The light, canteen-like space, its industrial lines softened with great lighting, has a buzzy open kitchen and seems to have been designed to tick as many "trends to watch" boxes as possible.
One guy is sprawled out on a table in the dimly lit canteen, three more on the floor in the prayer room, some under the sun in the courtyard.
Then there's the mood lighting: no bright canteen lights here, it's all dark and vibe-y so you don't need to feel too aware of your slightly flushed cheeks.
Their buildings (subsidised by a private business Mr Martin runs alongside the school) are lovely, with airy classrooms, lots of light and a canteen that serves organic and farm-assured food.
Slipping into the seat opposite, the postmodern environment feels perfect: brown brick walls, white tablecloths, chrome lights, like a canteen dreamed up by Stanley Kubrick.
The closure of the school when a faulty light fixing was discovered in the canteen comes as further embarrassment to the company, which last month pulled out of day-to-day rail maintenance after criticism of its performance.
Now, after getting a minimalist makeover, it feels lighter and breezier, like a communal canteen.
Over a lunch of bunless burger and light beer at Michael's, the media canteen in Midtown, Puppet, in a sleeveless shirt with skull and crossbones above the breast and a Half Pint Brawlers do-rag, explained how he came to his unusual perspective.
The Royal Bolton Hospital has successfully managed to not only ban the sale of large bottles of sugary drinks within the hospital grounds, but has improved the availability of healthy options in the hospital canteen by introducing a traffic light labelling system.
Then I started a rapid descent from the summit, as I was eager to lose altitude as quickly as possible while it was still light and I still had water in my canteen.
Johnson is a student of the game and his face lights up when he is asked, in the canteen at the club's training ground, where his will to keep learning has taken him.
