Residential spaces that use the theory of Fengsui Jiri find ways how men can interconnect to the nature. The theory of Fengsui Jiri have been applied to finding new homes for individuals and new capitals for nations. The ideology of Fengsui Jiri der...
Residential spaces that use the theory of Fengsui Jiri find ways how men can interconnect to the nature. The theory of Fengsui Jiri have been applied to finding new homes for individuals and new capitals for nations. The ideology of Fengsui Jiri derives from ecological ideas that are most suitable for natural environments and roots from accurate understanding of natural environment and socio-cultural backgrounds.
Housing for Fengsui Jiri includes any residential environment including houses, apartments, villas, and officetel in which men maintain pleasant lives. In other words, housing environment is important because it has a proportional relationship to human life. The most important role of the theory of Fengsui Jiri, in housing is to deliver living energy from the nature to the living environment and our bodies to enhance our health and energy and help us live positive and quality lives.
For locating housing, theory of Fengsui Jiri uses several criteria. First, the flow of water shall be understood based on the idea that the freshest air is created when mountains and waters meet to exchange Yin and Yang. Second, a location with waters, lowlands, and narrow paths in front and mountains, highlands, and broad lands in the back shall be selected. Third, every Fengsui Jiri's theory on four types of mountains, facing mountains, terrestrial magnetism, and winds shall be applied to selecting the ratio of roofs, lots, and buildings and height of walls. The ultimate purpose of applying these criteria is the harmony of natural environment and men.
In the modern age, however, locating and arranging housing is decided by legal restrictions, technical aspects, and convenience of constructors rather than the theory of Fengsui Jiri for the harmony of nature and men. Many people agree with the fact that the theory of Fengsui Jiri is important for the quality of our lives, but it is difficult to universally apply Fengsui Jiri's complex and complicated theory.
In result of his study, it was proved that Korea's traditional principle of creating residential spaces was based on Fengsui Jiri's ecological idea that, "Men and nature coexist as organically integrated bodies’ and that it is necessary to study the theory of Fengsui Jiri for its scientific utilization to meet our increasing interests in sustainable and environmentally-friendly development. If Fengsui Jiri's elements are applied to residential planning to supply environmentally-friendly residential spaces, they will greatly contribute to establishing future-oriented and ecological residential spaces.
The last part of the study proposes a checklist of essential theory of Fengsui Jiri. I hope that this checklist can be practically applied to various real estate activities and can be further improved by other scholars or researchers.