Habitarse
Beyond the services, there is a deeper question guiding all of this work.
Spaces can foster or inhibit fundamental human capacities: attention, perception, emotional regulation, contemplation and reflection.
These capacities are not a luxury — they are the foundation of human flourishing and of a more conscious way of inhabiting the world.
HABITARSE is the transdisciplinary research, design and creation platform investigating exactly that — how space and the experience of inhabiting it can contribute to cultivating those capacities, opening up possibilities for human flourishing.
Five capacities
What space can cultivate — or erode
Attention
The capacity to sustain focus in an environment that constantly disperses it.
Perception
The sensitivity to notice the subtle — light, texture, sound, rhythm — in everyday space.
Emotional regulation
The possibility that the environment helps calm, contain or process what we feel.
Contemplation
The space and time to pause, with no task to complete.
Reflection
The conditions that allow us to think more clearly about our own experience.
The pilot
The first Habitarse pilot: Valencia
An urban pause-and-wellbeing intervention that seeks to identify how small transformations of public space can foster measurable human capacities in people's everyday lives.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly is Habitarse?+
It's a transdisciplinary research, design and creation platform exploring how space and the experience of inhabiting it can contribute to cultivating fundamental human capacities.
Which human capacities does Habitarse investigate?+
Attention, perception, emotional regulation, contemplation and reflection.
Is Habitarse an academic or a commercial project?+
It's an independent research platform, with an active pilot in Valencia, open to collaborations with institutions and universities.
How can I collaborate with Habitarse?+
By writing to me directly — the pilot is open to institutions, universities, collectives and local organizations interested in co-building the project.
Does Habitarse have its own social media?+
For now, Habitarse is shared as a label within Liliana Salaverry's Instagram and LinkedIn accounts.
“Not designing cities solely so people live longer, but so they can inhabit themselves better.”