Overpass Landscapes

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Name	Overpass from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Neustadt bahnhof
Location	Dresden
Country	Germany
Authors	Natalia Kita and Dragana Romic
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="51.055747" lon="13.744926" zoom="13" width="300" height="300"> 51.040584, 13.73188 Dresden Hauptbahnhof 51.065511, 13.739862 Dresden Neustadt bahnhof </googlemap>>

Short Introduction to the Area of Study

Overpasses are important as a transport structures, but also as elements of everyday landscape which thousansd of people pass on their way.

Dresden’s railway overpass is located in the western part from the city center and connects 3 train stations: Dresden Neustadt, Dresden Mitte and Dresden Hauptbahnhof. Points where overpass cut the streets, space under and it’s surrounding lie in area of our biggest interest. It’a place where pedestrian, cyclists, people going by car and train meet for short moment, to continue travel to their destination.

These places usually exist in people’s minds as not pleasant for the eye structure, sometimes dirty and scary which they need to just go through to get on the other side, in reality the usage and meaning of it, can be much more sophisticated. Overpasses create landscape windows, they can be background, foreground, accent or cover to different spaces. Specific thing about overpasses is that no one is taking responsibility for them; they are a consequence of traffic engineering, and in-between open space and closed space. Also architects nor landscape architects see them as an object that is in their domain.

Exercise 1: Sketching the Landscape

Time frame: October 25 - November 15, 2011

Student activities:

• Creation of analytical drawings and sketches
• Presentation of results

Please upload a selection of your drawings/sketches/mental maps and add them to the image gallery

Sketches and Drawings

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  Similarity beetwen the shapes of two important city flows

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  Comparing focuses- Neustadt-stucture in focus, Mitte- frame in focus, Hauptbahnhof-background in focus

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  Comparing movements -Neustadt, Mitte and Hauptbahnhof using the typology of colours

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  Comparing light -Neustadt, Mitte and Hauptbahnhof using the typology of light

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  Comparing textures- Neustadt, Mitte and Hauptbahnhof with different dominant surfaces

Exercise 2: Landscape Layers

Time frame: November 15 - 29, 2011

• time based changes and 'landscape biography', and/or:
• topography, open spaces, built, green, traffic and water structures on different layers. *Definition of zones with coherent character
• Description of this character.

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  Land use map shows different funcional areas that are important in the city and influenced by Dresden's railway

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  Character of place and human habits map shows how do people percive different places in the wider area of Dresden’s railway influence

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  Historical map that shows the development of this area in the begining of XX century

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  Historical map that shows the areas of destruction in the mid XX century

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  Map that shows different levels in vertical city structure and movement connected with these levels

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  Combination of the photos taken on the way alog the overpass from Neustadt Banhof to Hbf, presenting the look on the overpass

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  Combination of the photos taken on the way alog the overpass from Neustadt Banhof to Hbf, presenting the look from the overpass to the surrounding landscape

Please publish your findings here

Exercise 3: Behaviour Patterns

Time frame: December 6 - 20, 2011

• How do people behave in this area? How do they use the space? What is important for them?
• Observation of study area, interviews with local people and mapping of use patterns.
• Preparation of short presentation

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  Picto showing moving patterns, active behaviour under the overpasses and in the wider area in front Hauptbahnhof

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  Picto showing waiting and parking, passive behaviour under the overpasses and in the wider area in front Hauptbahnhof

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  Picto showing moving patterns, active behaviour under the overpasses and in the wider area next to Neustadt Bahnhof, for this location, waiting-parking picto wasn't done because such activity does not exist on this location

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  Questionnaire

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Please publish your findings here

Exercise 4: Communication Concepts

Time frame: December 19, 2011 - January 17, 2012

• Based on the different landscape assessment approaches students will develop a communication concept for their area of study
• Which measures would be necessary for enhancing the awareness for the area?
• Students are free to choose their method.

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  Case study examples folowed

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  Meaning of the place-art instalation

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  Use of the place-festival

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Please publish your findings here

Image Gallery

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  Overpass close to Neustadt Bahnhof

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  Overpass next to Neustadt Bahnhof

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  Comparing 2 photos of 2 stations. People use the one that in next to overpass, the one under the overpass is empty

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  Photos taken from the Overpass at the HBF

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  Combination of the photos showing diferent views of the space under overpass next to Hbf

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  Combination of the photos showing diferent views of the space under overpass next to Neustadt Bahnhof

References

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