The present invention relates to a design structure of an apartment house in which a plurality of apartment units, each of which is a maisonette in which two floors including an upper floor and a lower floor are combined into a single apartment unit, are repeatedly arranged in vertical and horizontal directions, wherein, in the design structure, each apartment unit has a living room disposed on the upper floor and a plurality of bedrooms disposed on the lower floor, double pillars spaced apart from each other are installed on side boundaries of adjacent apartment units, the double pillars include a pair of first pillars disposed inside an apartment unit and a pair of second pillars disposed outside the apartment unit and disposed inside another apartment unit adjacent thereto, a first beam member, which serves as a structure carrying a load, is connected to and installed at the first pillar, a second beam member, which serves as a structure carrying a load, is connected to and installed at the second pillar, and a double pillar connecting beam configured to connect the first pillar and the second pillar is additionally provided on a side surface of a slab of the lower floor.

A modular multi-container housing structure connector for containers, which each have sides including a roof, a floor, and four lateral sides, includes a connector frame comprising vertical and horizontal struts shaped to connect to at least one of the sides of two adjacent containers and at least one interlock configured to secure the connector frame to the side of one container. The at least one interlock may be a plurality of interlocks. The connector frame may comprise two vertical struts and two horizontal struts each shaped and configured to connect to a respective edge of an adjacent side of two adjacent containers and, responsive to the connector frame being connected to two adjacent sides of two adjacent containers by the plurality of interlocks, the connector frame and interlocks form a container-to-connector frame-to-container connection to establish a weather-tight housing structure with the two or multiple connected containers.

A housing arrangement for floating on water is provided with a plurality of interconnected pontoons—The pontoons have a polygon outline. A plurality of shipping containers are arranged on each of the pontoons. The shipping containers are habitable by providing at least one door and at least one window in the shipping containers and by insulating the walls of the shipping containers. A plurality of gangways interconnects the pontoons.

A modular commercial structure includes a first exterior module defining a first interior space therein in which office furnishings are disposed in the first interior space. The first exterior module has an interior elongated side that defines an opening for customers to access to the first interior space. A second exterior module defines a second interior space for conducting business activities therein, including an interior elongated side that opens to facilitate interaction between the customers and employees. A conveyance mechanism moves the first exterior module and the second exterior module between a first position and a second position to prevent access to the first interior space and to the second interior space while in the first position and to provide access to the first interior space and to the second interior space while in the second position.

The modular system for constructing a timber-framed building includes a plurality of timber-framed modules which each have a rectangular parallelepipedal cross-section and are composed of a series of vertical posts which are continuous up the entire height thereof and are interconnected in pairs by at least two horizontal joists . At least two modules are assembled horizontally, thereby defining a wall between those modules. At least two timber-framed modules are assembled vertically, so at least one wall post is provided between vertical posts. The wall posts of horizontally adjacent modules are offset with respect to one another and overlap, at least in part. The posts of an upper module rest on the posts of a lower module, directly or indirectly by a layer of non-compressible material. The invention further relates to a timber-framed building having at least one modular system of this type.

A modular room includes a floor having an upper surface, and a lower surface. The floor defines a floor height between the upper surface and the lower surface, and the floor defines a through aperture. At least three walls have a lower end connected to the floor and an upper end extend away from the floor, a ceiling is connected to the upper end of the walls, and a drain body is positioned in the floor aperture. The drain body has an upper surface and a lower surface and defines a drain body height between the upper and lower surfaces. The drain body height is less than the floor height, such that the drain body does not extend above the upper surface of the floor or below the lower surface of the flow while the drain body is positioned in the aperture in the floor.

A cover assembly is disclosed. The cover assembly may cover a gap between a first container and a second container. The cover assembly may have a first rigid element. The cover assembly may also have a second rigid element. Further, the cover assembly may have an elastic body. The elastic body may be positioned between the first rigid element and the second rigid element. The cover assembly may also have a bolt. The bolt may connect the first rigid element with the second rigid element.

A modular housing structure comprising a plurality of modular elements each having a relative bearing structure defining an inner housing volume, and relative removable union components/devices for the reciprocal connection, associated with the bearing structure, wherein each of the modular elements comprises relative removable union components/devices for the reciprocal connection, and wherein the union components/devices are associated with the bearing structure and are of the magnetic type.

A kit for constructing a building may include an intermodal container. The intermodal container may include four exterior walls forming a perimeter of the intermodal container, a floor connected to each of the four exterior walls, and a roof connected to each of the four exterior walls. The four exterior walls, the floor, and the roof collectively define an interior volume of the intermodal container. The kit may also include a plurality of structural building components disposed within the interior volume. When the building is constructed with the structural building components, at least one of the four exterior walls of the intermodal container is repurposed as an interior wall of the building.

A self-aligning module for a self-sealing modular building includes a male connector projecting from a first side of the module to form a projection terminated by a terminus having a hemispherical shape, the male connector being dimensioned for being received by a female connector having an aperture dimensioned to receive the terminus and at least a portion of the projection so as to permit the module to be connected to the female connector by off-level installation. The module may include a module gasket such that the module self-seals against an adjacent module.

A method of assembling the modular building involves: (a) off-level contacting the terminus to the female connector; and (b) aligning the module and the adjacent module such that the projection is received by the female connector. The male connector may be bolted to the female connector, bolted to another male connector, and/or locked by a key-lock system.