The Paštrovska House of the Montenegrin Coastal Area: Example of Sustainable Building in Traditional Architecture

• Main Authors: Aleksandar Keković, Marjan Petrović, Aleksandra Ćurčić
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod, Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek, Faculty of Civil Engineering in Osijek 2019-01-01
• Series: Tehnički Vjesnik
• Subjects: architecture; climate; heritage; rural; sustainable
• Online Access: https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/322632

The subject of this research is the Paštrovska house type of the Montenegrin coast. It is a part of the cultural heritage as a manifestation of individual housing, whose formation was affected by historical, sociological, climatic and other factors. It represents a collection of all the artifacts of material, social and spiritual culture, created throughout the centuries, to the present day. In this paper are analyzed climatic, topological and sociological factors as well as the used materials which affected the formation of this type of coastal house. The goal of this paper is to establish which of the mentioned factors had the greatest effect on this, in many respects, special kind of traditional sustainable architecture of the Adriatic coastline.