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The @UN just unveiled a design for a new floating city that can withstand Category 5 hurricanes

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What once seemed like the moonshot vision of tech billionaires and idealistic architects could soon become a concrete solution to several of the world's most pressing challenges.

At a @UN roundtable on Wednesday, a group of builders, engineers, and architects debuted a concept for an affordable floating city.

The company believes a floating city project would address both dire housing shortages and threats from rising sea levels. The structures themselves would be designed to withstand all sorts of natural disasters, including floods, tsunamis, and Category 5 hurricanes.

The city would essentially be a collection of hexagonal platforms that can each hold around 300 residents.

The designers consider a group of six platforms to be a "village." The entire city would contain six villages, for a total of around 10,000 residents.

The villages wouldn't allow any high-emitting cars or trucks.

The concept calls for "ocean farming," which would involve growing food beneath the surface of the water.

Though it's referred to as a "floating city," the community would actually be moored to the ocean floor.

The city could also contain an aquifer system that pulls clean water out of the air.

Pulling off a floating city concept is difficult, but within reach. It's somewhat akin to landing on the moon.