ART 9 - Maleny.pdf - Vedic Architecture

Facing East
North Verandah
The house is supported on stumps and a timbercrete plinth, has a tongue and groove timber floor,
external walls of weatherboard style panels and a colorbond roof.
It consists of 2 bedrooms, retreat/small living area, kitchen, combined dining and living room,
study, large entry and Brahmasthan space, meditation room, guest bedroom/lecture room, 2
bathrooms, additional WC and a vestibule. The house is designed so that the private living areas
are separate from the rooms on the North side which can be used for TM teaching activities and
Ayur Veda consultations. There are large verandahs on the East and North and a carport outside
the Vastu in the Northwest corner of the lot.
Landscaping and Vedic gardens are to be designed and created soon.
The Vastu fence surrounds the home to provide protection and promote positivity and the Kalash
adorns the central roof position connecting Heaven and Earth.
North Door and Vestibule
Kitchen
Wendy’s reflections and experiences:-
“Once I decided to build it was a really enjoyable process to design the house exactly as I wanted.
Mike’s input both from a Sthapatya Veda point of view and from the practical level of the steps
to take was invaluable. There were some delays and obstacles on the way but nothing that could
not be overcome and on the whole the process went really smoothly. I started out with just the
intention to build and a few ideas of how to make it happen but really not a lot behind me to
begin with; what I did experience was quite incredible nature support in getting the land, the loan
and a good builder.