Abstract

A building structure suitable as a two-unit building module which may be incorporated into a variety of multi-storey commercial or residential buildings. The structure includes two vertically stacked units which each define a respective self-contained space. As a module, the building structure extends downward from a planar ceiling surface which forms the ceiling of an uppermost unit to a planar lower floor surface of the second lower other unit. Together, the pair of stacked units has an overall height equal to two and one-half to three full storeys, and a height selected between twenty-three and thirty-six feet, depending upon the respective building structure (7.5-12 feet). The building module is bordered on each lateral side by load-bearing support pillars or sidewalls which extend the height of the building. An interior dividing bearing wall is positioned within each of the units between the load-bearing sidewalls, and which divide each unit into primary and secondary living areas or spaces. The principal living area of the uppermost unit is positioned directly above and separated from the principal living area of the lower unit by a floor surface which spans between the interior dividing walls and a first one of the sidewalls, and which is located midway between the upper ceiling of the uppermost unit, and the floor surface of the lowermost unit. The remaining secondary area of each unit is defined by the space bordered laterally by the interior dividing wall and second other load-bearing sidewall, with the units divided vertically by two secondary floor surfaces, so as to define three stacked floors of a conventional one-storey height.