Table 4-11 Compatibility between Harmony and Qi prospect

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Table 4-11: Compatibility between Harmony and Qi prospect Rules of Form-making

Harmony (a) Maintain smooth transitions, strong links between the elements and their surroundings. (b) Use natural materials with functional value

Qi prospect

(a) Use the elements whose shapes, materials, colours and textures echo the surroundings; (b) Create good signs such as verdant plant, water feature, nimble animals, bloomed trees; (c) Avoid bad signs such as arid soil, dry site, withered trees, fetid water; (d) Do not block building by solid fence or neighboring building; (e) Do not isolate any element, need smooth transfer, create enough buffers between elements.

Roles of Physicality

Harmony The concord among the elements and their surroundings. Qi prospect Signs and symbols of Living Qi prospect.

Roles of Function

Harmony (a) Avoids sudden changes or the isolation of an element in landscape; (b) Helps to heighten nature. Qi prospect (a) Creates the fresh environment for garden; (b) Create the between the man-made architecture and nature landscape. transition

Aspects of Psychology

Harmony Create visual pleasure. Qi prospect (a) Symbolizes of life, energy and health in garden landscape; (b) Express the ideal that man and nature could be and should be in harmonious space. Information Source: Reid (1993), Vuong (1996) and Vuong (2004)

For the manifestation of Qi, the buildings can be understood as elements, whilst the gardens play the role of the transition and connection with nature. It is believed that when man-made architectures stay in concord with nature, humans feel comfortable. When nature is heightened, Living Qi is imbued.

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