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Loq·kit is a mass-produced system of interchangeable building components for assembling single or multi-family houses. The building components are of three varieties: structural frame, in-fill, or snap-cladding components. Except for bolted structural frame connections, all connections between parts

Loq·kit is a mass-produced system of interchangeable building components for assembling single or multi-family houses. The building components are of three varieties: structural frame, in-fill, or snap-cladding components. Except for bolted structural frame connections, all connections between parts are snap-lock, and may be released. With snap-lock interfaces and a modular dimensional relationship between components, they can be reconfigured in near endless variety. The components all share a common dimensionality that is derived from a regulating grid. The grid utilizes an alternating sequence of two modules—a module A, and a smaller module B. The A,B,A,B rhythm of gridlines is used to regulate component connection locations in three dimensions. The alternating-sequence grid works by establishing a standard connection width, module B, for making connections between components. Each possible connection width is spaced from another by a common module A. This A,B,A,B grid sequence is used to determine connection locations along the length, width, and height of a building. Because the grid establishes a standard connection size and spacing, modular system dimensions result as a function of connection width and spacing. These modular system dimensions inform the size of structural frame members, and dictate directly the length and width, or length and height, of in-fill and snap-cladding components. The modular sizes and snap-lock interfaces result in a system of components that can be interchanged with each other, reconfigured, and reused.

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1. A building system comprising: a load bearing post-and-beam frame defining a building and formed by horizontal structural members and vertical columns, wherein the vertical columns are located at ends of the horizontal structural members and the horizontal structural members extend along horizonta

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A building system comprising: a load bearing post-and-beam frame defining a building and formed by horizontal structural members and vertical columns, wherein the vertical columns are located at ends of the horizontal structural members and the horizontal structural members extend along horizontal axes between the vertical columns, the horizontal structural members support building loads and transfer the loads to the vertical columns;a plurality of modular, non-structural-load-bearing, in-fill components that enclose and form a weather resistant exterior shell of the building, wherein the in-fill components have dimensions that are regulated by an alternating sequence of A and B units of measure, the in-fill components having dimensions based on NA+(N−1)B, where N is an integer greater than zero and A is greater than B, and wherein at least some of the in-fill components have different values of N, and wherein the non-structural-load-bearing in-fill components include wall panels, door panels and window panels wherein each of the in-fill components includes an extrusion that extends continuously along each of four perimeter faces of each of the in-fill components and circumscribes an edge between exterior and interior finish faces of each of the panels and defines four perimeter mating faces, and has a protrusion extending toward one of the adjacent in-fill component mating faces;a plurality of connectors connecting the adjacent in-fill components, each of the connectors engaging the protrusions extending from the adjacent in-fill components so that opposing parallel perimeter finish face edges of the adjacent in-fill components are separated by a standardized gap distance equal to the B unit of measure; anda mechanical weather strip located in the standardized gap between two of the adjacent in-fill components and covering a portion of the protrusions. 2. The system of claim 1, and further comprising: snap-cladding components removably covering an exterior surface of the load bearing frame. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the snap-cladding components are configured to be pressed into place over the load bearing frame to cover the exterior surface of the load bearing frame. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the snap-cladding components include a frame valance panel that covers an exterior surface of one of the horizontal structural members and corner cladding that covers two exterior surfaces of one of the vertical columns. 5. The system of claim 2, wherein the snap-cladding components have dimensions that are a function of the alternating sequence of A and B units of measure. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the horizontal structural members include a floor frame and a roof truss frame, and wherein the vertical columns support the floor and roof truss frames. 7. The system of claim 6, and further comprising: floor joists having a length regulated by the alternating sequence of A and B units of measure; andfloor joist clips snap-attaching floor joists to the floor frame. 8. The system of claim 6, and further comprising: trench footings for supporting the load bearing frame, wherein each of the trench footings connects to one of the vertical columns. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein each of the trench footings comprises: a base;a saddle placed over a portion of the base and oriented perpendicular to the base so that the trench footing has a cross-shaped footprint; anda cap attached to the saddle for receiving one of the vertical columns. 10. A building system comprising: a structural load bearing post-and-beam frame;a protective non-load bearing weather resistant exterior shell that covers the frame and is made up of adjacent, modular in-fill components joined to one another by connectors and sealed by a mechanical weather strip;wherein the modular in-fill components include wall panels, window panels, and door panels;wherein sizes of the modular in-fill components are determined by the application of a regulating grid composed of alternating A and B units of measure, wherein the A unit is a standardized distance between permissible connection locations, and wherein the B unit is a standardized gap distance at the connection locations;wherein B units within the grid represent permissible connection locations that function to standardize connection size and location directly by assigning a connection size, or gap, between finish face edges of the adjacent in-fill components equal to the B unit of measure and by regulating the placement of connections between in-fill finish faces to the B unit locations of the grid, wherein while informing modular parts size results as a function of the standardized connection gap B and standardized distance between connections A;wherein each of the in-fill components includes an extrusion that extends along a perimeter edge of the in-fill component and has a protrusion extending away from the in-fill component;wherein the connectors engage the protrusions extending from opposing edges of the adjacent in-fill components so that the finish face edges of adjacent in-fill components are parallel and separated by a distance equal to the standardized gap distance B;wherein the weather strip is located in the standardized gap between two of the adjacent in-fill components and covers a portion of the protrusions; andwherein modular co-ordination of in-fill components is based explicitly on the measurements defined by the regulation of connection size and location afforded by the standardized unit B that is separated by a common unit A and results in a system of standardized finish face sizes of the in-fill components described by the following formula: NA+(N−1)B, wherein N is an integer greater than zero, and wherein at least some of the in-fill components have different values of N. 11. The system of claim 10, and further comprising: snap-cladding components removably covering an exterior surface of the load bearing frame. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the snap-cladding components are configured to be pressed into place over the load bearing frame to cover the exterior surface of the load bearing frame. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the snap-cladding components include a frame valance panel that covers an exterior surface of one of the horizontal structural members and corner cladding that covers two exterior surfaces of one of the vertical columns.