.........~ ~.........
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......~~^* *^~~......
.....~~^*% %*^~~.....
....~~^*%@ ^^ ^^ @%*^~~....
...~~^*%@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@%*^~~...
..~~^*%@#@ ## 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. ^~~.......
........~~ ~~........
.........~ ^^ ^^ ~.........
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.........~ ^^ ^^ ~.........
........~~ ~~........
.......~~^ * CLIMATE ~ HOUSING ~ MODULAR * ^~~.......
......~~^* * SUBURBS ~ OPEN SOURCE * *^~~......
.....~~^*% %*^~~.....
....~~^*%@ @%*^~~....
...~~^*%@# #@%*^~~...
..~~^*%@#@ @#@%*^~~..
.~~^*%@#@# #@#@%*^~~.