Architecture studio MYT+GLVDK has created an upscale food court inside a Mexico City shopping mall with elements that take cues from Japanese and Mexican design traditions.

Cocina Abierta, or Open Kitchen, comprises several restaurants offering different world cuisines, and a variety of seating options in which to enjoy different foods.
Among the variety of dining options is a German-style Biergarten with an outdoor patio, a cocktail bar with art deco accents, and a few choices for Mexican food. Local firm MYT+GLVDK describes it as Mexico's first "multi-cuisine restaurant".
Cocina Abierta is located in the Artz Pedregal shopping centre, a mixed-used development designed by Mexican and Spanish firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.
The complex also includes office space and a generous public park in the centre of the development.
A large central opening reveals a helical staircase and ramp that circle around one another, leading up to mezzanine overlooking the space.
Two restaurants, called La Imperial and Moshi-Moshi, have a more defined seating area, and are distinct from the other vendors.

La Imperial, a Mexican restaurant, was designed to "evoke the golden age of cantinas and adds baroque and late 19th-century Mexican touches", according to the studio. A patterned tile floor, an antique bar, and whitewashed brick walls are among the traditional element.

Moshi-Moshi, a Japanese eatery, has a lighter and more contemporary palette. Pale wooden booths with...