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#¤¤†~-¨¨¨¨     ##  mass-production treehouse  ##    ¨¨¨¨-~†¤¤#
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¶¶¤¤$†=~-¨                                          ¨-~=†$¤¤¶¶
¶¶$$$†=~-¨    created in the twenty eighties as a   ¨-~=†$$$¶¶
¶¶$$$†=~-¨   cheap and open source way of dealing   ¨-~=†$$$¶¶
###¤$†=~-¨   with constant floods and a rising sea  ¨-~=†$¤###
##¶¤$†=~-¨                  level.                  ¨-~=†$¤¶##
¤$†=--¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨--=†$¤
¤†~-¨¨¨¨¨¨  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.             ¨¨¨¨¨-~~†¤
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##¶¤$†=~-¨                                          ¨-~=†$¤¶##
#¤¤¤$†=~-¨      † climate - housing - modular †     ¨-~=†$¤¤¤#
##¶¤$†=~-¨        † suburbs - open source †         ¨-~=†$¤¶##
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##¶¤$†=~-¨                                          ¨-~=†$¤¶##