How to Create Divine Spaces with An Architect Who Shares Your Appreciation for Nature and Energy

How to Create Divine Spaces with An Architect Who Shares Your Appreciation for Nature and Energy

 January 01, 2025

Do you revere nature and wish you could bring more of that feeling inside your home? Are  you someone with an appreciation for ancient principles and beliefs and who also cherishes  tranquility? If so, then you will probably want to find the right architect who understands the energy  dynamics between spaces and how daylight plays a vital role in the way you feel in a room. All this  can ground the design of your home or commercial property.

When you think about the unknown forces all around us, how they affect our lives, our  health, and our happiness, having a professional architect who understands these principles can  help give your living areas harmony. It’s interesting how nature can inspire you and the positioning of functional spaces can influence prosperity and well-being. By selecting an expert in Vedic  architecture to design your home or office, you can be transformed ― as if by magic.

Respecting the idea that space is divine

Designing homes isn’t just about functionality. Everything around you is vibrant and full of energy. The earth is suspended in space in our galaxy and universe. As a professional architect, it is my responsibility to enclose space with walls, floors and ceiling, but still understand that this space came into existence trillions of years ago. Places have the ability to change your life and their design must be handled carefully.

Through my culture and growing up in India, I realized space gives you a sense of belonging. Ancient structures, temples, and churches, all give a sense of well-being. It’s intriguing the way spaces are handled or treated making you feel special when you visit. Space is divine. Designing it is humbling, and observing how natural light enters the rooms and filters through different parts of the building, from morning to evening, is one of the many gifts of my life as an architect and owner

of a home designed with ancient Vedic architectural principles.

By respecting space,  energy and the world  around us, a connection  is created for you, a  timelessness in bringing  the outdoors and  

natural daylight inside

By respecting space, energy and the world around us, a connection is created for you, a timelessness in bringing the outdoors and natural daylight inside. The style of architecture I design for my clients encloses space but still allows the sun’s rays to come through with windows and skylights into open floor plans with clean, crisp lines. It’s organic and modern.

Following Vedic architectural principles

Energy pulsates in the earth, breathing life and giving back in a grid pattern. As humans, we  align with the energy so that things flow smoothly. The first step of Vedic architecture is to place the  Mandala or framework to align with the earth’s energy grid, forming the principles to design  buildings.

The second step is to place zones of the building according to the five elements of nature:  air, water, fire, earth and akaash. Akaash is the central part and source of all the five elements, the  designing begins. The movement of the sun plays a part, as it travels in the sky from east to the  south and sets in the west. The sun’s path helps define the placement of the four elements in the  grid. 

Placing the functions of a house or office based on the correct patterns sounds like New  Age, but it’s actually ancient Vedic principles. It may seem mystical, but it is very scientific creating a  wonderful ambiance inside. You feel how wonderful the light filters in, how nice it looks and how you  are calm and soothed in the spaces.

Designing with respect to nature

with entrances on the east side.  There are lots of skylights, the central spaces are open and all  around are the main functions of the house with an open floor  plan. There is a grand staircase that takes you from the first level  to the second level. And on the second level are two master  bedrooms.

 

The site is on a slightly elevated topography, and the design  is planned to preserve as much natural vegetation and as many  trees as possible. The footprint of the house is oriented cardinally  and designed using many natural materials. The fenestration of  the windows and the skylights are strategically placed so that you  have daylight in the house from morning to evening, without glare, eliminating the uncomfortable sunlight that can be experienced if One of my current projects is a 12,000 square foot home. The home is oriented to face north with entrances on the east side.  There are lots of skylights, the central spaces are open and all  around are the main functions of the house with an open floor  plan. There is a grand staircase that takes you from the first level  to the second level. And on the second level are two master  bedrooms. 

The site is on a slightly elevated topography, and the design  is planned to preserve as much natural vegetation and as many  trees as possible. The footprint of the house is oriented cardinally  and designed using many natural materials. The fenestration of  the windows and the skylights are strategically placed so that you  have daylight in the house from morning to evening, without glare, eliminating the uncomfortable sunlight that can be experienced if the windows are not placed correctly. 

Going beyond the green building strategies 

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) projects focus on sustainability,  using natural materials like wood and stone and keeping the building footprint as small as possible.  Vedic architecture goes one step beyond this and considers the orientation of the building and the  placement of building functions according to the path of Sun. With natural ventilation, you save on  electric bills from the heating and cooling systems. Plus by defining the spaces of the buildings in the five zones of mandala framework, the designs harvest the sunlight.  

Sustainability includes preserving trees on the site and respecting nature. It’s a huge  responsibility to build within the environment. It must be done with care and concern. The designs  influence the lives of the occupants and should be taken very seriously. When designing for my  clients, I pull from the ancient principles and align them with your current needs and lifestyle giving  you spaces of tranquility and harmony.

 

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