The Nidus is a modern two-story house located in Kalamata, Greece, designed in 2021 by Gonzalez – Malama Architects.

Description
The building is located in Kalamata, inside an extensive olive grove, which is a pocket of nature enclosed within a rapidly growing part of the urban fabric.
The street front is treated with a hard limit, acting as a visual barrier to the interior, moving from the city to the domestic, natural environment. All service areas were lined along this limit, and their northern orientation proved beneficial to the passive building requirements. In this framework, the main living areas enjoy the southern orientation from large openings, supported by necessary eaves which regulate incoming solar radiation according to the seasonal requirements of the Greek climate. The geometric structure of the building features three irregular horizontal zones. The base, containing the basement, the outdoor spaces, and the swimming pool, appears like a geological formation of rough, untreated stone, becoming a socle to support the consecutive levels of the building. The middle level, on the ground floor, is shaped into an extensive, off-white volume with characteristic openings which evoke a typical house by means of their morphology; the latter, however, are subverted by functional voids contained within. Ultimately, the crowning of the building is materialized in a perforated veil, embracing the private spaces of the house on the upp...