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.@.@.....@ ## mass-production treehouse ## @@@..@@@@@
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@@@@.@@@@@ 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 ..@@......
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@.....@.@. six square meters. these could be made @@@@@@....
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@.@...@... 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 @..@@@.@@@
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.....@.@.. the lowest floor would usually have a @.@@.@....
.....@@@@. loading dock, a balcony/front door, and @@@.@@@...
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@@.@.@.@.. * climate ~ housing ~ modular * @@.@@...@.
@.@@@@@@@. * suburbs ~ open source * ..@@.@..@@
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