Archinect - Features 2024-12-22T06:02:49-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/124224194/designing-the-hyperspace-ucla-studio-imagines-hyperloop-s-future-in-california Designing the Hyperspace: UCLA studio imagines Hyperloop's future in California Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-04-01T09:01:00-04:00 >2020-09-14T00:46:04-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/y1/y1bfvsq6sa7moabg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Walking into the enormous Hercules building on UCLA&rsquo;s IDEAS campus, in the tech-infused suburb of Playa Vista, feels a bit like a traveling through a rip in space-time. The Hercules building is a giant airplane hangar &ndash; now, it&rsquo;s neighbor to YouTube&rsquo;s offices and a twin hangar where film studios stage scenes for steroidal Hollywood blockbusters like Transformers and Avatar, and formerly, it housed Howard Hughes&rsquo; Spruce Goose. And since last fall, the hangar has played host to another audacious promise of transportation technology: the Hyperloop.</p>