The intelligentization of residential quarters is a product that combines automatic control technology, information technology,life concept,and architectural art. Its purpose is to increase the functionality of the residence and provide residential residents with more comfortable, fast, safe and convenient informatization and Intelligent space. According to the actual needs of the residents in the residential area, the paper puts forward the planning and design principles of the intelligent system in the residential area, and introduces the design of the management system and the safety protection system in the intelligent system in detail.