Hexagonal building assembly

Abstract

A polyhedral building module may be connected along its sides to manufacture free form buildings or structures. A multiplicity of individual polyhedral building modules may be manufactured remotely and shipped to a building site where they can be attached to one another and the building constructed. Ideally, the polyhedral building modules may be attached to each other using hand tools. Upright members or columns provide support for a roof structure. The building module may be raised off of the ground by brace members attached to the underside of the building module's floor structure.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A building module comprising:
 a polyhedral floor having a top and a bottom, said floor having five (5) or more sides;   a floor structure comprising said floor, a center piece connected to said bottom of said floor generally at the center of said polyhedral floor, and a circumferential ring attached to said floor bottom near the outer circumference of said floor bottom;   an upright member connected to said circumferential ring, wherein said upright member extends at generally a right angle from the plane of the floor;   a ceiling structure attached to said upright member at an opposite end of said upright member from said floor; and   wherein a side of said outer circumferential ring is capable of being attached to a side of a outer circumferential ring from a second building module.   
     
     
         2 . The building module of  claim 1 , wherein said floor structure further comprises an inner circumferential ring attached to said floor bottom between said outer circumference of said floor bottom and said center of said floor bottom. 
     
     
         3 . The building module of  claim 2 , wherein said outer circumferential ring and said inner circumferential ring are manufactured from steel beams. 
     
     
         4 . The building module of  claim 1 , further comprising a multiplicity of brace members attached to said bottom of said floor structure, wherein said brace members raise said floor structure off of a substrate. 
     
     
         5 . The building module of  claim 2 , further comprising a multiplicity of brace members attached to said bottom of said floor structure, wherein said brace members raise said floor structure off of a substrate. 
     
     
         6 . The building module of  claim 1 , wherein a side of said outer circumferential ring is capable of being attached to a side of a outer circumferential ring from a second building module with handheld power tools at a building site. 
     
     
         7 . A building module comprising:
 a hexagonal floor having a top and a bottom, said floor having six (6) sides;   a floor structure comprising said floor, a center piece connected to said bottom of said floor generally at the center of said polyhedral floor, and a circumferential ring attached to said floor bottom near the outer circumference of said floor bottom;   an upright member connected to said circumferential ring, wherein said upright member extends at generally a right angle from the plane of the floor;   a ceiling structure attached to said upright member at an opposite end of said upright member from said floor; and   wherein a side of said outer circumferential ring is capable of being attached to a side of a outer circumferential ring from a second building module.   
     
     
         8 . The building module of  claim 7 , wherein said floor structure further comprises an inner circumferential ring attached to said floor bottom between said outer circumference of said floor bottom and said center of said floor bottom. 
     
     
         9 . The building module of  claim 8 , wherein said outer circumferential ring and said inner circumferential ring are manufactured from steel beams. 
     
     
         10 . The building module of  claim 7 , further comprising a multiplicity of brace members attached to said bottom of said floor structure, wherein said brace members raise said floor structure off of a substrate. 
     
     
         11 . The building module of  claim 8 , further comprising a multiplicity of brace members attached to said bottom of said floor structure, wherein said brace members raise said floor structure off of a substrate. 
     
     
         12 . The building module of  claim 7 , wherein a side of said outer circumferential ring is capable of being attached to a side of a outer circumferential ring from a second building module with handheld power tools at a building site. 
     
     
         13 . A building module comprising:
 a floor structure comprising six (6) radial members of generally equal length attached at a center piece and extending outwardly from said center piece wherein angles between the radial members are approximately equal, and a circumferential ring attached to said radial members at the ends of said radial members opposite from said center piece;   an upright member connected to said circumferential ring, wherein said upright member extends at generally a right angle from the plane of said floor structure;   a ceiling structure attached to said upright member at an opposite end of said upright member from said floor structure; and   wherein a side of said outer circumferential ring is capable of being attached to a side of a outer circumferential ring from a second building module.   
     
     
         14 . The building module of  claim 13 , wherein said floor structure further comprises an inner circumferential ring attached to said radial members between said outer circumferential ring of said floor structure and said center piece. 
     
     
         15 . The building module of  claim 14 , wherein said radial members, said outer circumferential ring, and said inner circumferential ring are manufactured from steel beams. 
     
     
         16 . The building module of  claim 13 , further comprising a multiplicity of brace members attached to said bottom of said floor structure, wherein said brace members raise said floor structure off of a substrate. 
     
     
         17 . The building module of  claim 14 , further comprising a multiplicity of brace members attached to said bottom of said floor structure, wherein said brace members raise said floor structure off of a substrate. 
     
     
         18 . The building module of  claim 13 , wherein a side of said outer circumferential ring is capable of being attached to a side of a outer circumferential ring from a second building module with handheld power tools at a building site.