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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   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  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  ¨¨¨¨¨:«=§@
£@§=«:¨¨¨¨               individually.              ¨¨¨¨:«=§@£
#£@§=«:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:«=§@£#
##£@§=«:¨¨  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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