¨¨¨,::$$££                                          ££$$::,¨¨¨
¨,«:$$£¶@@                                          @@¶£$$:«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,:$¶¶                                          ¶¶$:,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«:$$£¶@@                                          @@¶£$$:«,¨
¨,«:$$£¶@#                                          #@¶£$$:«,¨
¨,«:$$£¶##     ::                             ::    ##¶£$$:«,¨
¨¨¨¨,,:$£@      «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««     @£$:,,¨¨¨¨
¨,«:$$£¶@@     ##  mass-production treehouse  ##    @@¶£$$:«,¨
¨,«:::$$£¶      «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««     ¶£$$:::«,¨
¨,«:$£¶@##     ::                             ::    ##@¶£$:«,¨
¨,«:$$£¶@#                                          #@¶£$$:«,¨
¨,«:$$££¶¶   created in the twenty eighties as a    ¶¶££$$:«,¨
¨,«:$$£@##   cheap and open source way of dealing   ##@£$$:«,¨
¨,«:$$£¶@@   with constant floods and a rising sea  @@¶£$$:«,¨
¨,,,:$$$$£                  level.                  £$$$$:,,,¨
¨,«:$$£¶##                                          ##¶£$$:«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«$$£  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 $         ¶£$$«¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«:$$£¶@#                                          #@¶£$$:«,¨
¨,«:$£¶@##                                          ##@¶£$:«,¨
¨,«:$$$$$¶                                          ¶$$$$$:«,¨
¨¨¨¨,«$££@                                          @££$«,¨¨¨¨
¨,«:$$£¶@#                                          #@¶£$$:«,¨