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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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