Yifeng Wen
School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
ABSTRACT
Sustainable building is hot topic in today. This study tries to throw new light on this issue in terms of fengshui. In study of fengshui, the wisdom of traditional ideas and natural philosophy were combined. Compared with artificial index system of modern science ignored direct indicating function of natural forms and subject?s intuitive awareness, fengshui probes into deep correlation among the elements, form and energy in the light of holism and the ontological significance of communication between internal and external life, which reflecting deep resonating between nature and human. Fengshui as archetypical diagrams demonstrates its capacity to make sustainable building, environmental conservation and social betterment.
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Received: August 06, 2013;
Accepted: November 06, 2013;
Published: November 11, 2013
How to cite this article
Yifeng Wen, 2013. Natural Philosophy and Fengshui: A Phenomenological and Ontological
Thinking for Sustainable Building. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 4420-4427.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4420.4427
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4420.4427
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4420.4427
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4420.4427
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