I originally got to do some early prototyping on Alan Wake 2 a few years back and this was one of the first location I built to test how we wanted the environments to play and feel. It was mainly sophisticated colorboxes and simple lighting with basic propping and interactivity. I had defined the Villa's basic layout that Markus improved when he jumped in as I moved to Watery.
Towards the end of the project, I got the opportunity to jump back in and do the final propping in the Villa, staging lots of cozy corners and coffee & cake stands for the elder residents of the Valhalla Nursing Home.