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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"feng shui"”.
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Feng Shui and Neighborhood Development
… and balance the rational with the intuitive? Feng Shui provides a method for enhancing the current planning process by evaluating the physical form through observation and management of the movement of ch'i energy. The Feng Shui Neighborhood Evaluation checklist, created in Excel, allows the …
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A Framework for Site Analysis with Emphasis on Feng Shui and Contemporary Environmental Design Principles
… and design. Based on the applicability of feng shui principles and their interpretations into measurable factors, this research compares and incorporates feng shui and contemporary environmental design theories, and summarizes essential environmental factors. The emphasis on environmental …
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Healing Interior: Using Eastern Design Principles in Hotel Design
… and promote health and harmony by using Feng Shui Principles. It will first discuss the principles of Feng Shui and general hotel design, and then move on to demonstrate how the application of Feng Shui principles can be used to create a hotel environment that encourages health and …
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Continuums and Conjunctions: An assemblage of Eastern and Western architectural and philosophical perspectives
… architecture was guided by the principles of Feng Shui, placing emphasis upon a harmonious interrelation of architectural and natural environments and social contexts. An increase in urban development and population has led to an increase in vertical spatial arrangements which commonly …
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in :: out
… of the characteristics of the five elements of Feng Shui, innumerous decisions were made concerning orientation, material, and sense of place; allowing one to experience a sense of change yet maintaining a balance between the inside and out. The four primary walls become the vertical elements …
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Rare earth : geomantic formulae for the production of works of art
… and intuitive experiences that led me to equate Feng Shui as a harmonious aesthetic and a foundation for geomantic art. The purpose is to cite a binder for man's discord with nature and an awareness for earth's harmony.
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A School for the Chinese Martial Arts
… as well as relevant philosophies such as feng-shui, should be incorporated in the design of the school. The site for this project is the corner of H and 6th Streets in Washington, DC's Chinatown, the building will attempt to establish a cultural focus in the historic district and help to …
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Public cemeteries and the production of urban space in colonial Seoul, 1910-1945
… of long-standing interment customs – such as feng-shui-based private gravesites – and the installation of public cemeteries as the only place for interment. The rule also introduced cremation into Korean society, a practice that had long been taboo. The gravesite had embodied significant …
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SQUARING THE CIRCLE: The Regulating Lines of Claude Bragdon's Theosophic Architecture
Traditionally, squaring the circle has been about bringing the incommensurable work of the gods within the realm of the commensurate by using infinite cosmic principles to regulate the finite world. The American architect Claude Bragdon (1866-1946) squared the circle using his Theosophic …