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,,,,,,,,,,    created in the twenty eighties as a   ,#,,,###,,
,,,,,,,,,,   cheap and open source way of dealing   ,,#,,#,##,
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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  #,,#,,,,,,
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#,,,,,,,,,      * climate ^ housing ^ modular *     ,,,,#,##,,
,#,,,,,,,,        * suburbs ^ open source *         ,,,,,,###,
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