On 29 April, 2026, Marta Tafalla participated in the seminar Interspecies City, organized by the CCCB. This international seminar brought together experts from across Europe to explore new approaches to understanding and shaping public space as a shared, living environment for both human and non-human beings.

📍 CCCB (Barcelona)
🗓️ April 29, 2026 - 9:30 

PROGRAMM

9:30 a.m. Introduction: Hans Ibelings

9:45 - 11:45 a.m.

The evolution of public space

Urban public space has a very long history, but the term “public space” is only half a century old, and its definition has been evolving and expanding.

Sonia Curnier, architect and associate professor in Architectural and Urban Theory / HEIA-FR
Tomás Criado, anthropologist and interdisciplinary researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Life in the city

How can we imagine city life in an all-encompassing way? What does it mean to be human in a public space for everyone? How can we encounter and engage with other organisms? 

Michael Marder, philosopher, Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country
Marta Tafalla, philosopher and lecturer at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

The design of public space for other than humans

How can and should public space accommodate organisms that are other than human? What would this require from designers if public space is to be made truly inclusive?

Helen Wilson, social and cultural geographer, professor at Durham University
Aura Luz Melis, architect and partner at the Amsterdam-based design studio Inside Outside
Joan Pino Vilalta, professor of Ecology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and director of the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF).