Methods and systems for converting office buildings into residential use
OwnerGal Ehrlichinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for converting an office building into residential use by enhancing water supply and wastewater management capabilities. Vertical water supply lines and vertical wastewater pipes are installed within a pre-existing elevator shaft to increase supply and disposal capacities. Floor-level water distribution systems supply water to residential units from the vertical water supply lines, while floor-level wastewater collectors receive wastewater, which is then pumped to the vertical wastewater pipes.
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A method for converting a multi-story office building into a multi-story residential building, said office building having a vertical and continuous internal core, at least a part of or the entire said internal core is load-bearing of the building, said internal core housing:
- (i) a plurality of elevators, each in a pre-existing elevator shaft;
- (ii) a pre-existing vertical fresh water pipe;
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- (iii) a pre-existing vertical waste water pipe;
- the method comprising:
- (a) repurposing at least one said pre-existing elevator shafts in the internal core, by removing at least one said elevators from within said at least one said pre-existing elevator shafts, so as to generate at least one elevator-free elevator shafts, and vertically installing, within said at least one elevator-free elevator shafts at least one installation selected from the group consisting of augmenting vertical fresh water pipes, augmenting vertical waste water pipes, air ventilation pipes and systems, air conditioning pipes, air tunnels and systems, electricity lines and panels, data lines and waste water ventilation pipes,
- (b) converting a plurality of offices of the office building into a plurality of residential units having its own bathroom located outside said internal core;
- thereby converting the multi-story office building into a multi-story residential building, wherein the multi-story residential building comprises at least one additional pre-existing elevator shafts in the internal core which houses at least one operational elevator.
A method for converting a multi-story office building into a multi-story residential building, said office building having a vertical and continuous internal core, at least a part of or the entire said internal core is load-bearing of the building, said internal core housing:
- (i) a plurality of elevators, each in a pre-existing elevator shaft;
- (ii) a pre-existing vertical fresh water pipe;
- and
- (iii) a pre-existing vertical waste water pipe;
- the method comprising:
- (a) repurposing at least one said pre-existing elevator shafts in the internal core, by removing at least one said elevators from within said at least one said pre-existing elevator shafts, so as to generate at least one elevator-free elevator shafts, and vertically installing, within said at least one elevator-free elevator shafts at least one augmenting fresh water pipe, wherein the multi-story residential building comprises at least one additional pre-existing elevator shafts in the internal core which houses at least one operational elevator, wherein a majority of floors of the office building are converted into a plurality of residential units;
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- (b) installing within said at least one elevator-free elevator shaft and/or said additional pre-existing shaft at least one installation selected from the group consisting of air ventilation pipes and systems, air conditioning pipes, air tunnels and systems, electricity lines and panels, data lines and waste water ventilation pipes;
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- (c) converting a majority of floors of the office building into a plurality of residential units;
- thereby converting the multi-story office building into a multi-story residential building, wherein the multi-story residential building comprises at least one additional pre-existing elevator shafts in the internal core which houses at least one operational elevator.
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