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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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@£§@%;«^..  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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