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The art of infrastructure in the heart of London | Harbinder Birdi | TEDxWandsworth

The Crossrail project is a major new infrastructure route through the heart of London. Harbinder Birdi is one of the principle architects, responsible for designing three of the central section Crossrail stations. He reveals lessons learnt from the design and construction involved in upgrading the world’s oldest underground metro system and debates how architecture and art inform the construction of infrastructure projects and reflect the communities that use these interventions within the city.

Harbinder is an Architect and Partner at HawkinsBrown that leads the transport and infrastructure sector and is currently delivering the architectural designs for two of London's largest infrastructure projects, Crossrail and Thames Tideway. He is the principle architect for the design for Tottenham Court Road, Bond Street and Liverpool street station, three of the central section Crossrail stations and is also the principle architect leading the designs for the public realm of the central section of Thames Tideway in London.

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