DESIGN · CONNECT · AUTOMATESmart Homes for Heroes / Maryland
Benjamin Harrow
Integrated home control and entertainment for Ben Harrow and his family, with a relationship that has lasted well beyond the project.
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A home for the family.
A friendship that endured.
The project was always about making the Maryland home comfortable and straightforward for Benjamin Harrow and his family. The relationship between Ben, Gina and Joel continued beyond the installation.
01 / THE HOME
The right technology
for everyday life.
ITAM contributed integrated control and entertainment to Ben’s specially adapted home through the Gary Sinise Foundation. ELAN and Kaleidescape were part of a coordinated system centered on useful daily experiences.
As with the other residences, the important question was how the household would actually use the technology, not how much equipment could be installed.
02 / THE RELATIONSHIP
Some projects end.
Relationships don't.
Joel’s friendship with Ben and Gina continued after the work was complete. They remain in touch, and that personal relationship is part of what this experience means to him.
What stayed with Joel was the relationship: a family he got to know through the work and a friendship that remained after the last piece of equipment was installed.
THE RESULT
Built around people.
Remembered for people.
The work made familiar home control and entertainment part of Ben’s daily environment. For ITAM, it also became one of the relationships that lasted long after installation.
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