For most of the last century, luxury real estate was measured in numbers that were easy to compare: square footage, ceiling height, lot size, the length of the pool, the number of cars the garage would accommodate. Those details still matter and they still appraise. But they have stopped answering the question many clients are now focusing on, which is far more personal: Does this property have wellness and longevity attributes to align with my lifestyle? We answer that question from two distinct per- spectives. Ali has spent his career in healthcare, an industry that, over the past two decades, has shifted its focus from treating illness to sustaining health. Michael’s career has been in coastal Orange County real estate, and his own routine has followed a par- allel arc: sleep, training, nutrition, recovery, and honing the daily practices of longevity. For both of us this began as a personal discipline long before it became a professional one. Wellness real estate is the point where the two converge. The term gets reduced too quickly to an amenity list—the sauna, the cold plunge, the red-light room, the gym with the ocean view. Those are the visible expressions, and we design them. The more conse- quential work happens underneath, in the systems that condition light, water, and air, and in the mate- rial decisions that surround a family for decades. A steam shower is a feature. A house that holds you in rhythm with the sun, filters what you drink, and surrounds you with materials chosen for what they do rather than only how they look is something else. It is infrastructure for a longer, better life. We are watching the definition of luxury reorganize itself around this. Buyers who once asked for more square footage now ask how a house will perform for them at six in the morning and again at ten at night. They are thinking in decades, and the market is following, because a home built to support the way its owners actually want to live holds attention in a way that finish level alone no longer does. This shift is being led by specialists rather than gen- eralists. We’re bringing you three of them to illus- trate where it is going: one in light, one in water, and one in design. 在过去大半个世纪里，衡量豪宅的标准往往 是一些容易比较的数字：建筑面积、层高、地 块大小、泳池长度，以及车库可容纳的车辆数 量。这些细节依然重要，也依然会影响估值。 但它们已经无法完整回答如今许多客户更在 意的一个问题——这个家，是否具备与我的 生活方式相匹配的健康与长寿属性？ 我们从两个不同的视角来回答这个问题。Ali 的职业生涯深耕医疗健康领域，而这个行业 在过去二十年里，已经从以治疗疾病为核心， 逐渐转向如何维持健康。Michael 的事业则 扎根于橙县海岸线的高端房地产市场，而他 自己的日常生活也经历了相似的转变：睡眠、 训练、营养、恢复，以及不断精进与长寿相关 的日常习惯。对我们两个人而言，康养首先是 一种个人修行，远早于它成为一种专业命题。 而康养住宅，正是这两条路径交汇之处。 “康养住宅”这个概念常常被过快地简化成 一串设施清单：桑拿、冷水浴、红光理疗室、拥 有海景的健身房。这些当然是可见的表达，我 们也会去设计它们。但真正更具决定性的工 作，发生在这些设施背后：调节光线、水与空 气的系统，以及围绕一个家庭数十年的材料 选择。蒸汽淋浴是一项功能；而一座能够让你 与太阳的节律同步、过滤你饮用的水，并以真 正有益于生活的材料环绕你的住宅，则是另 一种层级。它是通往更长久、更优质人生的 基础设施。 我们正在见证奢华的定义围绕这一点重新排 列。过去，买家可能首先询问更大的面积；如 今，他们会问一栋房子如何在清晨六点服务 他们，又如何在夜晚十点支持他们。他们思考 的是未来几十年的生活，而市场也正在跟随 这样的思考。因为一座真正支持业主理想生 活方式的住宅，能够获得一种仅靠高端饰面 已无法实现的持久关注。 这场转变并非由泛泛而谈的概念推动，而是 由各领域专家引领。我们将介绍其中三位代 表：一位关于光，一位关于水，一位关于设计。 80 BALLIET + WANG LUXURY LIVING
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