§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨    ^^                             ^^     §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨    ##  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.             §§§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨       ^^                        ^^       ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§       ^^                        ^^       §¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨     $ climate ^ housing ^ modular $      ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨         $ suburbs ^ open source $        ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨