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-it is spiky cone shaped construction made of timbers, 2m in radius, covered with branches or
straw or turfs
3. “POVOZAČA” – bigger movable cottage with timber skeleton and walls made of wattle,
covered by straw or turfs, positioned on the sledges
-bigger cottage on sledges so it can be moved to the mountains during summer and then
moved back to the villages during the winter
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5. “LJETNICA” – summer shepherd cottage
-it is a small single spaced house (3mx5m) that was used by shepherds during the summers
-it served for preparation of cheese as well, so it had a fire place and primitive shells in its
interior
6. PILE DWELLING
-simple, usually single space timber structure elevated from the ground
-used mostly in wetland areas as well as at the rivers` or lakes` banks
The elementary basic oldest types of houses do not serve today for permanent housing
-they are usually used as seasonal shepherd’s hubs
-they have almost disappeared
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-evolution of the timber and stone house is different and when it develops the new
diversifying types are established
-the part o the house with fireplace as a central and basic was considered to be a house.
-this part is still named house (KUCA) in Bosnian
-the new parts were called “separation” and from 19th century they are called rooms
LOG HOUSE
-the basic formal characteristic of a log house is relation between the roof and the ground
floor volume
-the roof with large eaves is 4 times higher than the ground floor walls
-the borders of the roof are at the level of the human head
-the horizontality and law expression of the walls is additionally stressed by horizontal lines
of the logs.
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LOG HOUSE “CHARDAK BETWEEN THE RAFTERS”
-developed form of the timber house that expresses the economy of the space
-the house is developed in vertical sense
-the huge volume of the roof space is used for establishing one or two rooms that are called
chardak
-chardak is usually above the room
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LOG HOUSE “HOUSE ABOVE MAGAZA”
-the ground floor is magaza used as a storage, service space or as a shelter for animals
-magaza is usually constructed in stone
-the space above magaza is timber structure composed of kitchen and rooms. The fire place is
open
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CHARDAKLIJA-house with projection
-this house always has two floors
-the ground floor is magaza (stone or adobe)
-the upper floor is a living space with a fireplace
-the upper floor projects over all four walls of the ground floor
-the toilet is constructed as overhanging structure that is approached through a small buffet
corridor
-chardaklija houses are usually dimalučara type of house, which means that they have a
smoke shaft in the centre of the house
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Stone house types-ground floor house
-stone houses can be single space houses, but today they are, if found, used as the shelter for
animals
-ground floor house with more rooms and saddled roof is common type at the south of Bosnia
-it can be easily developed in longitudinal direction simply by adding new spaces
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STONE CHARDAK
-the word chardak comes from the Persian word “chartaq” (char-four and taq-arch)
-in Bosnian house it is the most raised, elevated space outwardly oriented and is usually
overhanging timber projection above the stone walls
-stone chardaks in Neretvica region usually have three floors with magaza in the ground floor
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“KULA” (TOWER) HOUSES
-Kula houses are residential buildings with more then two floors
-they represent the defensive form of architecture that derives from feudal way of living in the
large feuds but it is planted in town centres as well (Mostar, Blagaj, Livno, Stolac, Trebinje)
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ELEMENTS OF OTTOMAN HOUSE FORM IN BOSNIAN IN RELATION TO
AUTOHTONE FORMATIVE ELEMENTS
-sharply defined characteristics not found in the other cultures
-SYNTHESIS AND TYPOLOGICAL CONSOLIDATION CAME AFTER 17TH CENTURA
WITH A SHORT LIFE (150-200 YEARS)
1. Two-story differentiation of the house
2. Only the ground floor adapted to the site, edging up to the street front
3. Articulation from the street inwards
4. Particular functional spaces at the GF
5. Upper floor aggregated by square or rectangular rooms without functional demarcation
6. Individual sitting in the garden…
-linguistic analysis:
• Ground Floor: • Upper Floor:
o Kuća-praslav. Ktja (kitchen) o Odaje (oda)-square or
o Izba-slavic “room”/”hub” rectangular rooms
o Ćiler-lat. cellarium “storage o Čardak
room” o Ćošak
Jazluk…
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