12P Permaculture Design Director Alfred Decker is thrilled to announce the launch of the Permaculture Barcelona Hub, a dedicated space for learning, designing, and living in deeper relationship with the natural world…within an urban and social context.
The Hub will provide a much-needed space for skill-sharing, networking, and regenerative design in a vibrant part of Barcelona. The project offers opportunities for people to come together and learn permaculture design, experience urban ecology, connect with local activists and communities, and explore the deeper questions about where the international permaculture movement needs to go next.
The Hub is not just another course venue. It is a meeting point — between the local and the global, between nature and the built environment, between traditional permaculture theory and emerging practices, between what permaculture has been and to where it can evolve.
The world is changing faster than our landscapes. To meet the challenges of tomorrow, we don’t only need more gardens—we need a revolution in how we live, relate, and organize within our urban centres. The Hub will be a node in the network for developing a deep adaptation to the polycrisis we are living in.
The Ongoing Renovation Work
Alfred signed a lease for the space in January, 2026, and is now busy renovating it and developing a program of trainings and gatherings (click HERE). The video above and the photos below show the renovation work as of mid-February.
First Training at the Hub:
Inclusive Design in Practice, March 5, 2026
Using Social Permaculture as a design lens, we looked at practical questions such as:
Who are our teams, events, or initiatives really designed for?
Who benefits from how we organise — and who might be unintentionally left out?
How can we make more inclusive design choices, even with limited time, energy, or resources?
The focus is not on perfection, but on awareness, intention, and small, meaningful shifts.
To launch the Hub, we need to:
– Furnish and equip the classroom, dining room and entrance (chairs; couches; projector & screen; sound system; camera and microphone for live-streamed sessions; desks; tables; wall clock; printer; irrigation system for plants; cushions; curtains; lights, lamps and switches; ventilation fans; whiteboard/poster-holder and blackboard)
– Divide the big bathroom into two bathrooms in order to meet human needs when we have large events; install extra sink, mirror, lights, cabinets and eco-urinals 🙂
– Equip the kitchen and pantry (dish washer; large pots & pans; plates & bowls; silverware; knife set; serving trays; 3 thermos for tea, coffee and hot water; large coffeemaker; blender; dish washer; refrigerator; food storage; etc.)
– Furnish two guest bedrooms with doors; beds; dressers; ventilation fans; lighting; and sheets, blankets and pillows. Change the distribution and access with drywall and new doors
– Redo and install new electrical wiring and breakers; fix plumbing; and paint all spaces
– Clothes washer
– Entrance: doors and insulation; door locks; coat hangers
– Build storage areas and moveable space dividers
– Install 50m2 of parquet, and 80m of baseboards
– Bureaucracy and accounting costs!
– Remembering to enjoy the process! :-0