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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   ,,.~:%@###
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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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