A multistory building forming quarters for residential or commercial purposes. The multistory structure includes a non-disposable frame and floor slab portion and a disposable panel and enclosure portion. The non-disposable portion is composed of a series of floor slabs situated at the various levels of the several stories of the structure and a plurality of supporting columns carrying the floor slabs, the structure having at ground level a given configuration which may be substantially repeated by the several floor slabs situated at the several stories above ground level. The disposable panel and enclosure portion forms the exterior wall structure of the building and defines the interior rooms thereof. Several hollow utility shafts extend upwardly through the several slabs and prefabricated kitchen and bathroom units are grouped adjacent to the utility shafts to be serviced thereby, these units being preferably of a prefabricated, plug-in type. The disposable enclosure and panel portion is made up of a plurality of panels each of which is formed with a peripheral groove so that panels situated in a common plane will have the grooves thereof communicating with each other and these grooves will also extend along the floors and ceilings of the spaces defined between a pair of successive floor slabs. These grooves are filled at the site with a plastic filler which sets to form a rigid wall structure from the several panels.
A prefabricated multi-story building which is constructed of a plurality of elongated rectangular box-shaped prefabricated sections. The sections which extend across the width of the building are aligned both horizontally and vertically. Each section has a framework of metal beams with vertical supporting beams disposed at the corners of each section. The sections of each floor are provided with walls which include, or are coincident with vertical support beams at least in part to define a central horizontal passage through each floor of the building and the aligned beams coincident with the walls provide a major part of the central structural support of the building. Elevator shafts are also provided in vertically aligned sections near the passage. Further, kitchens and interior hallways are provided adjacent the passage in some sections. A single section or two sections connected end-to-end are disclosed to extend across the width of the building, the single section for apartment houses, the two connected sections for office buildings and hotels. Buildings so constructed may be located to have their ends adjacent and extend outwardly in a radial fashion whereupon their adjacent ends may be connected by a general purpose building providing shopping or recreational facilities or the like with the lower floor passages leading into the general purpose building. On outer walls of the sections outwardly extending frames may be placed around alternate windows both horizontally and vertically to provide a checkerboard effect.
A method of constructing low cost housing is disclosed in which modules are produced in a manufacturing facility and are transported to a building site on trailers and lifted into place with a crane. A few standard modules are produced and may be arranged in various configurations to produce a variety of floor plans.
