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Art of Feng Shui and Its Relationship Wi PDF
Art of Feng Shui and Its Relationship Wi PDF
Abstract:
Appropriate design for inside of building to create calm and quiet place for human being was
main challenge to all the history of art and architecture .Chinese system for deciding a right
position for a building in order to make people feel comfortable and happy who called "Feng
Shui", is most popular for people in nowadays society. But what is the fact behind of this kind
of work to interior design? Way this kind of art and design are popular in nowadays society?
Do we need Feng Shui as a main critical factor for interior design?
In this paper after describe art of Feng Shui as an optional way to interior design we will try
to answer the problem that mentioned and we will try find and show approaches to
contemporary interior design.
key words: Feng Shui, modern interior design, approaches, challenge.
1. INTRODUCTION
Feng Shui, which has been practicing for thousands of years in Asian countries, is an ancient
Oriental wisdom that relates built environment to the Nature. The concepts of Feng Shui are to
guide people to interpret human behavior to settle their own living space in a more harmonious
place. The geometrical relationship between critical areas within a flat, say toilets, kitchens,
and bedrooms has been considered as a very important element in the creation of good Feng
Shui. The benefit of maintaining a good Feng Shui indoors is to achieve the healthy and comfort
environment (“Chi”field), so that we can evaluate the effects in various Feng-Shui senses by
using the IAQ indicators. The places of bedroom and kitchen are most discussed ardently, the
bathroom and toilet secondly and the living room and entrance thirdly, from literature review.
The majority of Feng-Shui sayings were to ask people what circumstances were not allowed,
instead of asking people how to do. Those have been named Feng-Shui limitations in this study.
In modern times Feng Shui also deals with the surroundings of a building [including streets and
other buildings], its shape and landscaping, as well as with the colors and materials of the
outside and inside of a space. Feng Shui rules can help find a site where family life is more likely
to be harmonious, or a locale where a business is more likely to succeed.
While Architecture is based mainly on rules of functionality and Interior Design concentrates on
beauty, Feng Shui adds the dimension of feelings. How people react emotionally to a place is as
important as proper architectural or interior design. It is essential that people feel comfortable
and safe in their home or workplace in order to create environments where we can be happier,
healthier, more prosperous and free.
For example, furniture arrangement in Feng Shui always tries to give desk chairs and beds what
is called "the power position," allowing a person to see the door, while not being directly in the
path of the door. This gives the person command of the room, as a result of this, he or she will
feel more in control, and this will often lead to greater concentration and productivity in the
one case, and greater relaxation and better rest in the other.
Conclusion:
modern society because of innate need subjective organizer to organize and arrange lacking of
modern projects of identity to interior design . Modern technology needed this kind of
organizer to create a suitable and comfortable interior design whit attention of human
aesthetic needs.
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