Feng Shui Taboos for Kitchen Design in Taiwan

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 創新設計研究所 === 95 === From ancient times to present, Feng Shui plays a very important and key role, and it affects the strategic thoughts and behavioral model of people. In Taiwan, many interior designers get some troubles because of the Feng Shui issues, and those are very realisti...

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Main Authors: Chih-Chen Wang, 王至誠
Other Authors: 鄭傅儒
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fmt7f5
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 創新設計研究所 === 95 === From ancient times to present, Feng Shui plays a very important and key role, and it affects the strategic thoughts and behavioral model of people. In Taiwan, many interior designers get some troubles because of the Feng Shui issues, and those are very realistic and have to be solved. Especially for the Kitchen design, it has lots of Feng Shui taboos. This research is based on the Feng Shui books, which gathering from 10 Feng Shui experts. There are 60 taboos refer to design a house. Analyzing those dates, it founds out that there are 38 taboos are regarded to kitchen design, which receives 63.3% of all taboos. More than two experts indicate that the taboo in the kitchen includes 22 items with 36.7% in total. This study analyzed 22 Feng Shui taboos by the case studies of kitchen design in Taiwan and abroad, and it found out: 1. In Taiwan, interior designers tried to avoid Feng Shui taboos when designing kitchens. 2. In abroad, interior designers seem not really concern about the Feng Shui taboos. At the same time, this research collects 6 Feng Shui taboos, which identified from more than 5 out of 10 Feng Shui experts, as (1) There should not have beam over the gas stove. (2) The sink should not next to the gas stove. (3) The refrigerator should not opposite to the gas stove. (4) The sink should not opposite to the gas stove. (5) The gas stove should not opposite to the kitchen door. (6) The gas stove should not on the drainage. Those 6 kitchen Feng Shui taboos are important references for future kitchen designs.