Non-Bearing Modular Construction System

摘要

Methods and apparatus facilitate the construction of a building using prefabricated building units, each having a horizontal upper exterior surface and a plurality of vertical wall surfaces, wherein at least some of the prefabricated building units have at least one hollow column formwork structure. The prefabricated building units are lowered onto a pre-existing base at a construction site. A first story of the building is created by arranging a plurality of the prefabricated building units adjacent to each other on the base. Structural bearing material is applied to fill the hollow column formwork structures to create structural columns connected to the structural deck. Structural bearing material is applied to the horizontal upper exterior surfaces of the adjacent prefabricated building units to create a single structural deck over the prefabricated building units.

主权项

1. A building comprising:
a plurality of non-bearing prefabricated building units, each having a horizontal upper surface including a horizontal upper exterior surface, and a plurality of vertical non-bearing wall surfaces, wherein some of the plurality of non-bearing prefabricated building units include a plurality of vertically disposed hollow column formwork structures; a structural deck composed of structural bearing material poured in a liquid state on said horizontal upper exterior surface and using said horizontal upper exterior surface as permanent non-structural formwork; and a plurality of vertically disposed column structural elements each formed by pouring structural material in a liquid state within one of said plurality of vertically disposed hollow column formwork structures, and wherein there are no poured walls such that structural loads in the building are supported substantially by the structural deck and the plurality of vertically disposed column structural elements.