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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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