,,,,~/*&&&                                          &&&*/~,,,,
,,~/$*&£@#                                          #@£&*$/~,,
,,~/$**&&£                                          £&&**$/~,,
,,~/$$$*£@                                          @£*$$$/~,,
,,,,,~~/*&                                          &*/~~,,,,,
,,~/$*&£@#    //                             //     #@£&*$/~,,
,,~/$*&£@#     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      #@£&*$/~,,
,,,~//$*£@    ##  mass-production treehouse  ##     @£*$//~,,,
,,,,,~/**&     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      &**/~,,,,,
,,~/$*&&&&     //                             //    &&&&*$/~,,
,,~/$*&£@#                                          #@£&*$/~,,
,,,,,,,/*£    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 $        #@£&*$/~,,
,,~/$*&££@                                          @££&*$/~,,
,,~/$*&£@#                                          #@£&*$/~,,
,,,,,,/*&@                                          @&*/,,,,,,
,,~/$*£@##                                          ##@£*$/~,,
,,,,,,~/*&                                          &*/~,,,,,,