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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  ,.~^%@####
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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  ,,,.~^%@##
###@%^~.,,               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 %      ,,.~^%@###
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