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US to have world's largest office building based on vastu
Wednesday June 22 2005 00:00 IST
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WASHINGTON: Real estate developer Jeffrey S Abramson plans to make the
world's largest office building that meets the vedic standards of
architecture promoted by the Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Abramson, disciple of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in partnership with Tower Cos.
of Bethesdais is to built a 'healthful' workplace with the help of vastu
shastra.
He says the new office building in Rockville Maryland will have a terrace
called a Vastu and an interior open space called a Brahmasthan.
Abramson, like the Beatles decades ago practices the Maharishi's
transcendental meditation.
The 72 million dollar building incidentally will be the first in the
United States to be constructed on the basis of vedic architecture. It
would also comply with environmental standards set up by the US Green
Building Council.
The 200,000-square-foot structure is to be built with non-toxic materials
and rely on energy-efficient lighting and Air conditioning. The indoor Air
is to be recycled and filtered every 55 minutes, according to a Washington
Post ,/I>report on Tuesday.
Abramson said he learned about the healing effects of vedic architecture
after moving into a home built on the vastu shastra principles of
universal harmony and order.
He said his goal with tower ii is not to preach but to offer tenants a
more spiritually fulfilling and healthful workspace.
Abramson said when employees spend 90 per cent of their time indoors it is
better to build an environment for the person to succeed and ''that's why
I am interested in vedic architecture,'' he added.
The construction work is expected to begin this winter on a site just
adjacent to the developer's tower building, which is already fully leased.
The building has some environment-friendly features but has no vedic
design.
''All measurements of tower ii, interior and exterior, are proportionally
designed to mirror the geometry, or architecture, of the universe,''
according to a brochure for the building.
It says the main entrance is to face East, a central component of vedic
architecture that allows a structure 'to capture the early morning sun for
the greatest benefits of health and the vitality of the occupants.'
A 'mathematically determined vastu,' or terrace, is to surround the
building. Inside, the centre of the building is to have the Brahmasthan, a
''silent core or nucleus,'' outlined with marble floor.
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