*=~-¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~=*
=~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~=
*=~-¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~=*
$*=~-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-~=*$
§$*=~-¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨-~=*$§
#§$*=~-¨¨¨    ==                             ==     ¨¨¨-~=*$§#
##§$*=~-¨¨     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      ¨¨-~=*$§##
###§$*=~-¨    ##  mass-production treehouse  ##     ¨-~=*$§###
##§$*=~-¨¨     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      ¨¨-~=*$§##
#§$*=~-¨¨¨     ==                             ==    ¨¨¨-~=*$§#
§$*=~-¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨-~=*$§
$*=~-¨¨¨¨¨    created in the twenty eighties as a   ¨¨¨¨¨-~=*$
*=~-¨¨¨¨¨¨   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 *      ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~=*
$*=~-¨¨¨¨¨         * suburbs - open source *        ¨¨¨¨¨-~=*$
§$*=~-¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨-~=*$§
#§$*=~-¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨-~=*$§#
##§$*=~-¨¨                                          ¨¨-~=*$§##
###§$*=~-¨                                          ¨-~=*$§###
##§$*=~-¨¨                                          ¨¨-~=*$§##