Luxury Green Floating Home With Solar Panels and Excellent Insulation

Arkup’s homes will be fully self-sustaining

06 April 2019 From Paul Münzner Filed Under: 2019, Featured, Green Building

Green Floating Home aka livable yacht by Waterstudio and Arkup

Arkup’s homes will be fully self-sustaining (Arkup & Waterstudio)

If you’re attracted to yachting and luxury waterfront living, you might just combine the two with Arkup’s livable yachts. Designed by Koen Olthuis with Waterstudio in collaboration with Arkup, the structures can be docked in marinas or bays, and hydraulic pilings then raise the structure above the water level protecting it from the action of the waves. In fact, the company claims that its “yachts” will withstand severe storms and floods.

Excellent Insulation + 30 kW Solar Panels + 1,000 kWh Lithium-Ion Batteries

Adding to the attraction, Arkup’s homes will be fully self-sustaining. Solar energy powers the cube-like living structures, and environmentally-friendly waste management systems, water purification plants, and rainwater tanks ensure that the environmental footprint of the homes is minimal.

A different view of the avant-garde life on water.#architecturelovers #starisland #miamibeachlife #modernhouse #villaonthewater #arkup pic.twitter.com/Q8iKueeSKQ
— Arkup (@Arkup_LLC) March 20, 2019

Spaciousness and luxury are part of the package. The living room alone measures 775 square feet, and the units include a kitchen, a bedroom, a dining area, and a rooftop lounge. The front façade consists of sliding doors that lead out onto a terrace. To complete the luxury ambiance, Arkup has partnered with Artefacto, a Brazilian company specializing in sustainable, luxury furnishings.

Propelled By a Pair of 100 kW Electric Azimuth Thrusters

While living in a sustainable Arkup home will certainly be a delightful experience, local reaction to the blockish, two-story high structures being docked alongside the coast in the medium to long term may be not always positive.

Terrace with skyline Green Floating Home aka livable yacht by Waterstudio and Arkup — Skyline view from the terrace (Arkup & Waterstudio)

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Living room Green Floating Home aka livable yacht by Waterstudio and Arkup — Living room (Arkup & Waterstudio)

The visual footprint of coastal homes is already controversial when they block views, and if they should prove popular, local residents are bound to object to an array of elite Arkup homes obstructing the waterside vista. Nevertheless, with rising ocean levels and the expected increase in the frequency of severe storms, the homes may yet prove to be a waterfront prototype of a workable future solution.

It can be yours for USD5.5million.