A woman cooking breakfast in a sunlit home while her partner sets the table
VASTU, UNDERSTOOD

Every home has
a story in its spaces.

Light moves. People gather. Rooms take on a rhythm. Explore the ideas behind Vastu, then decide what makes sense for the home you actually live in.

Begin exploring
A WAY TO SEE YOUR HOME

From the first light
to the last room.

Vastu is an architectural tradition about orientation, proportion and placement. The sun, the air and the way a family uses a room are also part of the lived experience of a home. Move through the three chapters below, one idea at a time.

Illustrative Vastu Purusha MandalaA composed symbolic person rests within a directional nine-part grid, head toward northeast and feet toward southwest. The selectable areas show common interpretations, not fixed rules for a home.NESW01 / A SYMBOLIC MAP OF SPACE
CHAPTER 01 / THE TRADITION

What does
Vastu see?

A directional grid offers a way to ask where activities sit in a home. See how the centre, rooms and entrance relate to the whole.

Explore the Vastu lens
CHAPTER 02 / THE PHYSICAL HOME

What does
direction change?

Follow the daylight through a room. Separate what can be observed—sun, shade, heat and air—from traditional meanings.

Follow the daylight
Sunlight falling across the floor and a chair in an Indian home
MORNING / LIGHT IN THE HOME
A family playing together in a lived-in home
THE HOME IS LIVED IN
CHAPTER 03 / WHAT YOU CAN DO

Where do
you begin?

Start with the room you use today. Try small, reversible changes before spending money or thinking about renovation.

Explore room by room
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