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HS2 appoints design panel to 'apply the best design principles' to the project

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By Natalie Mortimer, N/A

November 10, 2015 | 3 min read

High Speed Two (HS2) has appointed an independent design panel to help make sure the railway network "achieves its full potential".

Designers including Barclays director of customer experience Clive Grinyer, PearsonLloyd co-founder Luke Pearson and Elmwood chairman Jonathan Sands, have been selected to a 43-strong panel which will advise on a variety of projects around HS2's key design principles of People, Place and Time. This includes designing for the needs of a diverse audience, designing places and spaces that support quality of life and design to stand the test of time.

Chaired by architect Sadie Morgan, members from the group will form part of regional site-specific design panels, for example at Birmingham Curzon Street station, where HS2 will stop.

HS2 said that it is "cementing the principles of the design vision early" and cited the "far-sighted design approach" of London’s Olympic Park, where the design and development focused on the Games’ legacy and the long-term development and sustainability of the site.

Transport minister Robert Goodwill said: "This Independent design panel is crucial to ensure HS2 achieves its full potential for everyone. This includes making sure that passengers get the experience they want from HS2 and that it is sympathetic to the landscape through which it is built.

"We want HS2 to be a world class railway which maximises the benefits for the country. Having such a highly-skilled group of experts on board will help make travelling on it easy and pleasurable and ensure we have impressive stations to act as a catalyst for significant regeneration and economic growth."

The high-speed railway will directly link the city centres of London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester on completition of the project.

Morgan added: "Our aim is to mentor and inspire HS2 to design a transformational railway system which will exceed all of our expectations. The British creative and engineering industry is already delivering outstanding examples of design excellence around the world. HS2 is a huge opportunity to bring that brilliance home."

Construction for the London to Birmingham route will begin in 2017 and be finished by 2026. The Birmingham to Manchester/Leeds construction starts in the mid 2020s and is due to be finished by 2032 or 2033.

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