A building system is disclosed as it may enable placement and removal of housing units within a support structure. An example building system includes a support frame, and a plurality of bays within the support frame. The example building system also includes a service core for providing utilities to each of the plurality of bays of the support frame. The example building system also includes an integral hoist on the support frame. The example building system also includes a tray system to support a plurality of housing units in the plurality of bays of the support frame. In an example, the tray system includes a plurality of trays in a stacked arrangement. each tray slides out of a respective bay to provide access for the housing unit by the integral hoist. Each tray slides in to the respective bay to position a respective housing unit within the support frame.

This application describes systems and methods for locating, securing, accessing and utilizing a discrete enclosure or workspace. The discrete enclosure or workspace may be located in a public, private or semi-private setting and may comprise a combination of working platforms or surfaces, seats, desks and other apparatus, as well as computer hardware and software. Systems may comprise natural language processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other adaptive learning capabilities to enhance the use of the discrete workspace. The workspace may be dimensioned to be used for a wide variety of activities by one or more users.

A system for automatic delivery of an order in bags to a pick-up location outside a building. Such a system includes: a device for signalling and/or detecting presence of a customer in the vicinity of the pick-up location; and a height-mounted transport module, which includes: a plurality of elements for suspending the bags from a track; an automatic displacement device for automatically moving the suspension elements on said track; and an actuator for actuating said automatic displacement device to displace the bags in which the various parts of said order have been deposited, to said pick-up location when said signalling and/or detection device emits a signal confirming the presence of said user in the vicinity of said pick-up location.

A prefabricated building module constructed at a central location and delivered to a construction site via shipping using the intermodal freight transport system and having cold formed wood bracing walls to resist forces in shear and uplift while providing a continuous load path to the foundation system. The module may include interior walls to section the module into rooms and further comprises mechanical, electrical, utility and plumbing aspects of a building, capable of inspection and certification prior to delivery to the construction site. Once arrived at the construction site the building module is anchored to the building foundation and the remainder of the house is built around the building module.

A vehicular drive-thru food ordering and delivering system and method are provided. The system includes a lot, a drive-thru lane and a building for receiving and filling drive-thru orders. The building has a primary food delivery window for passing ready orders to drive-thru customers, and a downstream in-line parking area for drive-thru vehicles having a delayed order. Proximate to and downstream from the primary food delivery window is a doorway for attendant access from the primary food delivery window to the downstream in-line parking area. An attendant runway is proximate and downstream of the doorway and proximate to the in-line vehicle waiting area. A customer with a delayed order can be directed to wait in the downstream in-line waiting area. When the delayed order is ready for delivery, an attendant can deliver the ready order via the proximate doorway and proximate attendant runway to a vehicle waiting in the in-line vehicle waiting area.

A vehicular drive-thru food ordering and delivering system and method are provided. The system includes a lot, a drive-thru lane and a building for receiving and filling drive-thru orders. The building has a primary food delivery window for passing ready orders to drive-thru customers, and a downstream in-line parking area for drive-thru vehicles having a delayed order. Proximate to and downstream from the primary food delivery window is a doorway for attendant access from the primary food delivery window to the downstream in-line parking area. An attendant runway is proximate and downstream of the doorway and proximate to the in-line vehicle waiting area. A customer with a delayed order can be directed to wait in the downstream in-line waiting area. When the delayed order is ready for delivery, an attendant can deliver the ready order via the proximate doorway and proximate attendant runway to a vehicle waiting in the in-line vehicle waiting area.

The present disclosure provides an urban forest high-rise villa, which includes: outdoor garden courtyards. The outdoor garden courtyards include: lower outdoor garden courtyards and upper outdoor garden courtyards. The lower outdoor garden courtyard and the upper outdoor garden courtyard of the upper floor located immediately above the lower outdoor garden courtyard are arranged in different oration or in a staggered manner, the lower outdoor garden courtyard and the upper outdoor garden courtyard are each of a height identical to a two-story height of the urban forest high-rise villa. The floor located immediately above a window of a main room (such as living room, bedroom) and the floors located immediately above a window of a main room (such as living room, main bedroom) are not arranged with outdoor garden courtyards, to achieve direct lighting in the main room.

A four-pane, two-sided OLED teller window is provided. The teller window may include a first OLED pane, a second OLED pane, a third OLED pane, a fourth OLED pane, a first configurably-opaque layer and a second configurably-opaque layer. The first OLED pane may face a first direction. The third OLED pane may face a second direction. The first direction and the second direction may be substantially opposite directions. The first configurably-opaque layer may be located in between the first OLED pane and the third OLED pane. The second OLED pane may face the first direction. The fourth OLED pane may face the second direction. The second configurably-opaque layer may be located in between the second OLED pane and the fourth OLED pane. The first OLED pane and the second OLED pane may be situated side-by-side. The third OLED pane and the fourth OLED pane may be situation side-by-side.

A four-pane, two-sided OLED teller window is provided. The teller window may include a first OLED pane, a second OLED pane, a third OLED pane, a fourth OLED pane, a first configurably-opaque layer and a second configurably-opaque layer. The first OLED pane may face a first direction. The third OLED pane may face a second direction. The first direction and the second direction may be substantially opposite directions. The first configurably-opaque layer may be located in between the first OLED pane and the third OLED pane. The second OLED pane may face the first direction. The fourth OLED pane may face the second direction. The second configurably-opaque layer may be located in between the second OLED pane and the fourth OLED pane. The first OLED pane and the second OLED pane may be situated side-by-side. The third OLED pane and the fourth OLED pane may be situation side-by-side.

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