Elevator system, kit and method

A kit for providing an elevator system defining an elevator transport axis with respect to an exposed vertical face of a vertical structure, the kit comprising:

• an elevator platform;
• a plurality of rail segment modules;
• a base structure;
• and
• a rail segment stacking system, wherein:
• the rail segment modules each comprises a respective one or more elevator rail elements, and the rail segment modules are configured for being serially stacked contiguously with respect to one another via the rail segment stacking system to thereby provide a correspondingly progressively elongating mast stack wherein the respective said elevator rail elements are mutually aligned to form at least one contiguous vertical elevator rail parallel to the elevator transport axis, the rail segment modules being further configured for being in selectively secured engagement with respect to the vertical face in operation of the elevator system;
• the elevator platform is configured for being selectively transported along the mast stack parallel to the elevator transport axis via the at least one contiguous vertical elevator rail, in operation of the elevator system;
• the base structure is configured for being anchored with respect to a ground zone proximal to the vertical face, and having a module receiving station configured for selectively receiving each said rail segment module in turn from a rail segment module source, and for feeding in turn each received said rail segment module to the rail segment stacking system;
• the rail segment stacking system is configured for on-site coupling and bottom-to-top stacking of the rail segment modules fed thereto from the module receiving station to thereby provide the progressively elongating mast stack, and for selectively transporting the progressively elongating mast stack vertically and progressively further away from the ground zone after each said rail segment module is coupled and stacked thereto.