During the past ten years, there has been a great interest in holism. Architects are trying to find new ways for development of multi-layered skills working toward a holistic integrated approach and developing new ways of multidimensional and multi-layered conceptualization of the space. If the holistic approach means inclusion of all dimensions of the place: morphological, functional, social, perceptual, visual, temporal, then there is a strong platform to do, to plan, to design something

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... everything is in the right place, that means to create harmonious environments. Landscape architecture, which often is referred as a pastoral scenery or garden with plants, today is reformulated. From that conventional image its usage is more diverse and rich, including urbanism, architecture, planning, infrastructure etc. Thousands of years' people have tried to recognize and to understand the meaning of space through different configurations. They invented different concepts and also used natural phenomena, planetary impacts, solar and lunar, only to create ideal living environments. All these architectural landscapes remain as a mark of different civilization of their environments. But what is exactly a harmonious environment? Is it a state of environment when objects are in good relationship that bring balance and harmony to the living beings? Does it present a quality of things agreeing, being suitable and appropriate? Is it a language or a cultural way of seeing? The research tries to explain environmental harmony through spatial variables, perceptual aspect, through principles of geomancy and Vedic architecture also with analogies such as empathy and transcendental meditation. The research tries also to show that landscapes of the past can serve as an endless source of possibility and inspiration for creating harmonious environments.