"The architectural proposal constitutes a systematic elaboration of the primordial dwelling-box and its reinterpretation in relation to contemporary modes of domestic living. The design begins with a three-dimensional grid, a lattice of points forming the rudimentary outline of a box with a 14×17-meter plan. Fragments of the natural landscape gradually infiltrate the box, triggering its progressive fragmentation. Through this systematic process of erosion, a complex prismatic composition of voids and solids emerges."
"Four vertical concrete walls, six meters high, wrap around the fragmented box, holding its split volumes within a coherent yet fluid whole. Carved with vertical cuts, these walls act as mediators between the inside and outside world: filtering, protecting, framing, and revealing, fostering in this way a dialectical relationship with the forest, the city, and the sky. The residence rises within its surroundings as an austere, sculpted box."
"What emerges morphologically is at first unfamiliar and deeply primal: a cube nested within a cube. An austere yet perforated shell is encased within another, standing as an archaic stone within its context. A vertical slit on the east facade serves as the entrance, marking arrival and emphasizing the transition from the exterior to the inner world of the building, designed by Studio Kyriakos Miltiadou."
Situated near a sparse forest with vistas over the suburbs of Nicosia, AER unfolds as an austere, introverted concrete residence. The design begins from a three-dimensional grid defining a 14×17-meter box that progressively fragments as elements of the natural landscape infiltrate the volume. Erosion of the primitive box yields a prismatic assembly of voids and solids contained by four six-meter-high concrete walls. Vertical cuts in these walls filter, protect, frame and reveal, mediating relationships with forest, city and sky. Morphologically the project reads as a cube within a cube, with a vertical slit on the east marking the entrance.
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