¨§§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          §§§¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§                                          §¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨§§§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨     ::                             ::    ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨     ##  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 *        ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨