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#%^†=.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.=†^%#
%^†=.¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨.=†^%
^†=.¨¨¨¨¨¨     ††                             ††    ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=†^
†=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      ===============================     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=†
=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     ##  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.             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=
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^†=.¨¨¨¨¨¨        ==========================        ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=†^
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#%^†=.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.=†^%#
##%^†=.¨¨¨     ^ climate . housing . modular ^      ¨¨¨.=†^%##
###%^†=.¨¨         ^ suburbs . open source ^        ¨¨.=†^%###
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###%^†=.¨¨                                          ¨¨.=†^%###
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#%^†=.¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨.=†^%#
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