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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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