Starck Unveils Prefab House
John Hill
21. outubro 2014
All photographs courtesy of Starck with Riko
French designer Philippe Starck has teamed up with Slovenian construction company Riko to produce P.A.T.H. – Prefabricated Accessible Technological Homes.
The P.A.T.H. literature states that 34 different configurations of Starck's "signature timeless design" are available, from a 1-story, 1-bedroom design to the realized model, a 2-story, 8-bedroom design in Montfort l’Amaury, France. A "configurator" on the P.A.T.H. website gives buyers the option of 1- and 2-story models, number of bedrooms, structure type, and roof type. The turn-key prefab design promises a six-month delivery time, about half spent in the factory and about half spent on-site for erection and finalizing MEP, fit-outs, and finishes.
Like the Axor Starck Organic faucet unveiled at ICFF last year, Starck's prefab home designs point to a growing concern with sustainability. This comes across most overtly in the choice of wood as P.A.T.H.'s main building material. Combined with full-height, aluminum-glass exterior walls, the homes are designed to "to integrate the latest smart and green technology of your choice: photovoltaics, solar panels, heat pump, wind turbine or rain water collector."