DUO Residences: Tai Chi at Its Finest
Your jaw will drop when you learn what’s behind this building’s futuristic design!
Have you ever practiced Tai Chi? The essence of this age-old martial art lies in countering brute force with gentleness, or in transforming the hard and unyielding into something pliable. And the new DUO Residences in Bugis, with design contributions by Grand Master Tan Khoon Yong, is the perfect example of integrating Tai Chi into architecture.
DUO Residences is located between The Gateway, with its strong negative qi, and Parkview Square, which is sturdy and unmoving. How can harmony be maintained when one is caught in the middle of these two extreme feng shui environments? Here’s where the unusual shape of DUO Residences begins to make perfect sense.
The Gateway’s outward orientation represents “hard” strength in terms of Singapore’s economy and technology, while Parkview Square has a “soft” cultured air. This coupling of forces results in a fertile ground for DUO Residences. The two towers’ multiple concave walls help to deflect and soften the strong and direct qi from both The Gateway and Parkview Square, allowing residents to still benefit from this high-energy environment.
According to Grand Master Tan, Beach Road reflects the “Twin Dragons Holding Up a Pearl” formation, and thus he tried to introduce a “pearl setting” into the design of DUO Residences. If you look carefully at the two towers, they not only look like pushing hands in Tai Chi, but also like a framed setting for a pearl.
Yes, this all sounds rather incredulous and we have no concrete evidence to support these theories, since everyone has different perspectives; the design could resemble many other things. However, DUO Residences was fully sold out within the first 2 weeks of its release – perhaps that’s testament to the feng shui of this place? You decide!
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