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,,,,^~\^£§     ##  mass-production treehouse  ##    §£^\~^,,,,
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,,^~\^£§##   created in the twenty eighties as a    ##§£^\~^,,
,,,^~\^£§#   cheap and open source way of dealing   #§£^\~^,,,
,,,,^~\^£§  with constant floods and a rising sea   §£^\~^,,,,
,,,^~\^£§#                  level.                  #§£^\~^,,,
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,^~\^£§###  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.           ##§£^\~^,,
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,,^~\^£§##  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.              ###§£^\~^,
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,,,^~\^£§#   the lowest floor would usually have a  #§£^\~^,,,
,,,,^~\^£§ loading dock, a balcony/front door, and  §£^\~^,,,,
,,,^~\^£§#             various ladders.             #§£^\~^,,,
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,,,^~\^£§#      ^ climate ^ housing ^ modular ^     #§£^\~^,,,
,,^~\^£§##        ^ suburbs ^ open source ^         ##§£^\~^,,
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