Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 123 mm x 187 mm, Gewicht: 258 g
Exploding the Myth
Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 123 mm x 187 mm, Gewicht: 258 g
ISBN: 978-0-7506-5606-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense pocket book specifically for architects. As clients become more demanding and the competition for projects heats up, the architect is well advised to have many strings to their bow. This practical guide includes line illustrations that present the principles of feng shui, the Chinese art or practice in which a structure or site is chosen or configured so as to harmonize with the spiritual forces that inhabit it, and their application in architecture through planning principles, services, building elements and materials, in an accessible, easy reference format. The feng shui-savvy architect can also benefit from feng shui's ability to match structures and land, and the peculiar capacity of authentic feng shui to forecast development-related concerns including cost overruns, quality issues - even worker injuries and trade disputes!The author explains feng shui from archaeological sources and evidence of practice in the east, contrasting it with what passes for feng shui in the west. She analyses the practice in terms of such concepts as western systems theory, viewshed, space syntax and the 'pattern landscape' theory of urban planning. For the first time, the Sustainable implications of feng shui design are explained with reference to the latest developments in behavioural and cognitve sciences, evolutionary biology and other western viewpoints.
Zielgruppe
Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Expert rules; Yin Yang Theory; Wuxing (Five Element Theory); Uses and limitations. Protoscientific and pseudoscientific conventions (a willing suspension of disbelief?); Drawing conventions (Luoshu grid as cube of space); Numerical conventions (Luoshu and valuations); Astronomical issues; Geomagnetic issue. Calculating your own or working with a practitioner; Pros and cons. Planning; Form and Shape Theory. Environmental assessment; Existing structures; Bare land; Topography, natural features; Native plants and animals; Restoring habitat; Sustainability and green issues; Using environment to correct problems in existing building. Human factors;Suitability for purpose; Behavioral data on human need for particular views. Crime and its relation to the environment. Structures. An overview of the theory of Time and Space; Construction cycles. Form and Shape Theory in Time and Space Theory; Optimum orientations per 20-year construction cycle; Problem orientations per 20-year construction cycle. Services. Overlooked and overblown issues of drainage, water supply and storage, ventilation, electrical supply and installation, lighting and sound. Building Elements; Enhancing placement of stairs and gradients, fireplaces, doors, windows. Materials; Comments on various materials to correct problems with existing structures and avoid problems with others. Addresses. Website resources. Associations, institutes. Index
