Building Envelope Cartridge Exchange Without Interior Space Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building envelope structures fail to accommodate users' diverse functional demands without reducing usable space or disrupting building use during construction, as they require core expansion for facility additions.
Innovation Solution
A building envelope structure with a support frame, guide frame, and exterior enclosure that allows exterior enclosures to be detached and reinserted like a drawer, enabling easy exchange of functional cartridges without core expansion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If facilities are added to enhance building functions, then building functionality is improved, but core expansion is required which reduces available spaces and disrupts building use
Solution Approach 1:
The building envelope is segmented into modular exterior enclosure units that can be independently added or removed. Each enclosure unit functions as a separate module containing specific facilities, allowing functional enhancement without requiring core expansion. This segmentation enables facilities to be distributed across multiple external modules rather than consolidating them in the building core.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from horizontal/core-based facility placement to vertical/envelope-based placement. By attaching facility-containing enclosures to the building's exterior envelope, the solution utilizes the vertical dimension and external surface area rather than consuming internal floor space, thereby maintaining available spaces while enhancing functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If core expansion is performed to add facilities, then building functions are enhanced, but construction work disrupts building use and reduces available spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts facilities from the building core and relocates them to external enclosure units. This extraction allows facility installation and modification to occur externally without disrupting internal building operations, eliminating construction-related disruptions to building use while still achieving functional enhancement.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular enclosures are designed and prepared externally with facilities installed before being attached to the building. This preliminary preparation of facility modules outside the building allows for complete facility installation without interrupting building operations, and the modules can be quickly attached to achieve functional enhancement with minimal disruption.
3Adaptability or versatility
If envelope structure is modified to add functions, then building functionality is enhanced, but user space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The facility-containing enclosures are nested within or attached to the building envelope structure rather than occupying internal user space. The enclosures utilize the envelope's external surface area and three-dimensional space around the building, nesting facilities in the architectural shell without intruding into the functional interior volume available to users.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a method for changing the envelope structure of a building to improve functions or facilitate modifying same of a building in accordance with user requests without any reduction to the usable interior space of the building, the method comprising the steps of: a) separating, from an exterior structure, the target exterior enclosure the function of which is to be changed; b) sliding and pulling out the target exterior enclosure, like a drawer, along a guide frame to the outside of the exterior structure; (c) removing a cartridge inside the target exterior enclosure and inserting a cartridge having a new function; and (d) inserting the target exterior enclosure back into the exterior structure by sliding the target exterior enclosure, like a drawer, along the guide panel.