Browsing Rice University Graduate Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "infrastructure"

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    • Animate Length: The French Connection 

      Daurio, Patrick (2016-04-21)
      This project takes on the highway as its site of investigation by merging infrastructure and architecture to address and redefine this imposed urban edge. Situated along the Boulevard Périphérique in Paris, which forms the ...

    • Moving Ho Chi Minh City: Planning Public Transit in the Motorbike Metropolis 

      Lockrem, Jessica (2016-04-21)
      This dissertation analyzes the role of speed in contemporary urban life in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. While the modern condition often champions speed, I found residents and city planners criticizing the effects of ...