Autumn in the United States was very difficult. The hurricanes caused massive destruction and damage, injuries and deaths. Especially strong was the hurricane Irma, reached a category 4. 5.8 million Florida homes were cut off from electricity, thousands of buildings destroyed.
Large-scale losses caused by the hurricanes, prompted the architect Olthuis Cohen, the owner of the company Waterstudio, engaged in the construction of floating structures, design and start-up Arkup to draft a new floating home that will be able to withstand a hurricane, like Irma. As Business Insider reports, the project will be launched at the International boat show in Fort Lauderdale this month.
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Floating house designed by Ulticom, according to the Creator, able to withstand winds reaching 156 miles per hour. It is also not threat of flooding, because the design allows the house to rise up to 40 feet above the level of the bottom.
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Electricity in houseboat Autonomous, being provided by solar panels on the roof. Housing is equipped with a system for the collection and treatment of rainwater for later use.
The first prototype of the floating houses will be built by 2018. It will be located on the Miami river. The cost is provisionally estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars.
