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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.               $\=~......
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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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