EL-House is a 220m² two-storey residential villa in Nicosia, designed by architects Demetris Ktorides and Ioanna Anastasiadou. The project presented significant structural engineering challenges centred on a first floor bedroom cantilevering 2.85 meters beyond the ground floor footprint over the swimming pool.

The fully glazed perimeter at the cantilever edge created zero tolerance for deflection — any movement would crack the glass. Our solution combined a hybrid steel/RC column system at the cantilever tips, allowing the ground and first floor slabs to act together structurally, nearly doubling stiffness while maintaining the architects' clean aesthetic.

Meeting Cyprus seismic Zone 2 requirements with thin circular columns and minimal shear walls demanded careful structural planning. We combined moment-resisting frames with strategically placed shear walls to achieve lateral stability without compromising the design's openness.

Papagiannis Structural Engineers is ETEK certified with over 15 years of experience in structural engineering throughout Cyprus. All designs comply with Eurocodes and Cyprus Building Regulations.