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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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