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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.                  ##£§%*†~:,
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,,,,~~†%%§ 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  £§**~,,,,,
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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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