Project 01
AURAStudios

NexusHouse

Nexus House cantilevered above a misty volcanic valley

Two grounded volumes frame a warm, protected centre.

Nexus House does not occupy the ridge. It measures it.

64° 08' N21° 56' WCompleted / 2026

A forty-two metre inhabited bridge settles between two mineral anchors. The central court gathers winter light; the roofline turns coastal wind over the living rooms without sealing the house away from its climate.

Weather court with warm glazing and wet stone
Interior weather court / looking north
02 / Three readings

One house.
Three systems.

Nexus House cantilevered above a misty volcanic valley
3,850SQ M footprint
Close material study of board-formed concrete, steel and glassSurface study / west anchor

Nothing applied. Everything earned.

The palette is deliberately narrow. Each surface carries more than one task: structure becomes finish, mass becomes thermal storage, glass becomes a calibrated environmental membrane.

M—01

Cast mineral

Locally batched aggregate / 62% reclaimed mineral content

M—02

Blackened steel

Low-gloss structural skin / wax sealed on site

M—03

Low-iron glass

Triple glazed courtyard walls / solar gain tuned by orientation

04 / Process

Less gesture.
More resolution.

01

Read the ground

A year of wind, water and light observations established where the building could touch—and where it should not.

02

Make the span

Two concrete anchors and one bridge resolve the plan without flattening the natural shelf beneath it.

03

Tune the weather

Deep reveals, thermal mass and the planted court turn a severe coastal climate into a measured interior rhythm.

Project archive

Selected structures / 2024—26

Nexus House above the coastal valley
AURAStudios

Begin with the ground.

Reykjavík / Copenhagenstudio@aura.example© 2026 AURA Studios
四宫格
对应的图库Nexus Gallery