Vivasthu endeavors to apply the science, technology, & design of Vaastu Shilpa Shastra in a contemporary setting, creating harmonious, sustainable spaces that balance energy & enhance the wellbeing of its inhabitants.

The word Vaastu stands for space, Shilpa is the form & Shastra is a compendium or a text. Broadly these texts are talking about space & form i.e. architecture & sculpture. Vaastu Shilpa Shastra is one of the oldest living design systems in the world. The great cities of Ayodhya, MohenjoDaro, & Lanka were designed on its principles.

Vaastu Shilpa Shastras are a compendium of architecture & sculpture that goes back to the Buddhist Era in written records, and pre-date this by hundreds of years in its understanding. The knowledge base is available in 64 texts. In addition to this, there are scores of texts in various languages of the Indian sub-continent. They speak of:

• Site selection

• Understanding wind, rain and thermal patterns

• Ratios and proportions

• Functionality and aesthetics

• Inner delight of the designer and the user

• Harmonizing with unseen energies

• Cosmology and beneficial measures

Our Process

• 0. Involvement

  100% focus on the process.

• 1. Design Methodology

  We listen, read, write, draw and model using both traditional handicraft & digital technology so that ideas can move seamlessly between the analogue & digital worlds.

• 2. Sustainability

  Every project is a unique expression of its users, climate & context. We observe the climate & user's behavior in context to ensure that the project is in service of humanism & longevity of our planet.

• 3. Integrated Design

  Coming from a STEAM foundation has pushed our thinking to work with clients, users and other stakeholders to produce fresh takes on a problem.

• 4. Trans-positioning

  The experience of living on three continents, Asia, Africa & America, has helped us explore different perspectives & build empathy for others involved in the process.

• 5. Utility. Aesthetics. Inner Delight.

  Vivasthu endeavors to create: Bhogadyam - utility; Sukhadarshanam - aesthetics; and Ramya - joyfulness or inner delight within the person. (Vaastu summarized in a statement from Mahabharata.)

Vivasthu…In space through architecture. In form through sculpture. In thought through mathematics…