First launched in 2013 after years of technological development and collaboration, French designer Philippe Starck and Slovenian wooden prefab building company Riko released the second generation of their customizable Prefabricated Accessible Technological Homes (P.A.T.H.) to the global market just this month. The first P.A.T.H prototype was also recently realized in Montfort, France.

As France works towards its 2020 thermal regulation goal to have all new buildings possess positive energy status, Starck + Riko's prefab homes are packed with high eco-technological systems to allow the homes to produce more energy than they consume. Homeowners have the choice to integrate features like photovoltaic solar panels, wind turbines, rainwater recovery systems, and heat pumps.

Perhaps the most interesting, if not highly marketable, feature of these prefab homes is the variety of mix-and-match design options that cater to homeowners' individual needs and aesthetic preferences. For starters, P.A.T.H. includes 4 models: two single-story residential homes, one double-story house, and a family of supplementary units intended as a garage or garden studio.

Each house is also available in three combinations of glass and/or wooden structures along with several styles of roofs. Adding to that, homeowners can pick from 34 different floor plans — which range from 140 m2 to 350 m2 — and can have 1 to 8 bedrooms. Interior finishes and fixtures can also be customized.

Another point that Starck + Riko want to highlight with P.A.T.H. is the accessibility and affordability of their homes. Prices range from €2,500 to €4,500 per square meter depending on the client's choices. Once a house is ordered, the designers state it will take less than 6 months to deliver the turnkey house to the owners.

You can check out an interactive P.A.T.H. configurator and other details here.

More like: "Let's see how many trendy buzzwords we can string together as a marketing exercise."

RECYCLABLE PARAMETRIC ECO-PREFAB SUSTAINABLE MICRO-APODMENT

Also: 4,500 euro per square meter?! Holy smokes!!!!

If they can't me made affordable and accessible to the masses they are not Eco-sustainable-prefab.  

Funny thing is it's really easy to do this in Europe because of modular building component standards. Basically an exercise in upscale marketing complete with designer branding. 

You have to be shitting me – there is no chance of this being replicated. Let’s design a zero-energy house for $2,000./SF and call it reproducible…what folly, what a waste of time. 

its Starck kids...$6k for the same $90 porcelain you can shit in from home depot, but it's Starck.

sometimes I wish wealthy affluent people preferred religion over art....asking them to think is just too much.

"Eco" homes for the super wealthy. So they  can ease their consciousness

Wow, really? A tree is ecological, a tree is free.

This seems like nonsense. More religion(getting in touch with nature)

, less art for the sake of art

an interesting roof design for the dangling greens, makes it look like a verdant chute, an overflow.

But no first floor balconies? I know one can open up those fall height doors but still...

i don't know - do the math:

largest size they offer (above, 450 m2) at the highest per m2 price (4,500) translates to -

and that's the most expensive, tricked out option. 

frankly, that's pretty good. not for all parts of the country, but if you think you're building that quality of a home in cambridge or sf right now for less than $500/sf.... even in atlanta, if you go high end, you're in the 350-400sf range. 

for most americans who can afford it (and i'm not going to bite on the 'well, no one can afford it line), the 250 m2 @ $3,000 m2 (or 2700sf @ $278/sf) would be very reasonable for most of the large to mid-large markets. certainly compatible with higher end custom.

Wonder if they Ship to "MERICA".   Last time I attempted to get European Products the shipping time was like three months.  So I can only imagine a whole fricking house.

@Gregory, cheers for that. It makes a lot more sense that way. By japanese standards its the cost of a mid-range wood house (11000 yen/Tsubo). Middle class budget. Luxury and expensive house would be twice that or three times, easily. Based on work we are doing in Europe now, its a bit high end, but not insane.

Sustainability is another issue. Trolls are arguing its better to do nothing since the impact is not large enough on the big scale. Its not very helpful, but fairly typical point of view.

 the cost of a mid-range wood house (11000 yen/Tsubo)

1 Tsubo = 3.3 sq meters = 36 sq.ft.

$102.92 / 36 sq.ft. = $2.85 / sq.ft.

Middle class budget. Luxury and expensive house would be twice that or three times, easily.

i missed a zero when translating to english. c. $285/ft2 is the cost of a fairly cheap wooden house in tokyo. Something I could afford as an architect even, if I could afford the land somewhere.

A friend just completed a house for about $900/ft2. Its nice. Not overly expensive by Tokyo standards, but starting to fit into the luxury end of things.  By comparison this project is not so highly priced really.  Few could build it here cuz of the land thing, but the house itself seems reasonable.

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