Abstract

The author's trip to Spain (to the city of Barcelona and its surroundings) was occasioned by his participation in the International Scientific Symposium: BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, Barcelona, 08-14. June 2006, where he presented his work entitled "Examples of the Bioclimatic Architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina". The author participated in this symposium at the invitation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Sarajevo. Presentations of works at the Symposium were held in the city of Vilanova, about 50 km from the center of Barcelona, while the rest of the program was held in the cities of Barcelona and Sitges and in the settlement of La Mura, about 50 km away by air, north of Barcelona. The three cities and the rural settlement of La Mura were chosen very thoughtfully in order to connect vernacular architecture, author's bioclimatic architecture and contemporary architecture with an insight into concrete examples of architectural realizations. Vilanova is a new city with examples of contemporary architecture built according to high standards of energy-efficient architecture. In Barcelona, the focus was on the architectural realizations of the architect Antoni Gaudi (Antoni Gaudi and Cornet, 1852-1926). In the City of Sitges, the focus was on its urbanism and several individual buildings of bioclimatic architecture, while in the rural settlement of La Mura, the focus was on exceptionally well-preserved architectural buildings and equipment for everyday life, in a concrete natural environment.