According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha (Song Ha Feng Shui Company, Hanoi), the skylight is the place to absorb the harmonious principle of heaven, earth, and universe. The arrangement of skylights and atrium areas should be taken care of, avoiding violations in feng shui and affecting the living space of each family member.
Is it okay to design a skylight near the kitchen?
The provinces in the South Central region have hot and dry climate conditions, the long narrow tubular houses have an open skylight in the middle of the house, but it is still not enough to handle the heat release and cool air flow, especially with the house designed with the kitchen at the back.
To get light for the kitchen space, as well as to get light and wind for the rooms on the upper floor directly to the kitchen, most families open an additional skylight at the end near the kitchen.
However, the skylight is dynamic, because it is a place to catch the sun and wind, it is forbidden to place the skylight near the kitchen. The kitchen needs to be "hidden" in order to "gather air" (air condensate - the transport gas needs to be ventilated).
In case the homeowner accidentally designed a skylight near the kitchen, it is necessary to bring the small mountain river (miniature mountains and rivers) into the interior, through a landscape organization. You can also place an aquarium with a circulating water filter pump, or simply a small sprayer to help circulate water throughout the house.
The skylight is a place to absorb the harmonious principles of heaven and earth and the universe.
In case the homeowner arranges a skylight next to the dining room, it is possible to use ornamental plants and springs to have Moc and Thuy live together. If opening the skylight for the kitchen, it should be arranged in the form of a vertical straw (Moc Sinh Hoa), but the top must have a roof to avoid rain.
It is possible to use glass roofs or sloping roofs (Fire) to create a chimney effect that absorbs heat upwards, without spreading smoke and odors to other rooms.
If you accidentally arrange a skylight near the bedroom, the homeowner needs to arrange the layout in favor of Thuy and Wood, by creating a light decoration, bright colors by materials close to nature...
Where should the skylight be placed?
Where to place the skylight is always a concern of many people. The opening of the skylight not only brings in a lot of light or good ventilation, but essentially balances yin and yang. Opening the skylight in the middle is activating the air flow, increasing the activity of the central area.
However, if the house is not too long, the area is small, it is not dark, and there are no rooms in the middle that must be passed through, it is not necessary to open the skylight in the middle, but just create ventilation on the roof of the elevator room and the ventilation in the back (combined with the water floor, drying yard) is enough.
Opening many skylights even causes yang flourishing and yin decline, making the house feel bright all the time (especially in directions with harsh sunlight like the west).
According to the trio of factions, the skylight will be calculated depending on the main direction of the ground as follows:
– North facing house opens skylights in East and Southeast, South
– South facing house opens skylights in the Northwest and West, North.
– East-facing house opens skylights in the Southwest and Northeast, West and Northwest
– West facing house opens skylights in North and Southeast, East
– Northwest-facing house opens skylights in the East, Southeast, and North
- Northeast facing house opens skylights in Southwest, South.
- Southwest-facing house opens skylight in the South.
- Southeast facing house opens skylights in Northwest, West, Southwest, Northeast.
The skylight has no direction, so it is not necessary to consider its direction, but it is not recommended to place the open skylight in the north of the house, because that is the direction that often has bad air for human health.
Some notes on the size and shape of the skylight
The skylight should not be too narrow, because it cannot achieve the purpose of absorbing the principles of heaven and earth, on the contrary, it also creates the opposite effect of forming murderous auras.
Skylights that circulate with lots of living space should absolutely not go through the toilet door, it will bring unclean air to all other living spaces.
The shape of the skylight should be created to match the architectural shape of the house, that is, to correspond with the five elements of the architectural form of the house. Wood-shaped houses, skylights should also be long wooden shapes, or soft and wavy water shapes. If the house is earth-shaped, the skylight should be square, needle-shaped like a circle or an ellipse.
When opening a skylight, it is necessary to consider the fact that the house is located in the direction, sun and wind, so that the roof of the skylight is fixed or pulled to be more active in regulating light, preventing rain and sun from entering the house.
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