Vasthu Shastra – It’s Relevance in Home Architecture

As per vasthu shastra, the science of architecture, the five elements of Nature – earth, water, air, fire, and space – should be balanced so as to ensure health, happiness, wealth and prosperity. However, today the relevance of vasthu shastra in modern architecture is a debatable topic not just among architects and interior designers but also among the society.

When clients visit architects and interior designers for home interior design, they always make it a point to find out the preference of the clients for vasthu. Some of the leading architects Bangalore believe in vasthu principles and have implemented them at their home. But it doesn’t mean that they force their ideas on the clients. They give suggestions only when the clients specifically ask for it.

Interior Design for Living Room by Designers Palette

As mentioned earlier, people are still divided when it comes to the relevance of Vasthu Shastra in modern architecture. However, those who believe in vasthu shastra show less inclination towards it nowadays due to the various difficulties that they presume to be associated in having a vasthu compatible home.

One of the foremost reasons, you guessed it right, is the preference for a gated community. A villa or a home in a beautiful apartment is the dream of every family. Implementing vasthu concepts in a villa is not much of a problem but that’s not the case with apartments. You might have to spend a lot more for changing building plans but in some cases the builder won’t approve of any changes. However, it no way means that you need to give up the idea of living in a vasthu compliant home as there are several means to accomplish that.

Let’s look at the three possibilities of living in a vasthu compliant house.

• Choosing a vasthu complaint home or an apartment
• Incorporating vasthu elements in flats or apartments
• Enhancing vasthu of existing home without any architectural changes

So in this article we look at the first possibility and that is choosing a home or an apartment that is vasthu compatible. There are only few builders who follow vasthu shastra in building flats or apartments and therefore your choice would be very limited. So here are some of the key points to bear in mind when searching for an apt home or an apartment.

Choose apartments from square or rectangle shaped buildings

• Avoid flats where the main door opens directly in front of the lift.
• In the case of houses, ensure there are no houses surrounding your plot obstructing view.
• The height of the main door should be higher than that of other doors in the flat or the house.
• The kitchen should not face the main door.
• The doors of the flat or the house should open inwards.

Well, at the end of the day, when it comes to house designs, it’s the belief of the clients in vasthu shastra that eventually influence the decisions. Though most of the architects and interior designers are not vasthu practitioners, they can help as they know few key facts that cover important aspects in vasthu.