Inner-city passenger car sales and service centre with minimal area requirements

Abstract

The invention relates to an automobile service building with sufficient useful area for all the functions that are required for this purpose. In order to make it possible to offer services with an acceptable investment cost outlay in this building, even close to the center of large cities, without any restriction to the useful area to the scope of the servicin, all the facilities for the various functions are, according to the invention, arranged one above the other on a large number of floors in a standard, tower-like building with a small ground area requirement, with a tower diameter based on approximately four times the length of a passenger vehicle. The vehicle reception area is accommodated in the basement, the first floor is used as a sales area, above which the four-floor workshop and storage area is located, and above which, in turn, a seven-floor area, similar to a multistory car park is provided for parking the customer vehicles entrusted to the business is provided, and above which, finally, a multifloor office area is provided. The logistic communication between the floor levels is provided by means of a vertical elevator which can be fed in a circular fashion. The workshop area and the parking area are constructed to be symmetrical about the center.

1 . A multifloor building with a basement for an automobile company agency which sells new passenger vehicles and carries out maintenance services, in which building the floor levels are connected by passenger elevators and load elevators as well as by staircases, with the elevator cabin of the load elevator being matched to the weight and size of the largest passenger vehicle to be maintained, in which building facilities are furthermore provided for the following types of use: 
 a vehicle reception area which, in a small area, contains both an office area and a workshop and parking area for receiving the customer orders and the customer vehicles for maintenance,    a relatively large number of parking spaces for parking the customer vehicles which are to be maintained or are ready to be picked up,    a workshop with a sufficient number of workstations and infrastructure facilities for peripheral functions,    a display area for new vehicles with associated office rooms,    an office area with office rooms including rooms for infrastructure peripherals,    furthermore, engineering areas for accommodating infrastructure engineering equipment such as the building heating, air conditioning or the like, 
 wherein the said facilities being arranged one above the other on a number of floors in a standard, tower-like building with a rectangular, approximately square ground area requirement at least for those floors which are arranged above the first floor, with one dimension (A or B) of this ground area corresponding approximately to three to five times, and preferably about three and a half to four times, the length of the longest passenger vehicle to be maintained, with the tower-like building having the following further features:  
   the display area for new vehicles and the associated office rooms are arranged on one of the lower floors above ground level, preferably on the first floor,    the areas for vehicle reception are arranged in the basement, which can be accessed via a drive-in ramp,    the elevator shaft for the load elevator which connects the floor levels to one another is arranged centrally and in the middle within the floors above ground level, with the shaft having a round cross section at least in the area of the workshop floors and above them, with an unobstructed internal diameter which corresponds at least to the length of the ground area diagonal of the elevator cabin, and with two or more shaft doors which correspond to the width of the elevator cabin being arranged on each floor level with a round load elevator shaft around the latter,    the elevator cabin of the load elevator is mounted on a lifting cage which is guided in the elevator shaft such that it can rotate about a vertical center axis and is provided with a controllable rotary drive such that the elevator cabin can be swiveled horizontally such that its cabin opening deliberately faces a circumferentially identical position with any given ones of the shaft doors, which are arranged around the elevator shaft, on a floor level,    the maintenance boxes, which are distributed on two or more floor levels, in the workshop area are arranged radially aligned in a star shape around the elevator shaft of the load elevator, with the other facilities and workstations for the workshop being arranged in the free spaces which remain between the maintenance boxes and which diverge outward, and with a separate floor level being provided for storage of large-volume spare parts, all of which are together referred to for short in the following text as the “workshop area”,    the parking spaces for parking the customer vehicles or for any new vehicles—referred to for short in the following text as the “parking area”—are distributed over two or more floor levels which are arranged above the floor levels of the workshop area, with the individual parking spaces being arranged aligned radially in a star shape around the elevator shaft of the load elevator,    a separate engineering floor, which is arranged above the parking area, is arranged to accommodate the infrastructure engineering equipment,    the office area is distributed over two or more floor levels which are located above the engineering floor,    at least one passenger elevator and at least one stairwell for an emergency staircase are arranged in the corner area of the ground area of the building tower, with at most one passenger elevator or one emergency stairwell being arranged in each corner.    
     
     
         2 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the drive-in ramp which leads to the vehicle reception area initially runs in a straight line and, at its end, is curved in a helical shape.  
     
     
         3 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the basement floors around the width of the drive-in ramp are broader and longer than the first floor and the first floors above the first floor.  
     
     
         4 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the ramp which can be driven on and runs in a helical shape is arranged in one corner of the ground area rectangle.  
     
     
         5 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one stairwell is arranged centrally within the ramp which runs in a helical shape.  
     
     
         6 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the load elevator shaft has a rectangular cross section corresponding to the outline shape of the elevator cabin at least in the area of the underground floors.  
     
     
         7 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the elevator cabin of the load elevator can be mechanically locked and fixed to the boundary of the elevator shaft in any desired circumferentially identical position with a shaft door by means of locking bolts which can be extended parallel to the cabin floor.  
     
     
         8 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the shaft doors of the load elevator are all in the form of fire-resistant fire protection doors.  
     
     
         9 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the shaft doors of the load elevator are in the form of tilting doors or roller doors which can be raised during opening.  
     
     
         10 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the load elevator is driven from underneath via chains.  
     
     
         11 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the counterweights for the load elevator are arranged outside the building.  
     
     
         12 . The building as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the counterweights, which are arranged outside the building, for the load elevator are panels which are approximately at the same height as and are at least just as wide as the floors.  
     
     
         13 . The building as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the counterweights for the load elevator, which are in the form of panels, are provided with a moving electrical power supply, such that the counterweights, which are in the form of panels, can be used as information media for large-area information.  
     
     
         14 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the load elevator and the passenger elevator or elevators which is or are arranged away from the center in the building lead/leads only as far as the engineering floor, in that, however, an elevator shaft with a smaller diameter, which is arranged within the building, preferably centrally in the building, continues above the load elevator within the office area up to the uppermost floor level, and a passenger elevator is arranged in this elevator shaft.  
     
     
         15 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein two passenger elevators and two emergency stairwells are provided on the building, and are arranged outside the tower-like structure body in the corner area of the ground area.  
     
     
         16 . The building as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the two passenger elevators are arranged on the access side of the building, and the two emergency stairwells are arranged on the opposite rear side of the building.  
     
     
         17 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the areas for vehicle reception are distributed over at least two levels below ground level, and are connected to one another by means of a ramp which can be driven on and runs in a helical shape.  
     
     
         18 . The building as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the gradient of the drive-in ramp, which has a helical shape, is sufficiently steep that the floor height is overcome after just at least 270° of one complete turn.  
     
     
         19 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a maximum of eight maintenance boxes are provided on each floor level within the workshop area, with adjacent maintenance boxes being arranged at an angle of 45°.  
     
     
         20 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein twelve to fifteen parking spaces are provided on each floor level within the parking area, with adjacent parking spaces being arranged at an angle of 30°-24°.  
     
     
         21 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first floor and/or the lowermost floors above the first floor are equipped and set up for use as sales or commercial areas with a high degree of public traffic—referred to for short in the following text as the “shopping area”.  
     
     
         22 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the building cross section of the floors which are above ground level but are below the workshop area, that is to say in the shopping area, is square.  
     
     
         23 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the building cross section in the floor levels which are in the workshop area is in the form of a regular octagon which is derived from the square shape of the shopping area by capping the corners.  
     
     
         24 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the building cross section in the floor levels above the workshop area, that is to say in the parking and engineering areas, is approximately cylindrical, that is to say polygonal with a circumferential circle which can be written into the octagon of the workshop area.  
     
     
         25 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the building cross section in the floor levels in the office area is square, with a square which can be written into the circle of the cylindrical parking and engineering area.  
     
     
         26 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the passenger elevators and the emergency stairwells are constructed outside the structure body as separate minaret-like towers which project at a short distance from the structure body and are linked by short bridges to the floor levels used by people.  
     
     
         27 . The building as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a complete glass facçde on all sides.  
     
     
         28 . A multifloor building with a basement for an automobile company agency which sells new passenger vehicles and carries out maintenance services, the multifloor building comprising: 
 a passenger elevator;    a load elevator having an elevator cabin and an elevator shaft;    a staircase;    a drive-in ramp;    a plurality of floor levels that are connected by the passenger elevator and the load elevator and the staircase;    a vehicle reception area which includes both an office area and a workshop and parking area for receiving customer orders and customer vehicles for maintenance;    a parking area for parking the customer vehicles which are to be maintained or are ready to be picked up;    a workshop area that includes workstations and infrastructure facilities for peripheral functions;    a display area for new vehicles and office rooms;    an office area with office rooms including rooms for infrastructure peripherals; and    an engineering area for accommodating infrastructure engineering equipment;    wherein the areas are arranged one above the other on the floors;    wherein the display area is arranged on a lower floor;    wherein the vehicle reception area is arranged in a basement, which is accessible via the drive-in ramp;    wherein the elevator shaft of the load elevator is arranged centrally within the floors above ground level and includes a round cross section at least in the workshop area and above, wherein the elevator shaft has an unobstructed internal diameter which corresponds at least to a length of a ground area of the building diagonal of the elevator cabin and has shaft doors which correspond to a width of the elevator cabin being arranged on each floor level with a round load elevator shaft;    wherein the elevator cabin of the load elevator is mounted on a lifting cage which is guided in the elevator shaft such that it can rotate about a vertical center axis and has a controllable rotary drive such that the elevator cabin can be swiveled horizontally such that its cabin opening faces a circumferentially identical position with any given ones of the shaft doors, which are arranged around the elevator shaft, on a floor level,    wherein the workshop area includes maintenance boxes that are arranged radially aligned around the elevator shaft of the load elevator, and wherein the infrastructure facilities and workstations of the workshop are arranged between the maintenance boxes, and wherein one of floor levels is provided for storage of spare parts;    wherein the parking area includes a plurality of floor levels which are above the floor levels of the workshop area, and wherein the parking area includes parking spaces that are arranged radially around the elevator shaft of the load elevator;    wherein the engineering area is arranged on one of the floors, which is arranged above the parking area;    wherein the office area is distributed over at least two floor levels which are located above the engineering floor; and    wherein at least one passenger elevator and at least one stairwell are arranged in a corner area of the ground area, with at most one passenger elevator or one emergency stairwell being arranged in each corner of the ground area.    
     
     
         29 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the building has a approximately rectangular area at least for floors which are arranged above the first floor.  
     
     
         30 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the drive-in ramp which leads to the vehicle reception area initially runs in a straight line and, at one end, is curved in a helical shape.  
     
     
         31 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the basement around the width of the drive-in ramp are broader and longer than the first floor and the floors above the first floor.  
     
     
         32 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the ramp which can be driven on and runs in a helical shape is arranged in one corner of the ground area rectangle.  
     
     
         33 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the at least one stairwell is arranged centrally within the portion of the ramp which runs in a helical shape.  
     
     
         34 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the elevator cabin has a rectangular cross section, and the load elevator shaft has a rectangular cross section corresponding to the cross section of the elevator cabin at least in the basement floors.  
     
     
         35 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the elevator cabin of the load elevator is mechanically lockable and fixed to a boundary of the elevator shaft in any desired circumferentially identical position with a shaft door with locking bolts which can be extended parallel to the cabin floor.  
     
     
         36 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the shaft doors of the load elevator are fire-resistant fire protection doors.  
     
     
         37 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the shaft doors of the load elevator are tilting doors or roller doors which can be raised during opening.  
     
     
         38 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the load elevator is driven from underneath via chains.  
     
     
         39 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein counterweights for the load elevator are arranged outside the building.  
     
     
         40 . The building as claimed in  claim 39 , wherein the counterweights, which are arranged outside the building, for the load elevator are panels which are approximately at the same height as and are at least just as wide as the floors.  
     
     
         41 . The building as claimed in  claim 40 , wherein the counterweights for the load elevator include a moving electrical power supply, such that the counterweights can be used as information media for large-area information.  
     
     
         42 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the load elevator and the passenger elevator which is arranged away from the center of the building lead only as far as the engineering floor, and wherein a further elevator shaft with a smaller diameter continues above the load elevator within the office area up to the uppermost floor level, and a second passenger elevator is arranged in this further elevator shaft.  
     
     
         43 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , comprising two passenger elevators and two emergency stairwells, which are arranged outside the building in a corner area of the ground area.  
     
     
         44 . The building as claimed in  claim 43 , wherein the two passenger elevators are arranged on a access side of the building, and the two emergency stairwells are arranged on an opposite rear side of the building.  
     
     
         45 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the vehicle reception area includes at least two levels below ground level, which are connected by a ramp with a helical shape.  
     
     
         46 . The building as claimed in  claim 45 , wherein a gradient of the drive-in ramp is sufficiently steep that the floor height is reached after at least 270° of one complete turn.  
     
     
         47 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , comprising a maximum of eight maintenance boxes on each floor level within the workshop area, with adjacent maintenance boxes being arranged at an angle of 45°.  
     
     
         48 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , comprising twelve to fifteen parking spaces on each floor level within the parking area, with adjacent parking spaces being arranged at an angle of 30°-24°.  
     
     
         49 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein at least one of the first floor and the lowermost floors above the first floor include a shopping area with a high degree of public traffic.  
     
     
         50 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the cross section of the floors between the ground level and the workshop area is square.  
     
     
         51 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the cross section of the floor levels in the workshop area is a regular octagon which is derived from the square shape of the shopping area by capping the corners.  
     
     
         52 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the cross section of the floor levels above the workshop area and in the parking and engineering areas is approximately cylindrical with a circumferential circle which is fit into the octagon of the workshop area.  
     
     
         53 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the building cross section of the floor levels in the office area is a square which is fit into the circle of the cylindrical parking and engineering area.  
     
     
         54 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , wherein the passenger elevators and the emergency stairwells are constructed outside the structure body as separate towers which project at a short distance from the structure body and are linked by short bridges to the floor levels.  
     
     
         55 . The building as claimed in  claim 28 , further comprising a complete glass facçde on all sides.