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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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