‘Lacuna at the Lane’ is set in Hackney, London, and reimagines a derelict 1900s Victorian bathhouse which has remained in disrepair and disuse for the past 20 years due to council neglect.

The project proposes a mixed-use program, integrating a public laundrette, communal residential units, a shared eatery, and slipper bath spaces along the perimeter, whilst preserving the central atrium’s original bath and pool as the main public space. The project also seeks to expand the adjacent community centre, enabling greater participation in outreach activities.

The new bathhouse aims to foster intercultural exchange between migrant and local communities, reconnect the building with the civic realm, and carry the site’s memory and intangible heritage beyond itself and into the broader urban fabric. It considers how the building’s programs spill out beyond its walls — engaging with the street, the neighbourhood, and the city.