¨§§¨§§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§§¨§§¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§§¨§§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨    \\                             \\     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨      -------------------------------     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§    ##  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 *         §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨