Borrowing from the Hackney ideal of an organic restaurant that can grow all of its own food, this project proposes a giant food market and hydroponic growing centre at the eastern end of Oxford Street, set over a street entrance into the forthcoming Crossrail station. A stratified section places the market stalls on the level just above the main entrance, while on the floors above are a street food hall, a more deluxe sit-down restaurant and then the growing greenhouses. Ingeniously, the building is heated by siphoning off the excess heat produced in the train tunnels below for Crossrail and two underground lines, solving also the problem of overheating in trains.
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