This case study, Feng Shui Applications in the Design-Build Phase, focuses on how a feng shui practitioner can approach a design phase project, which could include land selection. Corroborating the land, the time frame in which the structure will be built, and the choices for orientation will set the table for how to proceed.

The case study shows how to prioritize the important areas first, which then makes it easier to handle design problems and narrow the floor plan possibilities. This case study also goes well with my e-book, Feng Shui Tips for Architects, and another case study on The Challenges and Circumstances for Very Large Homes.

Originally written in 2013, this case study has been updated to include input regarding Period 9 and sample floor plan exercises to show how one can create good feng shui designs (without professional design school training).

EXCERPT:

LAND

“First you need to find out whether the client has purchased land to build on already, or if they are counting on you to help them choose land right from the beginning. When a client wants you to walk the land with them and help decide if one parcel is better than another, this is where your knowledge of Form School will be united with the possibilities of the built structure and the options for different flying star charts.

Since it is impossible to move a mountain, if a client was looking at land in a hilly or mountainous area, you want to factor that into the potential options for the Four Major house types.  **And beyond the Construction Period of the future structure, you will also want to factor in the good and bad locations for elevated land in relation to the Period, above and beyond the House type.

Many clients will be intrigued with the concept of the Wang Shan Wang Shui house and expect that any new house could be a Wang Shan Wang Shui house until you point out to them the limitations of any particular piece of land they may be considering. If, for example, a really good Double Sitting house could be built with a water feature in the back, this could end up being just as desirable. The same would be true if the directional options would create a Double Facing House, but with a mountain in the perfect spot on the facing side.

**This Case Study has been updated for Period 9, where there will be no Wang Shan Wang Shui houses nor “Reversed” type houses built in Period 9. The choice is down to just two of the four house types for Period 9 construction:  Double Sitting and Double Facing.  If you do not know what these house types are, please read my book, The Feng Shui Continuum.

You will want to be thinking 30 years out, if possible, in terms of how the land and the future house will serve the prospective owners. Often, you would look at several choices for land within the same area or in the same city. It is rare that you would consider land choices that are very far away from each other. However, I have had clients cast a very wide net and in fact they consider land sometimes hundreds of miles apart. This is rare however. Usually, the client may already have a set idea of where they want to live for all the mundane reasons, as well as where raw land is simply available and affordable to them.”

If you should enroll in my on-line program, Kartar’s School of Traditional Feng Shui, case study purchases already made can be deducted from the price for the advanced module.

Author: Kartar Diamond

Company: Feng Shui Solutions (R)

From the Architecture & Design Blog Series