prof. dr. Lučka Ažman Momirski

University of Ljubljana

Faculty of Architecture

Zoisova 12, 1000 Ljubljana

01 2000725

The arrangement of new and the reconstruction of existing terraced vineyards with cuts and fills interferes with the former geomechanically balanced system. Digging provokes marl-softening processes. For these reasons it is important to follow the line of the stable configuration of the old terrain during planning and the

process of construction. Based on geomechanical facts several plans were prepared. All the plans were a combination of approaches for adapting the crosssection and ground plan to the geometry of the terrain. Individual plans were compared according to the quantity of shifted material, which remained relatively constant. However, the direction of the shifts varied. When constructing straight

ground-plan terraces material needs to be transferred from the middle of the plot to the edge. When constructing terraces laid out in the general direction of the stratum lines of the terrain the material should be carried from the bottom to the top of the plot. The final plan was a combination of the plan for straight

ground-terraces and terraces laid out in the general direction of the stratum lines of the terrain.

Using this approach, material was taken from the edge of the plot, mostly needed for road levelling. In the bottom part of the plot, material needed to be shifted on each terrace. The terraces were finished by September 2006 and planting was scheduled for springtime, so the winegrower seeded the terraces to protect the ground from surface erosion and to compact the soil. Barley was seeded in October 2006 over the entire terraced plains. During the winter the whole area was overgrown with it and therefore protected.