Latibule

Title

Latibule

Description
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A soft-shell refuge of rice paper and light — asking why the city makes so little room for retreat.

Client

Hypha Studios · 1 Poultry

Collaborators
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Curated by Lucy Pickford for Hypha Studios. Photography by Jerry Florez; behind-the-scenes construction photography by Mirabelle Knowles.

The Latibule departs from a simple observation: that a latibule — a space of refuge, withdrawal, private retreat — is not a luxury but a human necessity, and that the contemporary city rarely makes room for one.

Built from humble, largely reclaimed materials, it asks whether it is possible, without expensive means, to create a space the body recognises as refuge — simply by attending to atmosphere, enclosure and light.