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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 §:~.......
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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. ..........
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.......... the lowest floor would usually have a ..........
.......... loading dock, a balcony/front door, and ..........
.......... various ladders. ..........
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...~:§%¤@@ § suburbs . open source § @@¤%§:~...
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