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#@@§$§:«^¨    created in the twenty eighties as a   ¨^«:§$§@@#
@@§$§:«^¨¨   cheap and open source way of dealing   ¨¨^«:§$§@@
@§$§:«^¨¨¨  with constant floods and a rising sea   ¨¨¨^«:§$§@
§$§:«^¨¨¨¨                  level.                  ¨¨¨¨^«:§$§
$§:«^¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨^«:§$
§:«^¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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