¨§¨¨§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨     ^^                             ^^    §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨      »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»     §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨     ##  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 †        §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§