- Title
- Scientific research of Feng Shui applications for the built environment
- Creator
- Mak, Michael Y.
- Relation
- International Conference on Feng Shui (Kan Yu) and Architecture in Berlin p. 49-67
- Publisher
- Harrassowitz Verlag
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Since the late 1960's the impact of western civilisation and technology has grown to global proportions. More western scholars became aware of the limitations of the modem scientific paradigms that failed to explain the whole realm of natural phenomena and began to recognize that there are similarities between modem science and eastern philosophy (Capra, 1975). They have sought deeper understandings of the relationships between people and their surrounding environment, and research in Feng Shui has been initiated. However, the development of Feng Shui principles and practices are complicated and there is little research into the application of Feng Shui knowledge to the built environment and architectural design. It is suggested that interpreting Feng Shui knowledge would enable the development of a design tool from this Chinese architectural discipline. In particular, the Form School of the Feng Shui knowledge provided a holistic approach that allows integrated components and elements to be considered for the built environment.
- Subject
- Feng Shui; built environment; Chinese architecture; holistic architecture
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1325115
- Identifier
- uon:25186
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783447065923
- Language
- eng
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