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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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