THE EFFECTS OF BUILDINGS' SOLAR ORIENTATION ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR: APPLICATION OF MAHARISHI STHAPATYA VEDA PRINCIPLES

摘要

The impact of a building's solar orientation upon the mental health and quality of life on its occupants was investigated in two studies. These studies specifically tested the guidelines for solar orientation outlined in the discipline of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda - which proposes that the orientation of buildings relative to the north and south poles and the equator influence the quality of life of people living in those buildings in predictable ways. Specifically, Maharishi Sthapatya Veda recommends that houses have an eastern entrance (and avoid most of all having a southern entrance), and that individuals also sleep with the head pointed to the east-in the direction of the rising sun.