BAVANA NIRMANA HOUSE CONSTRUCTION – LESSON 12
1. The front portion of house is called Purva bhavana and later portion is called Antarbhavana.
Vastu has given rules to construction of these and also for staircases etc
2. Construction of Main building- This is generally used for parking, a place to celebrate festivals or
some social gatherings. This can be attached to or separate from Main door. This structure is
normally supported by Pillars. Purva bhavanam should be lower in height than antarbhavanam.
3. This construction can be of 4,6,810,12 and 16 pillared structure
4. Construction of Rooms ( Antar bavanam):- as we have different organs in a body with different
functions, we can have many rooms depending up on different purposes. These rooms can be of
even numbers 2,4,6 8 etc.
5. These rooms can be of different dimensions . Normally 8 rooms are suggested , they are 1. Bath
room 2. Dressing room, 3. Puja room 4. Store room. 5. Kitchen 6. Bed room 7. Dining room and
8. Treasury room.
6. Apart from above music room, hall,study room, dormitory etc can be constructed depending up
on need.
7. These rooms can be constructed by erecting pillars with minimum 6 x7 ft size
8. Rooms can be square, circular, hexagon shaped.
9. Rooms can have doors in all sides or one side of walls.
10. Doors should not be in the corner of rooms. And pillars should not be infront of doors.
11. Doors can have one or two wings.
12. All doors should be in even number
13. Rooms can be square or rectangular shape, triangular shapes are prohibited
14. Its not advisable to construct rooms in the middle of the house. And leaving the walls of corridor
open
15. Height of walls should be same for tiled house but can vary for multistory buildings or mansions
16. Systematic approach should be followed to allow proper ventilation and air inside the home
17. Pent house can be constructed anywhere in terrace
18. Its not necessary to all doors in same line. Slight deviation is accepted
19. The plot should be divided taking center point for consideration and rooms can be created
separately or jointly.
20. Owner can move the places of other rooms as per his wish except bed room. Bed room should
be in the center of plot.
21. Kitchen can be kept in back of the house in agneya direction.
22. Construction of stair cases:-stair cases can be constructed with Brick, wood or granite. Stair
cases can be planned as per the size and shape of plot.
23. Granite stair case is not suitable for residential houses
24. Height of stairs can be 12-16 inches with 1- 1 ½ yard Width
25. Iron railing can be installed with wooden strip to hold while climbing stairs
26. Stairs need to be constructed on strong platform supported by pillars
27. Stairs can have some intermittent platform after every 10-12 stairs to take rest
28. The stairs can be decorated well with art work, auspicious portraits
29. The stairs can be with optimum length depending up on number of floors
30. Stairs can be circular or zig zag, straight or with turn manners
31. A door mat can be kept on the last step before entering the room to prevent dust
32. Stairs can have railing on both sides with wooden or iron support.
33. Stair cases can be of four types
Straight, turnkey, crisscross and circular
In straight construction, the steps size and shape would be same and in straight line
In Turn key construction, staring in straight line then left or right turn depending up on the size
and shape
In crisscross construction , its like a creeper on a tree
In circular construction, the stairs will be turning round a pillar like a wall. Its also called snake
ladder
34. Stairs to reach lower height can be made of Bamboo or wood
35. The steps from Main door to floor can be up to two yards
36. The steps created from Main door to Foundation is called Guhya and beyond foundation is
called Aguhya. These doors can be square, rectangle or spherical in shape.
37. The steps constructed can be of three parts Thrikanda Sopana. Steps with more width on top
and less width in bottom shanka mandalam, divided in two parts arda gomutram and creeper
types called valli mandalam
38. The upstairs can be in rotating manner to reach higher levels
39. In mansions and conference rooms etc , there can be odd number of steps
40. Steps can be constructed in all educational institutes, hospitals , galleries etc
41. Stairs can be constructed in any side or any direction of the house but savya paddati preferred
(left to right)
42. Sub Houses( upa griha):-
The small portion of house constructed in any side or direction is called upa griha. It includes
Pooja room, kitchen, store room and stables.
Kitchen should be preferred in the back side of house. Food preparation needs cleanliness and
to be avoided drishti dosham. Its not mandatory to have kitchen in Agneya direction
irrespective of Main door direction. Manasara suggest that kitchen can be in North east.
Pooja room can be constructed in the back portion of house
Store room can have 3 walls and one door on the fourth side.
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