Traditional dwelling with čardak
Umoljani, Bosnia
In the highland villages around Sarajevo a local type of Dinaric house has an attic room set within the steeply pitched roof volume, with a dormer window providing light and views. According to M. Kadić (1967), a specialist on the rural vernacular architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina, these attic spaces were called čardaci (chardaks), and they typically provided sleeping quarters for young couples in an extended household.
(photo 1988)
