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A table for all

From reclaimed wood, new community spaces take shape

A table can be far more than a piece of street furniture. It can become a gathering point, a place to share ideas and an open invitation to experience the neighbourhood together.

This is the vision behind Il Tavolo di tutti, a participatory urban regeneration project launched by Echo Labs, AMKA and SonoFrankie. Its aim is to give public spaces new value by reclaiming materials and involving local communities first-hand.

The initiative has already delivered the first two large tables made from reclaimed wood, built collectively and set to stay in their neighbourhoods as permanent meeting places.

Two neighbourhoods, one shared project

The first intervention took shape on 23 and 24 May 2026 with a workshop in Piazza Copernico, in the Pigneto neighbourhood, as part of the Open House Roma programme. Over two days, residents, associations, families and local institutions worked alongside Echo Labs' carpenters to build a large circular table, decorated in the colours of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda. The table was inaugurated by the President of the local Municipio, a gesture that underlined the institutions' involvement in the project and their support for the initiative.

The second table was built on 13 June 2026 at Parco delle Stelle, in the San Lorenzo neighbourhood, alongside the TIERRA event. Here too, a workshop open to the public turned a carpentry session into an experience of participation and shared care for public space.

The President of the Municipio, who attended the inauguration, highlighted the value of initiatives like this and encouraged further opportunities to collaborate with the many stakeholders active in the area.

A regeneration model built to be replicated

Il Tavolo di tutti goes well beyond building two pieces of furniture. It offers a model of intervention that can be adapted to other neighbourhoods and communities, bringing together citizens, businesses, associations and local authorities.

The project shows how creative reuse can generate value on two fronts: environmental, by extending the useful life of materials, and social, by opening up new opportunities for collaboration.

Want to bring new community spaces to life?

Let's work together to turn ideas, materials and participation into projects that create lasting value for local communities and the people who live in them.