Learn Feng Shui in Interior Designing

Introduction

Nowadays, many people are concerned about their lawn or garden decorations. The interests of designing Feng Shui garden among Malaysian Chinese are arising due to the new trendy and healthy lifestyle. The service providers for garden design also increases in numbers day by day. The initial individual who are interested in Feng Shui garden are confronted with the problem to design their garden based on their specific endeavours that associates with their garden entrance’s wind direction. Most of them do not want to hire the garden designer or Feng Shui expert because the fees are usually too expensive. The landscape service providers on the other hand confronted with the problem of understanding the client’s needs and specifications. They are also confronted with the problems of recommending landscape style and design based on the client’s endeavours that related with the Feng Shui. Currently there is no such system that facilitates both client and the landscape service provider. Therefore the idea of developing a prototype system of Feng Shui garden design adviser is to recommend the best option for both client and landscape service providers. The aim for this project is to develop an adaptive expert system prototype that provides a corresponding garden design style that satisfies the clients based on their Feng Shui endeavours.

FENG SHUI OVERVIEW

Feng Shui is not related to any religion or belief system. It is a scientific discipline based on the analysis of energy (Too, 2002). Feng Shui is not a superstition or a set of dos and don’ts. It is the art and science of understanding the forces of nature in order to design houses and workplaces that blend with the environment instead of clashing with it. It aims to help us live in harmony with the world by promoting the flow of positive energy and neutralizing or avoiding negative or destructive energy.

Based on an interview with Master Larry Sang from The American Feng Shui Institute, Feng Shui, means wind and water. It is an ancient Chinese study of the natural environment. Feng Shui can determine the best or most favourable location for anyone and assist that person to avoid the worst or least desirable location in any environment.