Rethinking Tradition - Principles of Vastu Shastra or Modern Building Science

Vastu Shastra is an ancient byelaw written by the sages and great architects of the ancient time. It has the guidelines for the planning and construction of the structure by which we can achieve, balance, & harmony between nature and god. Vastu shastra is scientific and logical which can be useful for modern building science industry. Modern building science and Vastu shastra have similarity in their goals but the reason given for Vastu seems more religious but their result is beneficial. Therefore, use of Vastu shastra with modern building science may will increase the value modern building guidelines. In this paper we have tried to study about the Vastu Shastra principles which can be useful for the modern building science and to revitalize the ancient principles of planning and construction of institutional building.