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Elbe Valley will be changed by the construction of the planned “Verkehrszug
Waldschlösschenbrücke”.
d. Visual and technical analysis of the “Verkehrszug Waldschlösschenbrücke”
(Chapter 5)
This chapter describes the “Verkehrszug Waldschlösschenbrücke” itself – its planning
history, geographical location, dimensions and scale, design, technology and
construction requirements. This is supplemented with an examination of the existing
bridges in the Dresden Elbe Valley. Their scale and distinguishing features are described
alongside their typology. This supplementary examination serves to provide a context
within which the planned “Verkehrszug Waldschlösschenbrücke” can be compared in
terms of the design and dimensions of the current Dresden Elbe Valley bridges.
e. Field-of-view analyses
(Chapter 6)
A number of vantage points for analysing relevant fields of view were identified within
the study area based on the study team’s on-location explorations by car and on foot.
The identified viewing points were then compared to the study’s previously conducted
research, and upon verification used as the source locations to take the photographs
for the required field-of-view analyses. These photographs form the basis for a truthful
simulation of the planned bridge project and a realistic comparison between the current
and planned topography of the area. After the scientific generation of the field-of-view
analyses, the evaluation of these represents the most important part of the study; it
is the primary basis for assessing the visual impact of the planned bridge construction
project.
1.4 Conditions of the study
Due to political and legal circumstances, the time span allotted to the visual impact
study had to be very short. The study was commissioned on 9 February 2006 and had
to be completed by 15 March 2006. As this was a very tight deadline, the authors
had to limit their analyses to aspects that were directly relevant to the visual impact
study. On the one hand, this approach displays a strong focus towards producing the
required field-of-view analyses for the locations selected; on the other, it also provides
an overview of the many-layered nature of this issue and the complexity of the planned
construction project.