This paper emerges from the question of how to think the human in art, architecture and design from the act of inhabiting, in the same way as it has been done in disciplines such as anthropology or philosophy. It aims at going beyond the limits of the human as a concept to reflect upon the act of inhabiting and the culture building on "creative practices". With this horizon in mind, the main thesis focuses on the notion of "inhabiting" as a cross-cutting point between the human and the world of things, whose understanding can be found in the sense of the activity of man, since 'as long as it is created, it is inhabited and founds the existing' (Heidegger, 1994). A point will have to be made on some problems that underlie the main question: the relationship between aesthetics and inhabiting, the relationship between inhabiting and architecture, art and design, and the interaction between inhabiting, poiesis and contemporary practices. All these reflections lead to conclude that, in the activity of the individual who "inhabits", creativity plays a fundamental role in the practices of doing, such as in this case: art, architecture and design. In order to show this place, architecture will be given privilege, by way of example, for it is one of the creative disciplines with a broader scope of action, whose value can embrace problematic issues such as space, city, territory, the rural, the urban, housing, and so on, although also possible for both art and design. ll these reflections will contribute to the current discussion on social responsibility and, incidentally, will try to draw a horizon that is closer to the reality of the contexts for the creation of interdisciplinary scenarios between creative practices.
