Ring Building Complex Floor Offset Connectivity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-storey ring buildings with trapezoidal sectors and central stairwells face challenges in connecting multiple ring buildings without relying on central stairwells for exit and entrance, limiting the extension of advantages from individual ring buildings to a larger complex.
Innovation Solution
Ring buildings are arranged in corner points of polygons based on the number of corners, with even-numbered polygon rings placed in the same number of corners and odd-numbered rings in twice the number of corners, and connected by transitions between sectors with matching storey offsets, allowing direct floor-to-floor connections between neighboring buildings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple ring buildings are connected using central stairwells for exit and entrance, then vertical access between floors is enabled, but horizontal connectivity between buildings is restricted and movement efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from vertical-only access through central stairwells to horizontal connectivity at floor level by creating passageways between adjacent buildings. This dimensional shift allows movement across buildings without ascending or descending, effectively adding a horizontal dimension to the access system and eliminating the need to use stairwells for inter-building traversal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediate connecting structures (passageways, bridges, or corridors) that mediate between adjacent ring buildings. These intermediaries provide direct horizontal access between buildings at matching floor levels, serving as a mediator that eliminates the need to return to ground level through central stairwells for inter-building movement.
2Area of stationary object
If ring buildings are arranged in a polygonal configuration, then spatial efficiency and land use are improved, but aligning floor offsets between adjacent buildings becomes increasingly difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies equipotentiality by ensuring that connecting sectors of adjacent ring buildings are positioned at the same vertical level (matching floor offsets). This creates equipotential connection points between buildings, allowing horizontal movement without elevation changes and simplifying the alignment requirement despite the polygonal arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by systematically adjusting the positioning and orientation of connecting sectors in each ring building to achieve matching floor offsets with adjacent buildings. By modifying the geometric parameters (rotation angles, positional offsets) of connecting sectors, the patent enables precise alignment across multiple polygonal buildings while maintaining land use efficiency.
3Ease of manufacture
If each sector of a ring building has uniformly offset floors, then structural simplicity and construction ease are improved, but direct horizontal access between adjacent buildings without stairwell usage becomes impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by designating specific sectors of ring buildings as connecting sectors that serve the dual function of maintaining the uniformly offset floor structure while providing horizontal access to adjacent buildings. This segmentation allows the majority of sectors to maintain simple construction with uniform floor offsets, while selected connecting sectors are positioned to enable direct inter-building connectivity at matching levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality by designing connecting sectors that perform multiple functions: they maintain the structural pattern of uniformly offset floors while simultaneously providing horizontal access between buildings. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate access structures, allowing the same sector design to serve both construction simplicity and inter-building connectivity requirements.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a building complex formed by multistorey ring buildings (R) having sections (1) which, in the ground plan, are trapezoidal, form a regular polygon ring and surround a courtyard with a central stairwell (4), wherein the storeys (3) thereof are evenly offset from one another in the vertical direction and are joined to the stairwell (4) by spoke-type passages (5), which stairwell has a staircase running around in the direction of the ascending storeys and having an ascending height (a) corresponding to the storey offset (h) between the passages (5). In order to join the individual ring buildings (R) to one another, according to the invention, in ring buildings (R) with an even-numbered polygon ring, the identical ring buildings (R) are each alternately arranged offset at an angle of 180° at the vertices of a polygon corresponding to the polygon ring, and in ring buildings (R) with an uneven-numbered polygon ring, the identical ring buildings (R) are each alternately arranged offset at an angle of 180° at the vertices of a polygon with twice the number of vertices, and the successive ring buildings (R) along the polygon are connected by passages (6) running between the storeys (3) of opposing connection sections with a corresponding storey offset.