These $2 million floating homes will 

be able to withstand

 Category 4 hurricanes

A rendering of the "livable yacht" concept by by ARKUP and Koen Olthuis. ARKUP

South Florida — especially Miami and the Keys — was one of several regions that Hurricane Irma pummeled in early September. The Category 4 storm brought winds up to 70 mph, destroyed hundreds of houses, and knocked out power for 5.8 million homes and businesses in Florida.

A new type of solar-powered home could withstand future storms and rising seas. Designed by architect Koen Olthuis and housing startup ARKUP, the design will be presented at this month's Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

Olthuis told Business Insider that the moveable home will be able to withstand Category 4 winds up to 156 mph. In the event of a storm, it will be buoyed, so that when water levels rise, the home will bob with it.

Check out renderings of the home, which the team hopes to start selling next summer, below.

The luxury homes, which Olthuis and ARKUP call "livable yachts," will feature hydraulic jack-up systems to anchor and stabilize them during storms. To prevent flooding, the systems will be able to lift the home 40 feet above the ocean floor. 

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Each home's layout will be customizable.

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The homes will be completely powered by solar panels located on the roof.

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They will also include systems that collect and purify rainwater, which residents will use for their plumbing needs. The first prototype will be built on the Miami River in 2018.

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The team expects the home to cost between $2 million and $3 million.

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Olthuis is known for homes that live on water. His architecture firm, Waterstudio, has exclusively built floating buildings for over a decade.

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In 2006, Waterstudio designed this house off the coast of De Hoef, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Unlike the livable yacht concept and other kinds of houseboats, its owner can't drive it away.

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Waterstudio is also working on a floating villa and a floating hotel in Dubai — as well as a floating wildlife habitat tower in Dianchi Lake, near Kunming China — all set to be completed in 2018.

A rendering of Waterstudio's proposed floating hotel in Saudi Arabia.Waterstudio

Olthuis sees livable yachts and other floating homes as the future of housing, especially in the face of climate change. "We will see more floating neighborhoods in the next five to 10 years," he said. "We will see them in Miami, Tokyo, and New York City. Cities will start to see the water as an asset."

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