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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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#$%^~.,,,,       ^^                        ^^       ,,,,.~^%$#
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###$%^~.,,       ^^                        ^^       ,,.~^%$###
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###$%^~.,,     % climate . housing . modular %      ,,.~^%$###
##$%^~.,,,        % suburbs . open source %         ,,,.~^%$##
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