Studio Kyriakos Miltiadou has completed Aer House, a striking 210-square-meter residential project in Nicosia, Cyprus, that challenges conventional architectural typologies through its deliberately ambiguous design approach. Completed in 2025, the house stands as an austere, introverted box near a sparse forest with compelling views over the suburbs of Nicosia, questioning whether it functions as a building, sculpture, or container.
The architectural concept represents a sophisticated elaboration of the primordial dwelling-box, reinterpreted to address contemporary modes of domestic living. Rather than adopting a traditional residential approach that opens outward to capture uninterrupted landscape views, the design team chose to create an inward-looking structure that maintains a mysterious relationship with its surroundings.
Lead architects Kyriakos Miltiadou and Maria Tsoupani, working with the Studio Kyriakos Miltiadou design team, collaborated with conem consulting and archtube for engineering, consulting, and lighting solutions. The project incorporates products from several manufacturers, including Rabel Aluminium Systems, El Greco Gallery, Il Bagno, Kyriakides Lighting, Mobhaus, and apa kitchen design.
The house's strategic positioning near the forest creates intriguing visual connections with the suburban landscape while maintaining privacy and introspection. The austere exterior treatment emphasizes the building's sculptural qualities, blurring the boundaries between architecture and art. This approach reflects a growing trend in contemporary residential design where architects explore the psychological and spatial implications of introverted versus extroverted architectural expressions.
The 210-square-meter footprint accommodates modern domestic requirements while challenging traditional expectations of how residential spaces should relate to their environment. The project demonstrates how contemporary architecture can reinterpret fundamental dwelling concepts while responding to specific site conditions and cultural contexts in the Mediterranean region.
