A study of the Shape Grammar of a Kerala Vaasthu based Naalukettu

1. THE GRAMMAR OF A VAASTU
BASED ‘NAALUKETTU’
(TRADITIONAL DWELLING IN KERALA)

2. STRUCTURE OF
PRESENTATION
• GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING
TO BE ANALYSED (CASE STUDY)
• A VERY BRIEF GLIMPSE OF THE BASIC
RULES OF VAASTU AS FOLLOWED IN THE
CASE STUDY
• RULES FOLLOWED IN SHAPE GRAMMAR
• ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSE-2D AND 3D
• INFERENCES AND CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

3. THE
‘NAALUKETTU’
(‘PADINJAREDATH
MANA’
IN CHERPU,
KOLLAM)

6. A FEW PRINCIPLES
• THE BASIC CONFIGURATION OF BLOCKS IN
COURTYARD FORMAT WAS USED AS A MODULE
AND PERFECTED AS A UNIFIED SPATIAL AND
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ADAPTED TO CLIMATIC AND
SOCIO CULTURAL CONDITIONS.
• THE ENERGY FIELD-’MANDALA’- COMPRISING
GRIDS, DIAGONALS AND NODES FORMED THE
BUILDING CODE FOR SPATIAL PLANNING,
PROPORTIONS, DOORS AND WINDOW POSITIONS
AND FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT IN TRADITIONAL
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.

7. EXAMPLES

8. A FEW PRINCIPLES
• LARGEST SQUARE AREA IN PLOT DEMARCATED
• THROUGH THE APPROXIMATE CENTER, E-W AND N-S AXES
MARKED
• (IN THE CASE OF LARGE PLOTS, THERE ARE PRINCIPLES OF
PAADAVINYASAM AND VEEDHIVINYASAM TO CHOOSE THE
HOUSE LOCATION OR GRIHAMANDALA. THOSE DETAILS ARE
NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY).
• THE ORIENTATION OF THE HOUSE IS DECIDED BASED ON
‘YONI’- THE REMAINDER OBTAINED IN PERIMETER OF
HOUSEX3/8. IF REMAINDER IS 1, ORIENTATION TOWARDS
EAST, 2-SE, 3-SOUTH ETC. ODD YONIS ONLY ARE
AUSPICIOUS-PERIMETER ADJUSTED TO GET ODD YONIS.
• BASED ON THE RIGID PRINCIPLES, IN FACT, A WIDE RANGE
OF BUILDING DESIGNS CAN BE DONE. IN THIS STUDY, ONLY
ONE EXAMPLE OF A NAALUKETTU IS BEING CONSIDERED.

9. • FROM EKASALA-THE SMALLEST BASIC
DWELLING UNIT- TO CHATURSALA-
THE NAALUKETTU.

10. DECIDING THE SIZE OF
COURTYARD

11. GRAMMAR OF PADINJAREDATH MANA
• THE CENTRAL COURTYARD IS THE GENERATOR OF THE
FORM. IT IS MARKED AS THE INITIAL SHAPE.

12. RULE A

13. RULE B

14. RULE C
A

15. RULE D

16. RULE E

17. RULE F

18. RULE G

19. APPLICATION OF RULE C

20. RULE H

21. RULE I

22. APPLYING RULE E AND F

23. APPLYING RULE E AND F

24. APPLYING RULE D

25. APPLYING RULE I

26. EXAMPLE

27. RULE-1

28. RULE-2

29. RULE-2 MIRROR

30. RULE-3

31. APPLICATION OF RULES 1-3

32. RULE-4

33. RULE-4 WITH ROTATION

34. RULE-5

35. RULE-6 MIRRORING

36. RULE-7

37. RULE-8

38. RULE-9

39. RULE 10, COMBINING RULE-2

40. RULE 11

41. APPLYING RULE 2,2MIRROR,5,6,7,8,10 AND 11

42. RULE 12

43. PRINCIPLE OF
ROOF
STRUCTURE

44. PRINCIPLE OF
ROOF
STRUCTURE

45. RULE 13

46. RULE 14

47. RULE 15

48. RULE 16

49. RULE 17

50. RULE 18