Patent ID: 8621787

Claim:
A building structure, comprising: a housing unit including (a) a ceiling having a ceiling height and (b) a plurality of walls defining a continuous interior floor space; and a prefabricated building module having a height that is less than the ceiling height of the housing unit such that the prefabricated building module is selectably movable, within the housing unit and at a clearance distance below the ceiling, between multiple locations about the continuous floor space, the prefabricated building module defining at least a portion of a living space for the housing unit, the prefabricated building module comprising: a set of adjoining walls, each adjoining wall having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, the set of adjoining walls defining at least the portion of the living space for the housing unit, one or more fixtures designed for the living space, the one or more fixtures mounted via a structure attached to an interior of the prefabricated building module bound by the inner wall surfaces; and one or more partitions, each partition mounted between the inner wall surface and the outer wall surface of a respective one of the adjoining walls of the prefabricated building module, the one or more partitions extendable outwardly from a retracted position within the prefabricated building module to an extended position, wherein the prefabricated building module is spaced apart, in each of the multiple locations and with the one or more partitions in the retracted position, from all of the walls of the housing unit defining the continuous interior floor space, such that the one or more partitions are extendable toward one or more of the plurality of walls defining the continuous interior floor space to thereby define at least a portion of one or more additional living spaces within the housing unit adjacent to the prefabricated building module.