“Aquareumal Apartment Complex” in Fojnica by Architect Ahmet Hadrovic

Aquareumal Apartment Complex” in Fojnica was built (2007) based on the business idea of the then management of “Hotel Reumal” in Fojnica with the aim of building an apartment complex in the private ownership of its future users. The idea is based on the existing large resource, “Hotel Reumal”, which is a famous spa and health center in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region. “Aquareumal Apartment Complex” is, in fact, a functional 'extension' of “Hotel Reumal” and, considering the popularity of the hotel, it was expected that there would be great interest from potential buyers of the apartments, and thus the success of this project. The author of this work (and designer of the “Aquareumal Apartment Complex”) was invited to do the project, and the project task was done by the management of the “Hotel Reumal”. It was necessary to design 70-80 apartments of different sizes and, necessarily, with the possibility of their 'merging' into larger apartments, or their 'division' into smaller apartments. Each apartment should have at least one parking space, and an additional parking lot is planned (for the needs of apartment owners and their guests). Considering the available location (slope of southern exposure with a relatively large slope), the settlement was conceived as a 'street' that follows the isohypse of the terrain, i.e. a traditional 'mahala' in Bosnian-Herzegovinian cities. “Aquareumal Apartment Complex” is about 45 km from Sarajevo, and about 48 km from the winter sports and recreation center “Vlašic”.