Pope, Albert2013-03-082013-03-082011Sibley, Rebecca Marie. "Amplified encounters at high speed." (2011) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70443">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70443</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70443This thesis expands upon the dialogue between speed and architecture, investigating how architecture reinterprets the linear city, originally defined by the continuous fabric of the freeway and more recently reconfigured by the high speed rail line. Using the linear city as a site of exploration and high speed rail as a ground to test new typologies of architectural insertions at amplified speed, this thesis produces an extended civic space along the proposed high speed rail line connecting Tampa and Orlando. Combining a series of performance and commercial programs, this new typology will make the obscured visual experience along the extended territory of the rail line legible, through a sequencing of specific architectural intersections, exploring how monumental civic space will be made and occupied in the sprawl of the American city.82 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Communication and the artsSocial sciencesFloridaTransportation planningArchitectureUrban planningThesisSibleyRTHESIS ARCH. 2011 SIBLEY