Vol. 2, No.1, January 2021 I Cilt 2, Sayı 1, Ocak 2021 bāb Journal of Architecture and Design I bāb Mimarlık ve Tasarım Dergisi Architectural Characteristics of the Bosnian Chardaklia House: Two Examples from Cazin Ahmet HADROVIC* and Lana KUDUMOVIC** * University of Sarajevo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ORCID: 0000-0002-1261-2077
[email protected] (Corresponding author) ** Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University İstanbul, Turkey ORCID: 0000-0003-1916-8543
[email protected] Research article Received: 12/10/2020 Received in final revised form: 31/12/2020 Accepted: 18/01/2021 Published online: 20/01/2021 Abstract Traditional Bosnian houses have a long history dating back to the 15th century when Bosnia was captured by the Ottomans that had brought a new lifestyle and forms of urban development. This 43 lifestyle and urban development were based on principles already established at the center of the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia. The new way of organizing settlements saw the establishment of residential areas, called mahala, in which houses were the main units and whose origin can be traced back to Central Anatolia. The tradition of building in Bosnia emerged in response to the local culture and conditions and continued to evolve into several variations, as is particularly evident in the case of the rural house type. This paper reviews the traditional Bosnian house and evaluates two preserved 19th century examples located in Cazin. Their architectural peculiarities suggest that the Alagić and Pozderac family houses are of the Bosnian chardaklia house type. This style of house follows a vertical plan starting from the basement, which served as a stable or storage, and building up towards the steep high roof characteristic of this type of house.