Bang Bang Oriental Food Hall, Colindale, London

Replacing an existing food court, Bang Bang is the largest Asian food hall in London, bringing together 32 street-food cuisines from across the continent. The small kitchens are made of timber to soften the acoustics and ranged along the longer walls of the Sheppard Robson-designed diagrid shed, backed by a service corridor. This leaves the central space free as a bustling eating area, with a quieter mezzanine inserted on top. The whole is an efficient machine: the dining space is shared, the servicing is communal and all food waste treated with an anaerobic digester to produce biofuel.