land is not very accessible. So when this mid-century home came on the market, Manuel Suero and his team at BaseNTX jumped at the opportunity of renovating this home and making it a complete home showroom and entertainment space. The house, located in Las Lomas, the most exclusive area in the city, is completely open, with all rooms’ direct access and view to the pool and patio area.

No other showroom with these characteristics exists in the city, where clients are welcomed into a fully automated, functional residence, and guided through an immersive experience in each room. Of course, the showroom is worth seeing, whether you are buying furniture, equipment, or just want to see a cool home, from a technology standpoint, there is plenty here to WOW potential customers.

The beauty of this symbiotic collaboration is that architects and designers who bring their clients to see the furniture often end up considering the entire home or media system of some sort, and those who come in to see electronics often consider the furniture on display in the showroom.  As an added bonus, knowing the furniture well means that the NTX crew is aware of the importance of matching the gear with the aesthetics.
The showroom is fully automated and centralized in an electronics closet, with three racks for audio, video, voice and data control and alarm system with cameras and sensors placed strategically in the different areas.

Flat-panel screens are displayed in all bedrooms, plus the family and kitchen area can access the content from the central system. Likewise, the intercom system is integrated and all the security can be accessed through every touch screen, with cameras viewable in every room.

The home theater consists of two THX 7.1 surround systems running in parallel. One is completely hidden behind acoustic panels and the other consists of cabinet speakers. Each system can share five different sources, including two different Blue-ray players, a video server, a play-station PS3, and a high-definition satellite receiver.

All of this can be displayed via the high-def DLP 1080p projector that projects high-quality images to a 133-inch 2:35 cinemascope screen with 16:9 masking.
Cleverly, the audio consists in the whole house system in eight zones, each accommodating different kinds speakers and controls so that the customer can see the different options in a real, working environment.

For lighting, NTX followed a similar principle, allowing the customer to compare two lighting systems side by side. A conventional centralized wired system and a radio-frequency system. All of the lighting has been programmed with different scenes, all accessible from every single touch screen in the house. Pre-programmed schedules help with energy savings.