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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 #¤¤^:~,...
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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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