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Aesthetics of Growth
Benjamin Ennemoser; Thomas Huizar; Jake Taylor;
Valentin Roman Giles Texas A&M University
“There’s a kind of nostalgia to
it … looking back to the power of
infrastructure in the landscape…. And
simultaneously, it looks forward to try to
capture the public imagination of how
we might once again build heroically in
service of the common good.”
— Keith Krumwiede
A studio explored innovative transportation modes
ranging from personal electric vehicles to highspeed trains in the Texas Triangle and utilized
generative AI to create a multimodal knowledge
hub. Located between Houston and Dallas-Fort
Worth, this advanced research facility and highspeed rail station addresses issues of food scarcity
and onancial insecurity through technology and
innovation. Focused on agricultural technology
and sustainable development, the research operates
alongside automated facilities, ofering a vision of
future hybrid human-robotic work environments.
Renecting Texas9s rich railroad history, this project
highlights the cultural and societal impact on the
state9s urban fabric. Its automation and crisis relief
goals can extend across Texas metropolitan areas,
linked by public railroads, to share services, innovation, research, and food between communities.
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