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The invention presents the concept of a residential building which is constructed on the principle of staggered dwellings. The staggered dwellings each have a single-storey dwelling part (10, 23) and a two-storey dwelling part (11) with outdoor area. The living area (10 and 11) of the dwelling is open and allows individual living requirements to be realized with a variability which has not been known up until now. The division of space is not fixed by the static system. The type of accommodation presented can be realized in all types of urban construction such as blocks of flats, block-edge developments or high-rise buildings from two storeys upwards. The sizes of dwellings may be determined in accordance with the location and the target group. Combining the accommodation with service-related and commercial use is made possible in a completely new way using this principle.

Inventor: Hans Zwimpfer
Primary Examiner: Carl Friedman
Secondary Examiner: Jessica Laux
Attorney: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP
Current U.S. Classification: 52/79.1; 52/236.3

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Citations

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Claims

1. A residential building comprising a plurality of dwellings, each of said dwellings includes a single-storey dwelling part and a two-storey dwelling part, said single-storey dwelling part of a lower dwelling being disposed beneath said single-story dwelling part of an upper dwelling, said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling having a floor which is on the same level as a floor of said one-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling, said two-story dwelling part of said lower dwelling having a ceiling which is on the same level as a ceiling of said one-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling, said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling having an open space which extends from said floor of said two-story dwelling part of said lower dwelling to said ceiling of said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling and is at least partially defined by a two-storey first wall which extends from the floor of said lower dwelling to the ceiling of said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling and a one-storey second wall which extends from the ceiling of said one-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling to the ceiling of the two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling, said one-storey second wall of said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling forming at least a portion of a one-storey wall of said single-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling, said one-storey second wall of said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling separates at least a portion of said single-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling from said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling.

2. A residential building as set forth in claim 1 wherein the floor of said single-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling has a surface area which is at least as great as a surface area of a floor said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling.

3. A residential building as set forth in claim 1 wherein said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling includes an indoor area and an outdoor area which opens outwardly toward a facade of the residential building.

4. A residential building as set forth in claim 1 wherein the floor of said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling has the same surface area as a floor of said two-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling.

5. A residential building as set forth in claim 4 wherein the floor of said single-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling has the same surface area as a floor of said single-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling.

6. A residential building as set forth in claim 1 wherein said single-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling extends from said two-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling to said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling.

7. A residential building as set forth in claim 6 wherein said single-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling is disposed above said single-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling throughout the extent of said single-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling.

8. A residential building as set forth in claim 1 further including a lower storey disposed beneath said upper and lower dwellings, said lower storey having the same ceiling height throughout the extent of said lower storey.

9. A residential building as said forth in claim 1 wherein said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling includes an indoor area and an outdoor area which opens outwardly toward a facade of the residential building, said two-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling includes an indoor area and an outdoor area which opens outwardly toward the facade of the residential building, said outdoor area of said two-storey dwelling part of said lower dwelling being horizontally offset from said outdoor area of said two-storey dwelling part of said upper dwelling.

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