US 11,885,145 B2
Hybrid building system, building and method
David Lee Jones, Wilmslow (GB); Edward Ross Shenton, Wilmslow (GB); and Anthony Robert Cherry, Wilmslow (GB)
Assigned to SANO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, Wilmslow (GB)
Filed by SANO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, Wilmslow (GB)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,392.
Application 18/177,392 is a continuation of application No. 17/907,338, previously published as PCT/GB2022/051271, filed on May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2107243 (GB), filed on May 20, 2021; application No. 2107244 (GB), filed on May 20, 2021; application No. 2107245 (GB), filed on May 20, 2021; application No. 2107247 (GB), filed on May 20, 2021; and application No. 2107248 (GB), filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0203828 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 1/12 (2006.01); E04H 1/00 (2006.01); E04H 1/04 (2006.01); E04H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 1/12 (2013.01) [E04H 1/005 (2013.01); E04H 1/02 (2013.01); E04H 1/04 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of constructing a hybrid residential building comprising:
constructing a first building section at a final location for the hybrid residential building;
at a location away from the final location, constructing a second building section to a substantially assembled form, the second building section including an internal volume;
transporting the second building section to the final location in the substantially assembled form; and
connecting the first and second building sections to form the hybrid residential building;
wherein constructing the first building section comprises providing the first building section with an internal volume that provides a living space within the hybrid residential building, and arranging the internal volume of the first building section so that it includes a cavity shaped to receive the second building section;
wherein connecting the first and second building sections comprises positioning the second building section within the cavity in the internal volume of the first building section and enclosing the second building section within an outer layer of the hybrid residential building;
further comprising arranging the second building section so that its internal volume defines;
a circulation space for the hybrid residential building which provides a walkway access route passing from an exterior of the hybrid residential building directly into the second building section, and from the second building section into the living space of the first building section; and
an enclosed space which is separate from the circulation space and accessed via a walkway opening, the enclosed space forming a washroom.