Barbara Lyons Stewart, AIA, Lyons Stewart Architects, San Anselmo, Calif.
Vincent Smith, Panergetics LLC, New York City

      Feng Shui has emerged from the new age section of the book store as more clients ask to incorporate concepts from this 4,000-year-old Chinese discipline into the design of their single- and multifamily homes. We’ll discuss how residential site selection, site planning, landscaping, floor plan layout, construction details, and furniture configuration can benefit from applying cross-cultural Feng Shui principles that reinforce (not replace) design ideas.

Learning objectives:

• Apply Feng Shui principles to identify basic psychological effects residential space has on occupants
• Analyze common Feng Shui problems in single-family and multifamily residences and identify solutions using Feng Shui principles
• Discuss the benefits and issues involving Feng Shui principles and environmental psychology.