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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 ..#.#.#.#.
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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  ..#.#.#.#.
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#..#.##.#.     * climate , housing , modular *      .##.#.#.#.
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