**^~......                                          ......~^**
*^~.......                                          .......~^*
^~........                                          ........~^
*^~.......                                          .......~^*
**^~......                                          ......~^**
#**^~.....     ^^                             ^^    .....~^**#
£#**^~....     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~      ....~^**#£
#£#**^~...     ##  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 *         .......~^*
**^~......                                          ......~^**
#**^~.....                                          .....~^**#
£#**^~....                                          ....~^**#£
#£#**^~...                                          ...~^**#£#
##£#**^~..                                          ..~^**#£##