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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.             ###¤%$†~.¨
¨¨.~†$%¤##                                          ##¤%$†~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~†$%¤#       ††                        ††       #¤%$†~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~†$%¤        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        ¤%$†~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~†$%       ††                        ††       %$†~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†$                                          $†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†      $ climate . housing . modular $     †~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~        $ suburbs . open source $         ~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.                                          .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~                                          ~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†                                          †~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†$                                          $†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~†$%                                          %$†~.¨¨¨¨¨