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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.                  ##@&§§†~:¨
¨¨¨¨~†††§&                                          &§†††~¨¨¨¨
¨:~†§§§§§@  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.             &§§§††~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:†§§§§@      § climate : housing : modular §     @§§§§†:¨¨¨
¨:~†§§§§§@        § suburbs : open source §         @§§§§§†~:¨
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