Mesa de la Nueva Movida
Esther Lesnicki-Milgrom
Alexander Vic
PLUS is our collective, formed by three young architects who met at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Val de Seine, where our collaboration began through a series of shared projects.
Our common interest lies in the city and its vast, shifting territories — often neglected or in transition. This has shaped our attentive and reflective approach to the already-there, whether in the architectural site, the urban context, or in forgotten in-between spaces. This sensitivity extends to smaller scales as well, informing our work in object and industrial design.
Our practice is driven by questions and projections related to urbanism, architecture, and design. We seek to study, interpret, and bring to light complex situations across multiple scales, using a variety of tools and media. Through drawing, model-making, writing, prototyping, or built form, our goal is to engage critically with context while opening space for new narratives and uses.
As a collective, we design spaces that foster encounters, dialogue, and collective expression. La mesa de la nueva movida is a public installation — a 20-meter-long modular table conceived as an open, adaptable structure to activate shared spaces and amplify community voices.
First installed in a neighborhood square in Logroño, the table reimagines the potential of public space. It draws a red diagonal across the existing landscape, subtly reshaping it without erasure. This gesture offers a generous surface for everyday rituals — eating, playing, drawing, gathering — and becomes a support for new narratives to emerge.
Built from fourteen modular tables, each made from a single plywood sheet, the design is both minimal and thoughtful. A simple mortise-joint system allows for easy assembly, disassembly, and reuse — no screws, no glue. Repurposed metal parasols provide shade, reinforcing the table’s capacity to host diverse activities in different climates.
Its strength lies in its universality: la mesa de la nueva movida can unfold anywhere in the world, adapting to a park, a plaza, a street corner — wherever people seek to come together. As a democratic object, it invites appropriation. Communities can gather, express themselves, and reclaim public space as a place of collective meaning.
This project is not just furniture — it is a platform for public life. A red thread to stitch new stories in the fabric of the city, from one context to another, always grounded in the shared desire to live, speak, and build together.