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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.           ^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«^%                                          %^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«^%%  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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¨¨¨¨¨¨~«^%      % climate ~ housing ~ modular %     %^«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«^%%        % suburbs ~ open source %         %%^«~¨¨¨¨¨
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