Case Study
CYCLOPEAN HOUSE

Constructed in 2015, this project was designed by Ensemble Studio and resides in Brookline, Massachusetts.
“Cyclopean House is built, using the vigor of the builder, and the ingenuity of the engineer, to start a journey from the place of its manufacture –Madrid- to the place where it can definitely lie -on top of an existing garage, the ugly duckling of the area.” Why foam? This lightweight construction was used to avoid digging new foundations, or overloading the existing garage.”



Ideation


Beam Building + Test



Analysis + Conclusion




We can use the same beam type for the structure!



Although the Cyclopean House proves to be a very interesting in theory, if the same concept was applied in commercial use it would most likely NOT be with recycled Polystyrene, creating a much larger carbon footprint than wood or steel.