..~~/$@¤#@ @#¤@$/~~..
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.....~~/$@ // // @$/~~.....
......~~/$ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $/~~......
.....~~/$@ ## mass-production treehouse ## @$/~~.....
....~~/$@¤ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¤@$/~~....
...~~/$@¤# // // #¤@$/~~...
..~~/$@¤#@ @#¤@$/~~..
.~~/$@¤#@# created in the twenty eighties as a #@#¤@$/~~.
..~~/$@¤#@ cheap and open source way of dealing @#¤@$/~~..
...~~/$@¤# with constant floods and a rising sea #¤@$/~~...
....~~/$@¤ level. ¤@$/~~....
.....~~/$@ @$/~~.....
......~~/$ the "house" would consist of a stack of $/~~......
.....~~/$@ floor modules, each a square of thirty @$/~~.....
....~~/$@¤ six square meters. these could be made ¤@$/~~....
...~~/$@¤# out of various materials such as carbon #¤@$/~~...
..~~/$@¤#@ fiber or plastic, not necessarily the @#¤@$/~~..
.~~/$@¤#@# same for each floor. #@#¤@$/~~.
..~~/$@¤#@ @#¤@$/~~..
...~~/$@¤# the house would be hung on a "mast", a #¤@$/~~...
....~~/$@¤ ridged metal pole extending between ¤@$/~~....
.....~~/$@ fifty and a hundred meters. a mechanism @$/~~.....
......~~/$ within each floor would enable them to $/~~......
.....~~/$@ climb up or down the mast, together or @$/~~.....
....~~/$@¤ individually. ¤@$/~~....
...~~/$@¤# #¤@$/~~...
..~~/$@¤#@ the lowest floor would usually have a @#¤@$/~~..
.~~/$@¤#@# loading dock, a balcony/front door, and #@#¤@$/~~.
..~~/$@¤#@ various ladders. @#¤@$/~~..
...~~/$@¤# #¤@$/~~...
....~~/$@¤ // // ¤@$/~~....
.....~~/$@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @$/~~.....
......~~/$ // // $/~~......
.....~~/$@ @$/~~.....
....~~/$@¤ $ climate ~ housing ~ modular $ ¤@$/~~....
...~~/$@¤# $ suburbs ~ open source $ #¤@$/~~...
..~~/$@¤#@ @#¤@$/~~..
.~~/$@¤#@# #@#¤@$/~~.
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....~~/$@¤ ¤@$/~~....