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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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