Architecture and fengshui is the knowledge that two mutually related with one another. Basically, both of these things have the same objects to observe about one another, they are about the building, as the human, environmental and around the building is located.

Here I will try to explain a few things that can be related between architecture as a science, and fengshui as a science.

The origin of the word

Feng means wind, Shui means water. Feng Shui is the science that teach how to balance the elements of nature that move / flow.

Archi means art, design tekton means design and build, while the architecture is the art of design and built.

Who’s the specialist?

Fengshui = Geomanser, Architecture=Architect.

What is the objective?

Geomanser as a communicator, with a focus on ways to improve the welfare and prosperity.

Architects as a mediator, as a bridge between ‘dreams and reality, transforming a concept and notion that dwelling on the clients’ dreams to be a physical manifestation with the building.

For what?

Fengshui work to arrange the building of housing and the environment in harmony with the soul of the residents. Fengshui no longer only used in the homes, but also have been used for offices, housing, and commercial buildings.

Building as an architecture product is expected to provide benefits for all of the people around, especially related to the character of the area in the city

Fengshui based on the empirical notes and literatures. In order to keep exist, fengshui experts at the past (called: Geomanser) used the marketing and symbolism in fengshui, to tell about about mystics and irrational worlds in its languages. So, this symbolism style of marketing creates a normative culture, such as do and don’t.

If they (fengshui people from the past) said that you will get sick if you don’t follow some kind of arrangement of the bedroom, or if your door houses facing the crossroad or T junction and your house will be easy to get robe, and if you sit behind the windows at your office, your employee will cheat on you, that just do not right!

Even though it is just the way to promote and socialize the fengshui words, we need to make the straight line about this thing. Because people today use a logical thinking to learn about something, better than just follow the normative guidelines from the past that comes from their anchestor. So, they who promote fengshui with normative style and aspects with mystics can be said as not teach about science, as well as not regarding with the Gods, Goddess, and a lot of mystical aspects surround it. We have to think better way to learn about fengshui as a logical science.

People realize fengshui as one of science, those comes from ancient Chinesse. Fengshui as a science purposed to arrange building and its surrounding well combined with nature aspect, so it will create a balance between people’s mind, body and soul. In this modern age, people use this fengshui to arrange not just in a housing aspect, but also to arrange the offices, commercial areas, and even hotels. Fengshui comes from the words of Feng, means:”wind”, and shui, means:”water”, so the words of fengshui related with: ”to flow”.

The basic principle of fengshui is to create certain harmonious aspects between human, building and the environment surround it. It means that there are a wisdom inside it, to remind people to manage and arrange the nature and the environment to become the better place. Fengshui could tell us about creating appealing and harmonious home and environment.

Fengshui as an art of design and build is basically related with three aspects, those are architect as a designer, architecture as a products, and people as an end user of those products. This is true because the development of the building can make several impacts for the emotional and human activity, can build personal and social aspect and also the cultural aspects of the community. Fengshui as one of the architecture science, can be rely to give a lot of advantage for the people live around those buildings. Wrote by Andie Wicaksono, for ar-chi-tect.org.

(andie wicaksono is an architecture book writer, an architect, also a fengshui book writer. He writes two books about fengshui those are: “Logiskah Fengshui” (Fengshui Logic), and “Menata Interior sesuai Fengshui” (Interior Arrangement with Fengshui), these books (Indonesian version) can be found at several bookstore, or in kotabuku.com