Bosnian Chardaklia House: Brkovic Family House in Vares

The Bosnian Chardaklia House occupies a prominent place in the wide variety of architectural programs of the traditional architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With regard to its spatial organization, construction, materialization and equipment of its interior spaces, the Bosnian ?ardaklija house is the most authentic expression of the natural and social environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the complex phenomenon of its man and his primary social community - the family. Built from natural materials taken on site, carefully situated in the natural environment, designed according to the conditions of the natural environment, this house is an example of bioclimatic architecture. In the wide range of her architectural-spatial solutions, her most developed type anticipates the 'family in its growth and development', from numerous 'nuclear' families to several families 'under one roof' derived from the nuclear family. The house of the Catholic Brkovic family in Vares, in terms of its spatial organization and equipment, is a transitional form of the Bosnian Chardaklia House towards the oriental-type town house in Bosnia and Herzegovina.