What kind of body does a city have? What elements compose it and how does it evolve and transform? Does the way urban spaces and systems are structured affect society, the economy, and the rights of each collective? Today we face an urban complexity that is difficult to perceive and manage. Decades of urban growth, concentration of companies and large shopping centres, financial speculation, and precarious housing are reshaping the function and mobility of the city and urban rights themselves. The new nature of the city emerges as a sum of varied, hyperconnected spaces, and experiences, yet often lacking consistency. Faced with these challenges, how can we reorganise urban structures to make daily life more lived and shared? We address these questions with urban planner Salvador Rueda, from the Fundación de Ecologia Urbana y Territorial, Barcelona, and economist Patrícia Melo, from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management.