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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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