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For the sthapati(Architect), building is an act
of bringing disordered existence into conformity with the basic
laws that govern it. This can only be achieved by making each monument,
from the hermit’s retreat to the layout of a city, follow exactly
the magic diagram of the vastu-purusha mandala.According to the
‘vastu-shastras’(general manuals on architecture) the
vastu-purusha mandala can be drawn in 32 ways. The simplest one
consists of a square; all the others result from the division of
this square; all the other result from the division of this square
into 4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81 and so on up to 1024 small squares, i.e.,
Padas. The size in which it is drawn is immaterial so far as its
magic efficacy is concerned. In a plan for a large area it can regulate
the disposition of the various buildings, and in the plan of a temple
it can define the rhythm of the architectural members or the proportion
between the thickness of the wall and size of the interior.”
Ed. Henri
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The HOUSE is founded on worship: “Brahmana salam
nimitam”
The building of a house is not just masonry or business. It is in
both instances a liturgical act, in which humans lives as well as
the powers above and below are involved. The human dwelling places
are the extension of man's real world. To take leave of the house
is to take leave of the world. A house is not a shelter for the body;
it is shelter for the whole world. The Atharva veda is full of blessings
and magic practices concerned with houses. A social attention is paid
to the purification of the house from all evil forces. |
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The god of structures, Vastu purusha, provides
protection, happiness and prosperity. In principle, a naturally
generated space which within a boundary encompasses the elements
of boundless earth, fire, air and ethereal space that also houses
a grid of gods for foolproof protection: Aditya (sun), Brahma (life's
breath), Shiva (flow of life's energy), Roga (protector from disease),
Soma (elixir of life), Kuber(wealth), and Yama(justice and death)
to finally achieve the ulterior motive of every human life happiness
and harmony always (sat, chit, ananda.)
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Living in rooms with a view
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With wisdom comes adaptation and protection of humans from nature.
It is my job as a designer to relate and to make you realize how
all things are connected and how the Indian seers practiced the
Vastu Shastra and why their dwelling environment or habitat on
earth represented a miniature throbbing cosmos.
Samar Chandra, FIPD. AIID - Design Consultant
Member of Greater Toronto Home Builders Association,
Intern.ARIDO,Allied ASID
E - mail : samarchandra@yahoo.com, Mobile : 416 - 726 - 1161
Web : www.archituradesign.com & www.effectsdesign.com
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