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Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments

Vaastushastra: A Guide to Sustainable

Building and Settlement Design
Avlokita Agrawal1, Naman Mirajkar2, Devavrata Singh3
1,2,3
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

ABSTRACT: Sustainable design of buildings and cities seems to have evolved out of necessity, such that the stress on
environment is relieved. If we look at the ancient Indian treatise on architecture called Vaastushastra, sustainability
appears to be at the core of the practice even when the environment was not as stressed as today and resource
consumption rate was much slower. These ancient texts detail out the process of building design and town planning
considering all scientific aspects of modern engineering and beyond. The prescriptions are laid out in a religious
language and were supposed to be followed as bye laws. This research is aimed at analysing the ancient texts of
Vaastushastra and drawing parallels with contemporary sustainable building rating schemes. Though the
technological advancements which find mention in today’s times are nowhere to be seen in ancient text; yet the
responsiveness towards environment through passive design has been remarkably demonstrated. Other interesting
features dealt with in the Vaastushastra are variations based upon climatic/local context and also spatial
organization which in particular finds no mention in contemporary rating systems. Vaastushastra also talks about
some economic and social aspects which are ignored in the sustainable building design tools used today. Hence it
could be concluded that many aspects highlighted in Vaastushastra; if included in contemporary ratings would lead to
a more comprehensive and robust rating tool.
Keywords: Vaastushastra, sustainability, rating systems, prescriptions.

INTRODUCTION The compiled and recorded version of Vaastushastra

Vaastushastra literally means the ‘Science of deals with four major topics, namely: Bhoomi (related to
Architecture’ (Apte, 1965). There are two words which the Earth/Site), Prasada (the Buildings), Yana (the
are closely related to this, “Vastu” and “Vaastu”. While modes of transport) and Sayana (the Furniture)
both can be considered to deal with energy, the word (Agrawal, 2009). Each of these is very important
Vastu deals with pure and subtle energy and Vaastu individually and is also dependent on each other in most
refers to the type of energy embodied in the materials cases. For examples: the wrong choice of site or its
which is more physical (Agrawal, 2009). Though today features can lead to making a perfectly built structure
the word Vaastu is being used to refer to buildings in inefficient or even in some cases a total failure from
general. various perspectives.

There are many different scriptures like the As mentioned above, the scriptures mostly consist of
Manasara, Mayamata, Brihat Samhita, Samarangana instructions to proceed with the process of developing a
Sutradhara, Rajvallabha Mandanam etc. which were built environment. The most important part of these
referred almost religiously by the practitioners of this texts could be considered its underlying social essence
profession and over time some of them were considered along with the explicitly stated instructions or
as the go-to reference for topics related to architecture, prescriptions which can be physically manifested and
village/town planning and sculpting. Contemporary verified, presented in a religious language.
understanding of Vaastushastras has derived their
fundamentals from the Sthapatya Veda a particularly SUSTAINABLE BUILDING RATING SYSTEMS
famous Upaveda (Müller, 1859). These scriptures over There are a number of present day sustainable building
time have undergone many transformations due to rating systems that are followed today. They are
contextual influence, invasions and also owing to the different for different geographical locations and
fact that this knowledge was handed down verbally until building practices. Of all of these, the various LEED
the time they were actually recorded. The Vaastushastra Guidelines developed by the United States Green
as a whole is a treatise on dwellings which takes into Building Council can be considered to be one of the
consideration many aspects which are considered to be most comprehensive and widely followed set of
the core of the idea of sustainability in architecture guidelines around the world including India.
today.
India has developed its own rating system based on
the different kinds of practices that are prevalent in the
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Indian context. The Indian Green Building Council This gives us an idea of the aspects of sustainability
(IGBC) under the Confederation of Indian Industries and these prescription point towards.
the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment
(GRIHA) under the guidance of The Energy And Based on various texts related to the Vaastushastra
Resources Institute (TERI) have come up with the relevant prescriptions are selected, listed and their
guidelines and codes for the purpose of sustainable types and implications are marked. These are then
habitat design in India. Even though these codes were compared to the guidelines indicated by the various
developed in India with the Indian context in mind, they sustainable building rating systems widely accepted
were mostly developed by taking the international today. These prescriptions are simplified as much as
standards into consideration and therefore show the possible for the ease of understanding and comparison.
traits of those codes e.g. the structure and amount of These prescriptions when compared to the guidelines
importance placed on the various sections. provided in the present day sustainable building rating
systems, give us an idea of the depth of thought that
These codes when developed for the main purpose went into the creation and evolution of these scriptures
of use in India did have the potential to be specifically and also their validity in today’s context. Even though
tailored to the Indian environmental, social, economic, the social and economic aspects of these prescriptions
cultural context, but fail to do so. This is where we can are not directly specified in the selected cases they can
learn from the ancient texts on Vaastushastra as to how be directly implied like in the case of using only wood
they incorporated all of these aspects into the for construction of residences of the common man, the
prescriptions that could be adapted as per the context placement of the main entrances to the east etc.
and were at the same time more socially and Unlike in the present day sustainable building rating
economically end user oriented than the contemporary systems the prescriptions in the Vaastushastra consider
sustainable building rating systems. the social and economic situations of the end user. The
texts on Vaastushastra also imply various important
THE PRESCRIPTIONS processes and situations to be ensured, to maintain good
When Vaastushastra was practiced, the prescriptions mental and physical health of the architect and also
were considered to be a version of bye laws for suitable remunerations for the people involved in the
planning, design, and construction of the built process so as to make sure they participate willingly.
environment which made use of religious pretexts to
ensure compliance (Chakrabarti, 2003). Though many of Vaastushastra also stresses the point that although
the prescriptions were masked with religious pretence the prescriptions laid down by it are mandatory they are
most of the prescriptions were directly stated and in to be applied after consultation and strictly under the
some cases implied. This research paper focuses on supervision of the architect as he is the most
these direct and indirect prescriptions to get an knowledgeable and can and will make necessary
understanding of their relationship to the modern day changes to the prescriptions as required (Dagens, 1995).
idea of sustainability. The prescriptions with To increase the ease in adaptation to different climatic
architectural significance can be divided into three and social contexts the texts provides various options
different types, which can be better understood and range of values to work with. This is one of the
classified under four sub-types as represented in the most important reasons for the survival of these texts
relationship diagram shown below. and its usage even after thousands of years when they
Prescriptions
first came into existence.

Described below are a few selected prescriptions

Built Construction from the Vaastushastra texts which have been divided
Settlement
Environment / Interior into three categories of different scales of built
environment and then marked to show the subtype they
relate to. The texts on Vaastushastra do not provide
justification for the prescriptions given in them, as they
were considered to be thoroughly researched and tested
(MR) Material (EA) Energy (WA) Water (SS)Sustain- before recording; also the religious nature and the dire
& Resources & Atmosphere Efficiency able Sites
penalties described for defaulters of the text made sure
the prescriptions were strictly followed.
Figure 1: Diagram showing the relationship between the three types of
prescriptions and their subcategories.
This rigidity observed in the texts leads one to
Any of the three scales of prescriptions can be believe that these texts were not adaptable to different
related to any one or more subcategories simultaneously. conditions and scenarios; however, depending upon
architect for most decisions as he was considered to be
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the most knowledgeable brought to decide upon Height of the

Increased Load bearing
deviation as desired. The different standards and rating height of structures is to
plinth must
plinth to have a strong
systems mentioned in the tables below are the ones that increase with the
6 transfer the - base and
are most commonly referred to in India for the purpose increase in the
load of thicker efficient
size of the
of architectural design. These include standards from the building. (SS)
walls transfer of
Bureau of Indian Standards, the sustainable building effectively. loads.
Maximize the
rating systems and guidelines prescribed by the Indian daylight in
Green Building Council, the United States Green To bring in IS 2440:
regularly
diffused light 1975
Building Council (LEED) guidelines and Urban from the north
occupied
Regional Development Plans Formulation and Ventilators must spaces.
and also to
be placed in the Minimum
Implementation guidelines. 7 Northern
exhaust hot air
IGBC - fresh air
from inside by
direction. (EA), New ventilation on
routing them
Table 1: Built Environment Scale prescriptions from the texts. (SS)
with
Buildings external
(Acharya, 1946), (Acharya, 1996) , (Dagens, 1995), (Agrawal, 2009) - IEQ surfaces
prevailing
Mandator where they
winds.
Prescription y Req. 1 can be carried
Sl. from Sustainability off easily.
Code Code Criteria Doors at the Defining a
No. Vaastushastra Implication Table 4 -
& (Subtypes) upper levels must suitable load
Guidelines on
Site be located transfer path.
LEED the Size and
To maximize Development exactly above the If this was not
Courtyard must BD+C - Position of
the use of – Maximize doors on the done the
be at the centre SS 5.2 openings -
open space Open Space lower levels. building
of the residence, IS 4326: Door and
and to help in Minimize 8 Height of the would reach a
open to sky and IGBC - 1993 window
regulating energy upper floors and slenderness
1 without New openings in
daylight and consumption consequently the ratio which
obstructions with Buildings- walls reduce
natural by making use doors must be would be
open gallery all SA Credit their lateral
ventilation of passive lesser than the unsafe for
around (EA), 3 & EE load resistance
inside the architectural lower floors. multi storied
(SS) Mandator and hence,
building. strategies like (MR) buildings.
y Req. 1 Veranda open
courtyards etc.
There should not For structural on three sides
Site SP
be any common safety, privacy LEED is preferred as
Development 41:1987
2 walls or columns and the ease BD+C - it increases air
– Maximize circulation.
in between two of SS 5.2
Open Space
residences.(SS) maintenance. Verandas must Reduce the
Achieve To shade the heat gain into
be provided on
daylight in external walls the building
LEED 9 all side of the
75% of from direct IGBC - and hence
Rooms should be BD+C - residence. (EA),
regularly radiation New reduce the use
constructed all IEQ 8.1 (SS)
To receive occupied Buildings of active
around the
proper spaces. - EE cooling
courtyard and
ventilation Minimum Credit 2 systems and
3 Entrance door is
and lighting in daylight hence reduce
most preferred in IGBC -
habitable illuminance of energy
the Eastern New
rooms. 110 Lux in at consumption.
direction.(EA), Buildings
least 50% of Reduce the
(SS) - SA
the regularly heat gain into
Credit 3
occupied Chajja the building
spaces. (sunshade) must IGBC - and hence
To provide
Due to the Table 11 - be projected New reduce the use
shade on
Larger buildings nature of load Height to 10 equally on all Buildings of active
windows and
must have transfer in un IS 1905: thickness ratio sides of the - EE cooling
4 walls.
thicker walls. reinforced 1987 of free building. (EA), Credit 2 systems and
(MR), (EA) load bearing standing (SS) hence reduce
system. walls. energy
Thickness of the Load bearing consumption.
wall must be buildings up Stone must be
Larger used in the The material
proportional to to4 storeys,
buildings have construction of chosen for
the width (w) of IS 1905: are stable if Using stone in IGBC -
5 larger spans temples, public construction
the building 1987 height: width buildings has New
thus requiring buildings and must be easily
[1/16 * w]. of building 11 higher Buildings
more stability. palaces but not locally
(MR), (EA), does not environmental - BMR
(SS) exceed 2. common available as
impact. Credit 1
residences. well as easily
(MR), (EA), replenish able.
(SS)
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Table 2: Settlement Scale prescriptions from the texts. The R2 and

(Acharya, 1946), (Acharya, 1996) , (Dagens, 1995), (Agrawal, 2009) R1 roads must
There should be be in designed
Prescription one main URDPFI so as to
For ease of
Sl. from Sustainability entrance on Guideline provide the
Code Code Criteria 7 access / egress
No. Vaastushastra Implication each side of the s, 2014 - best
from all sides.
& (Subtypes) settlement Volume 1 connectivity
To allow the preferably. (SS) to the whole
drainage of Rain water village from
The Site must all sides.
water according harvesting
be sloping The R2 and
to the IGBC - must be
towards East, R1 roads must
prevailing wind New designed in
North or North- are the arterial
1 directions (NE Buildings such a way
East in that roads with
to SW) such - WC that at least
order of The entrance For better URDPFI heavy traffic
that winds pick Credit 3 'one day
preference. must not be in circulation as Guideline and since
up moisture rainfall' may 8
(WE), (SS) the centre of depicted in s, 2014 - these roads
while entering be captured.
the site. each side. (SS) figure Volume 1 will be in the
centre, direct
Maximize the access to it
The Site should
daylight in can lead to
be facing IS 2440:
regularly congestions.
preferably In that order of 1975
occupied
North, East, preference to Provide
spaces.
2 West and South maximize day Community
IGBC - LEED ND
in that order of light during the Connectivity -
New -
preference. day. Same as Good ideas for
Buildings To provide Neighbor
(EA), (WE), before. community
- EE equal access hood
(SS) connectivity
Credit 2 and alignment Pattern
The Main include basic
The native from all sub and
Roadways grid pattern
vegetation that arterial and Design -
inside the streets vs. cul-
To prevent IGBC - is interfering feeder roads Pg. 69
No trees should settlement or de-sacs or
damage to the New with the 9 which are
be planted town must go gated areas.
3 structure caused Buildings construction designed
inside a from North to IGBC - Provide
by roots and - SSP work can be preferably in
building. (SS) South and East Green interconnected
branches. Credit 4 transplanted in four cardinal
to West. (SS) Township road and street
a different directions just
s- network to
area. like the
Transport facilitate
Preserve and buildings.
ation transport
Huge trees like To help in encourage the Planning - efficiency and
Fig, Bargad, providing shade IGBC - plantation of TP Credit ease of
Peepal, Kapitha around the New vegetation 2 connectivity.
etc. are to be building as all Buildings native to the A ditch with
4 The Safety
planted around these trees have - SSP region and ramparts must
the buildings dense foliage Credit 4 keep a min. of and Security
be dug around
preferably. and are native &5 75% of natural For safety from of the sites,
the settlement
(EA), (SS) trees. vegetation on 10 invaders and - buildings and
and barricades
site. wildlife. the end users
must be erected
The social are related to
outside the
As milk bearing relevance of their context.
ditch. (SS)
Milk Bearing, trees are having weak,
Thorny, Fruit relatively weak dangerous or The site for the LEED ND Site with
giving and trees and are prone to fruit bearing settlement must - community
For purposes of
with Yellow breakage, trees in one’s be located close Neighbor connectivity
5 - settlement
flowers are not thorny trees are site has not 11 to a clean and hood must be within
sustaining
to be planted dangerous and been touched useable water Pattern walking
itself.
around a fruit bearing by any of the body. (WE), and distance of
building. (SS) trees often have present day (SS) Design basic services.
social issues. rating
systems. One Danda is Narrow roads
LEED ND
enough space minimize the
The width of -
Table 4.2 - for a cart and environmental
the roads must Neighbor
The shapes of Considering the The R4 and move safely impact and
be a minimum hood -
the settlement proximity to R3 roads must without also have the
of one Danda Site
must be as various related URDPFI be in designed disturbing the economic
12 and its Design &
prescribed (e.g. activities and Guideline and located to surroundings benefits.
6 multiples
Nandyavarta, the shape and s, 2014 - provide the and its & R2 and R1
thereafter. URDPFI
Karmukha, sizes of the Volume 1 shortest multiples roads must be
1 Danda = Guideline
Padmaka etc.) roads and connection to thereof signifies designed to
1.9812 M (SS) s, 2014 -
(EA), (SS) pathways. the basic the number of accommodate
Volume 1
amenities. lanes. the traffic.
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Table 3: Construction Scale prescriptions from the texts. Chajja (sun Reduce the
(Acharya, 1946), (Acharya, 1996) , (Dagens, 1995), (Agrawal, 2009) shade) must IGBC - direct heat
have a width To ensure that New gain into the
Prescription 9 equal to 1/5th proper shade Buildings building and
Sl. from Sustainability the height of the and protection - EE hence reduce
Code Code Criteria storey. (EA), Credit 2 energy
No. Vaastushastra Implication
& (Subtypes) (SS) consumption.
Walls should be Jharokas
To increase Table 11 - IGBC -
thick at the base (screened
the stability of Height to To help in New
and thickness spaces) must be Same as
the walls and IS 1905: thickness ratio 10 passive Buildings
1 must reduce as present in a above.
define a 1987 of free cooling of air. - EE
height increases. building. (EA),
proper load standing Credit 2
(MR), (EA), (SS)
bearing path. walls.
(SS) Use building
The rendering materials or
Plaster on the coat shall be products that
wall must be of For structural IS 1661: uniformly have been
2 extracted,
even thickness. durability. 1972 carried to the LEED
(MR), (EA) full length of harvested, or
BD+C -
the wall. recovered, as
The preferred MR 5
Locally well as
Load bearing material for
available, manufactured,
walls with construction of
economical, within 500
cross walls at columns in
As the use of easy to miles of the
Broken bricks intervals. residences of the
such bricks IS 3414: replenish, project site.
3 must not be used Traditional common folk is
would weaken 1968 renewable,
at joints. (MR) type of one- wood. The The material
the joint. workable and
brick thick or prescribed chosen for
replaceable if IGBC -
more are material for construction
11 need be. To New
recommended. furniture design must be easily
ensure Buildings
is also wood. All locally
This standard opening - BMR
the openings available and
lays down schedule Credit 1
(doors and easily
requirements depending
windows) must replenish able.
Three different for upon weather
To maintain have thick
brick sizes are dimensions to regulate A min. of 50%
masonry joints wooden shutters.
prescribed for IS 1077: and physical indoor of the new
4 while having (MR), (EA),
use as per wall 1992 requirements environment. wood-based
variation in (SS)
thickness. (MR), of common products and
sizes. LEED
(EA) burnt clay materials used
building BD+C -
in the project,
bricks used in MR 7
including
buildings. furniture, must
Stone columns be certified by
should be the FSC.
installed Hollow bricks
Square columns The square preferably in a are light in
are most form is easy to square or weight and
IS 15284: IS 3952:
5 preferred in create and has equilateral Hollow walls being hollow,
2003 1988
residences. very good triangular made of brick impart thermal
(MR) stability. pattern which are prescribed to insulation to
To help in
gives the be used the building.
12 passive
densest wherever needed
cooling. Reduce the
packing. according to the IGBC -
climate. (MR), heat gain into
Wherever the New
(EA), (SS) the building
dampness of a Buildings
and hence
site or the - EE
An Apron and a reduce energy
nature of the Credit 2
platform must be consumption.
soil renders
constructed
To safeguard such actions
around the
against rain, necessary, the THE CONCLUSION
building with a
driving rain, NBC ground
6 minimum width
splashing and 2005 surface of the
The prescriptions in the Vaastushastras are divided into
of 60 cm and different categories namely: the prescriptions for
seeping site between
height of 1/8th of
building height
moisture. the walls of common residences, the prescriptions for the
any building settlements, the prescriptions for temples and royal
respectively.
erected
(MR), (SS)
thereon shall
palaces and the prescriptions for iconography and the
be rendered section on penalties (Acharya, 1996). These were the
damp-proof. present day equivalent of guidelines for different sectors
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