Sustainable design and Feng Shui: a case study of an office building in Sydney

Mak, MY; Ge, J

Sustainable design and Feng Shui: a case study of an office building in Sydney

Mak, MY Ge, J

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: CIB 2010 World Congress Proceedings, 2010, pp. 83 - 98
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mak, MY	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ge, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2252-7829	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Barrett, P	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Amaratunga, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Haigh, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Keraminiyage, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Pathirage, C	en_US
dc.date	2010-05-10	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	CIB 2010 World Congress Proceedings, 2010, pp. 83 - 98	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-905732-91-3	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16588
dc.description.abstract	Interactions between humans and environments are a part of an everyday process. In the western contemporary architecture, these interactions with the natural and man-made environment called Sustainable or Green Design. In the East, the ancient Chinese knowledge of Feng Shui aims at creating a harmony between environment, buildings and people. It has influenced most traditional building design in China for thousands of years. With a desire to improve the relationship between human and the environment, there is an increasing interest for architects and other building professionals to apply the concepts of Feng Shui into building design and the built environment. It is suggested that interpreting Feng Shui knowledge would embrace the western concept of sustainable design. This paper first analyzes and compares the concepts of sustainable design with Feng Shui. A case study of a well recognized sustainable designed office building in Sydney is used to illustrate the similarities and differences between concepts of sustainable design and Feng Shui in terms of environmental design.	en_US
dc.publisher	CIB	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	CIB 2010 World Congress Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) Meetings, Workshops, Symposia, Conferences	en_US
dc.title	Sustainable design and Feng Shui: a case study of an office building in Sydney	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	United Kingdom	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Salford Quays, United Kingdom	en_US
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dc.location.activity	Salford Quays, United Kingdom	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
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pubs.place-of-publication	United Kingdom	en_US
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Abstract:

Interactions between humans and environments are a part of an everyday process. In the western contemporary architecture, these interactions with the natural and man-made environment called Sustainable or Green Design. In the East, the ancient Chinese knowledge of Feng Shui aims at creating a harmony between environment, buildings and people. It has influenced most traditional building design in China for thousands of years. With a desire to improve the relationship between human and the environment, there is an increasing interest for architects and other building professionals to apply the concepts of Feng Shui into building design and the built environment. It is suggested that interpreting Feng Shui knowledge would embrace the western concept of sustainable design. This paper first analyzes and compares the concepts of sustainable design with Feng Shui. A case study of a well recognized sustainable designed office building in Sydney is used to illustrate the similarities and differences between concepts of sustainable design and Feng Shui in terms of environmental design.

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