Abstract
The present study is aimed to identify influence of Lakhta-Center visibility by means of photofixation results' analysis and their comparison with the results of the landscape and visual analysis performed by the Saint Petersburg Regional Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sights (ICOMOS), report on research of Lakhta-Center high-rise dominant visibility influence on Saint Petersburg protected panoramas (2012), and assessment analysis of requested deviations' influence on formation of compositional and environmental characteristics of the urban environment based on a 3D reference model of the Saint Petersburg territory (2011). The study is supported by actual photos of cityscapes, thus, allowing assessing the situation reasonably and rationally. The performed work resulted in graphic materials, including photos and maps with reviews and classification of Lakhta-Center visibility upon perception of the main city panoramas from the tourist route combining the most popular sights of the city.
Highlights
Epigraph: “Petersburg was forming as a city of horizontals
The Russian State Hydrometeorological University carried out a special assessment of the climatic characteristics in the Primorsky district, which concluded that, due to the cloudy weather prevailing in Saint Petersburg (237–256 days a year), the visibility of the upper part of a high-rise building will mostly be difficult
An analysis of the work revealed an ambiguous approach to making photographic fixations in the Report of the International Council on Monuments and Sights and the Saint Petersburg Regional Committee
Summary
Epigraph: “Petersburg was forming as a city of horizontals. The flat lowland surface ... dictated ... the flat development of the city, sometimes emphasized by high-rise compositions. The flat development of the city, sometimes emphasized by high-rise compositions. Not competing with traditional city dominants because of their remoteness from historical buildings, the high-rise composition on the coast of the Gulf of Finland will become an organizing element and a point of attraction for business and new development projects in a developing area of the city” [1]. The construction of Lakhta-Center takes place in the Primorsky district of Saint Petersburg, 9 km from the historical center. A complete objective description of the influence of the constructed Lakhta-Center complex on the historical panorama of Saint Petersburg and the historical suburbs is not found in open sources. In connection with the recent achievement of the high-altitude dominant of the complex of its upper mark and the presence of several completed pre-project studies, it becomes necessary to create a reliable fixation and description of the real situation, as well as verification of pre-project studies
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