Student name and ID:   Adele Teo Yan Ni                 1001P75775

Topic:  Feng Shui from an Environmental Point of View in Modern Korean Homes and the Application of Its Principles towards the Betterment of Space Ecologically

Lecturer: Pn Norhayati Ramli

Research Question(s):

1.    Feng Shui throughout history and its adjustment to the modern world.

2.    The application of Feng Shui in modern Korean homes.

3.    The effects of the principles of Feng Shui environmentally.

4.    The impact of The Five Elements environmentally and reasons behind it.

Outline a summary of the topic:

This research will center on Feng Shui and how it helps improve the quality of space ecologically. The location of this study is throughout the whole of South Korea where the focus will be on modern residence. Feng Shui is the art of placement and urban orientation practiced by the Chinese in the past millennia. Literally, the term translates into wind, Feng and water, Shui.

Feng Shui has been around for centuries and has morphed to fit in with today’s modern world by creating manmade landscape. Gardens in homes can create positive Feng Shui where the layout of gardens plays an important role. In the past, people look to the natural landscape such as mountains and rivers to determine but in today’s world, gardens have similar effects.

The use of Feng Shui in Korean homes will be explained about in the second subtopic. The case study that we will be looking at is The P House in Jongno-gu, Korea by HAHN Design. This house plays around the idea of uniting people and nature. Feng Shui has affected the orientation, location of each room and the materials used to build this house. There is a small courtyard within the walls of this house whereby we will focus how this impact the quality of space created within the home ecologically.

The third subtopic will examine how certain principles of Feng Shui impacts environmental issues. The use of materials helps bring nature into the house making a space more eco-friendly. On the other hand, the orientation of the building helps reduce heat gain thus, leading to the decrement of usage of electricity for cooling. Feng Shui strives to find the balance between heaven, nature and human therefore, natural elements are introduced into a particular space.

Finally, we shall look at how The Five Elements brings nature inside a residence making it a more eco-friendly space. The Five Elements consist of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. These elements work with each other to achieve a perfect harmony but if used wrongly may result in disaster. This principle encourages the usage of natural materials in a space.

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