Architecture and design

I often approached oriental disciplines but I immediately came across a term that resonated obscure and very mysterious: "Energy". There was talk of "encouraging the flow of energy" or "conveying energy", sometimes "positive or negative energies", expressions that gave me an ambiguous idea of the term "energy". Accustomed to a rationalistic western approach, I was therefore perplexed by these "energies", which I could not fit into those "physical" known and scientifically measurable. However, the...

It often happens when going around the web or flicking through a magazine to come across articles about Feng Shui. Usually, it is a short collection of general advice on how to place the bed or how to furnish a house. The impression you get is that Feng Shui is a style of furniture, something confusingly similar to one of the many "ethnic" styles or some philosophical or spiritual new age current. The reader, especially if profane, remains at best with a vague urge to study the subject better, more...

To give substance to the previous interventions, I now analyze a typical article on Feng Shui, taken from the portal Casa.it, site rather widespread that deals mainly with buying and selling real estate. Like many similar portals, Casa.it is enriched with sections with various topics on the theme of the house. The advice concerns a "classic", the bedroom. First general observation: in a Feng Shui analysis the bedroom can never be taken into account if you do not first analyze the context in which it is placed...

I had the pleasure of following a short interview with my colleague Fausto Favoretti, where the expression "psychological architecture" was used. I found there a great affinity with a term that I like to use to define my work: the "psycho-architect". Every architectural sign, whether it is just a project on paper or even more work made, is a unique and unrepeatable fruit of the human mind, and as such also a product of the psychological characteristics of the author. But it is above all towards...

"The idea of designing buildings that would ensure the well-being of their users has always been the basis of my design philosophy. This is in the broadest sense of the term. The passage towards the creation of "Wellness" environments took place, therefore, in a spontaneous way; a natural step of my professional path". This is how Apostoli comments on his entry more than twenty years ago into this field of design, still a niche but in strong expansion. Born in Verona in 1968, Alberto Apostoli is now one of the leading international designers and trendsetters in the "Wellness" field...