Method and apparatus for sheltered, in-place home building

Abstract

A building manufacturing system is provided. The system includes a temporary assembly facility configured to substantially cover one or more permanent building locations. The temporary assembly facility is further configured to enable one or more buildings to be assembled up the one or more permanent building locations. The temporary assembly facility can include a manufacturing facility. The temporary assembly facility can include a transportation system. The transportation system can include an overhead rail system. The temporary assembly facility can include a roof configured to divert precipitation. The roof can be flexible. The roof can include a canvass portion. The roof can include a plastic portion. A method of building a building is also provided. The method can include covering a permanent building location with a portion of a temporary assembly facility, assembling the building upon the permanent building location and removing the portion from the permanent building location.

1 . A building manufacturing system comprising:
 a temporary assembly facility configured to substantially cover one or more permanent building locations, the temporary assembly facility being further configured to enable one or more buildings to be assembled up the one or more permanent building locations.   
     
     
         2 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the temporary assembly facility includes a raw materials, component and/or sub-component storage area. 
     
     
         3 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the temporary assembly facility includes a manufacturing facility. 
     
     
         4 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 3 , wherein the manufacturing facility includes one or more component assembly areas. 
     
     
         5 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the temporary assembly facility includes a transportation system. 
     
     
         6 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 5 , wherein the transportation system includes an overhead rail system. 
     
     
         7 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the temporary assembly facility includes a roof configured to divert precipitation. 
     
     
         8 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 7 , wherein the roof is flexible. 
     
     
         9 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 8 , wherein the roof includes a canvass portion. 
     
     
         10 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 8 , wherein the roof includes a plastic portion. 
     
     
         11 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 7 , wherein the roof is substantially inflexible. 
     
     
         12 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the temporary assembly facility includes a frame. 
     
     
         13 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 12 , wherein the frame is collapsible. 
     
     
         14 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 12 , wherein the frame includes a plurality of elongated members and a plurality of connectors. 
     
     
         15 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 12 , wherein the frame includes one or more members, wherein the members are configured to be removably at least partly embedded in the ground. 
     
     
         16 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 12 , wherein the frame is attached to one or more anchors that are at least partly embedded in the ground. 
     
     
         17 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the temporary assembly facility is reconfigurable. 
     
     
         18 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 17 , wherein the temporary assembly facility is reconfigurable to cover an additional permanent building location. 
     
     
         19 . The building manufacturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the temporary assembly facility is reconfigurable to not cover one of the one or more permanent locations. 
     
     
         20 . A method of building a building comprising:
 covering a permanent building location with a portion of a temporary assembly facility;   assembling the building upon the permanent building location; and   removing the portion from the permanent building location.