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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   ^*-,......
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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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