Feminist critique of capitalist patriarchy has long included a critique of space and planning practices that prioritise the needs of paid employment over those of caregiving even though one cannot exist without the other. It was argued that the built environment, along with gendered norms and stereotypes, discouraged carers – mostly women – from taking up employment. Nowadays, compatibility of paid and unpaid care tasks (or: the lack thereof) has become an increasingly important issue for people of all genders. This ‘double burden’ often results in mental overload or even illness for the individual carer, and an increased outsourcing of care tasks into – often precarious – paid labour on a societal level. Municipalities all over Europe have initiated ‘gender-sensitive’ or ‘family-friendly’ planning projects, which have not only made the life of caregivers easier, but also advanced feminist debate. Interestingly enough, however, few projects (practice or research) seem to discuss the interdependency of productive and reproductive tasks or relate planning to the systemic problems produced by the demands and contradictions of capitalism. In our session, we aim to link the spatial and the structural and ask how urban, suburban and rural living and working environments would look and feel like if they were to enable healthy caring as well as work relationships. We welcome contributions that engage theoretically as well as empirically with the work-care-nexus. Which differences are there between gender-sensitive, family-friendly and care/compatibility-oriented planning? How do different actors interpret and engage with these topics? (How) can care and employment take place in a none-overstraining manner? Which actors – public, private and civic – would have to work together in order to achieve this? We want to hear about initiatives that create care/compatibility-oriented conditions as well as about the coping strategies of individual carer-employees. Potential presentations can focus on, but are not limited to, housing (environments), the public and green spaces, all kinds of infrastructure and mobility, and not least the creation, flexibilisation and spatial organisation of employment that really is compatible with care. We especially invite proposals that advance intersectional perspectives. We look forward to discussing more inclusive, equitable and caring urban futures together!