We can understand how frustrating is when an Architect does not understand what a FengShui Master wants. Stumble upon a blog of a fellow Architectural practitioner who has his episode with his client’s FengShui Master, which is very-very common, owing to the fact that even people of different races are becoming more aware of the needs of FengShui and metaphysics. What else, when one of the most sought after Paul the oracles, has flawless predictions over the current world cup and we wish it could be an embodiment of the wise old man, given the body of a FengShui master. Imagine, even the Germans are true believers now days!
It is very common to hear that, “…the client said.. Architect must follow what the FengShui master want.. Wow!! its BULLSHIT!!!.. man.. we are the Architect.. we decide what we want to have in the sake of producing a very good design..”. That is a very arrogant chant, worth analyzing.
As what once a senior practitioner, now retired, Tan Sri Dato Lim Chong Keat said, imagines the Architects is the asshole, what will become of the body when the asshole decided not to shit? The entire body functions breakdown, body temperature rise and so on and so forth. It has becomes clear that even asshole is important, not just the brain.
So be it the master or the Architect, brain or the asshole, each one has its own function to play, if only, they understand each other’s role. As a jack of all trades and master to none, the Architect has to understand the needs of the FengShui master, if possible, be the master himself.
Quoting the following frustrations, “…this FengShui master ask the Architect to put different level on a very straight walkway.. Using ramp up and down in certain portion instead of having a very nice flat surface.. what is the point of having different level if there are no function at all.. and the FengShui master said it is because to bring the luck in to the house.. he can bullshit the client.. but not us (I mean me and the principal of this project).. and then he decide to put window that he already ‘design’ at one of the bungalow’s facade.. it looks very ugly with a very small and the size are various looks not organize at all…well.. it’s already run far away from the concept.. it is already look like a pig sheds…”, demonstrated the sheer frustration of the Architect seeing his masterpiece torn apart beyond recognition.
If only the Architect understand that: -
1. Straight moving Qi is volatile, unsentimental and has no ability to coagulate, and then he may understand why the straight walkways are not appealing in terms of FengShui.
2. Undulated paths create funnels that can draw in Qi from a certain Bright Hall, to be distributed (NaQi) to all other rooms internally. This is called drawing up the Qi map as opposed to the Architect’s spatial map.
3. Specific openings are crucial to enable the specific Qi to enter or exit.
The Architect can further enhance his design concepts rather than mutilating it and if he is so unlucky, the FengShui master may be from the McFengShui world, and then his masterpiece will ultimately look like a Chinese Temple. That I believe has a reason for protest!
Look at the bright side, these species of FengShui masters are here to stay. Why not understand them and their specific performance so that the Architectural masterpiece is a place worth living in it and not just an icon glazing its place in the magazine. Remember, all the Modernist glass houses failed that even the owners refuse to live in. How good would their FengShui be?
Next time, when the Architect is frustrated with the FengShui master, rope in Paul the Oracle’s solution. Its number is HERE!
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