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ArchitecturalDesignI
OBJECTIVE:
Tointroducetothestudentsthefundamentalsofdesignanddevelopmentofdesignvocabulary,to
nurturedesignthinkingandtoenablethemtoapplythesamethoughtprocessindevelopingthree
dimensionalcompositions.
Thestudioalsointroducesdrawingsandmodelsastoolsforconceptualisation,organisationand
furtheringofdesignthoughtprocess.
Thisstudioteachesthestudentstolearnthebasicsofgraphicdesignandthreedimensional
composition.ThestudioalsohasadirectinterfacewiththeGraphicDesignStudioandArchitectural
Workshop.

CourseContent
Introductiontoelementsofdesignlikepoint,line,plane,solidandvoid.Understandingtheimportanceof
designprincipleslikebalance,harmony,rhythm,contrast,symmetry,scale,proportions,colours,tones,textures
etc.Studyofsolids&voidstoevolvesculpturalforms&spaces;exploreplayoflight&shadeandapplicationof
colour.Introductiontoexternal&internalforms,analyticalappraisalofforms,theirquality;Conceptofspace,
interrelationshipbetweenspace,volumeandorder;Variationsinformswithplanerjuxtapositions.
Anthropometricstudyandergonomicsofhumanfigure(includingphysicallyhandicappedpersons),dimensions
offurniturerelationshipwithhumananthropometrics(likeinkitchens,toilets,bedrooms,staircasesetc.)with
freehanddrawingofhumanfigures,vehicles,trees,buildingsetc.tohaveabetterunderstandingofproportion.

StudioProject
ExercisesinPoint,lineandshapes;Exploringcolourschemesandtheirapplicationinavisualcompositionandin
architecturalformsandspaces;Collagewithagiventheme;Toachievefocusandcentreofinterestindesign
usingdifferenttexturalelements;Developmentofgeometricpatternbydivision,subtraction,andaddition,and
expressthemwiththeuseofcolours;Two&ThreedimensionalDesignExercisesinvolvingrealandimaginary
objects,drawingcompositionsandmodels,toformanappropriatebaseforsubsequentArchitecturaldesign
andtheory.Studymodelsofdifferentmaterialsviz.paper,clay,wax,soap,wiresetc.madebythemselves.
Understandingofscaleandproportionsthroughmeasurementofspacesusingonlyhumanbodyelements.
Exercisesinordertoexperimentbasicproportions,bodyrelationsandspatialconcepts.Layoutoffurniture
basedonanthropometrics.Anthropometricsforphysicallychallengedpersons.Exercisesinordertoexperiment
basicproportions,bodyrelationsandspatialconcepts.Designingofbasicbuildingcomponents(likekitchens,
bedrooms,toiletsetc.)Designexerciseonthresholdconditionsandsmallscaledomesticspace.Studentswill
learnskillsinproblemsolving,visualization,oral,andgraphiccommunication.Fieldtripstorelevantarchitectural
sites.

References:
1.Broadbent,G.(1973).DesigninArchitectureArchitectureandHumanScience.NewYork:JohnWileyand
Sons.2.Chauhan,P.(2005).LearningBasicDesign.Mumbai:RizviCollegeofArchitecture.
3.Ching,F.D.K.(1997).DesignDrawing.Hoboken:JohnWiley&Sons.
4.Ching,F.D.K.(2012).Architecture:Form,SpaceandOrder.3rdEd.Hoboken:JohnWiley&Sons.
5.Roger,K.L.(1998).Architect?ACandidGuidetotheProfession.Cambridge:TheMITPress.
6.Rasmussen,S.(1962).ExperiencingArchitecture.2ndRev.Ed.Cambridge:MITPress.

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ConstructionTechnology&MaterialsI
Module1Brick:
Typesofbricks.
Bondsinbrickmasonryforvariousthicknessesofwallsandvarioussituationslikeends,junctions,etc.
Attachedanddetachedpier.
Jointingandpointing.
Cavitywalls.

Module2Stone:
Stonedressingofdifferenttypes.
Stonemasonryofdifferenttypesforvariousthicknessesofwalls.
Jointingandpointing.

Module3Foundation:
Typesofsimplefoundations.
InBricks
InStones,
Timberingtoexcavation.

Module4ArchesandLintels:
BrickArches.
StonesArches.
BrickLintels.
Stonelintels,
Centeringmaterialsandmethods.

Module5ConstructionsystemsandElementsofBuildings
Overviewofmethodofconstructionofasimpletwostoriedbuilding.
Plinthfillingprocessesandtechniques.
Thresholdsvarioustypes
Plinthprotection,D.P.C.
Coping
Chhajja

References:
1.S.PAroraandS.P.Bindra,TextbookofBuildingConstruction,ganpatRaipublications(P)LtdNewDelhi,2005.
2.KlansDukeeberg,BambusBamboo,KarlKramerverlagStuttgartGermany,2000.
3.DonA.WatsonConstructionMaterialsandProcessesMegrawHill1972,WBMckeyBuildingconstructionvol
1,2,LongmanUK1981.
4.Barry,theconstructionofbuildingsAffiliatedEastWestpressputLtdNewDelhi1999.
5.FrancisaD.K.ChingBuildingConstructionillustratedJohnWiley&Sons2000

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ArchitecturalGraphicsI
OBJECTIVEToenablethestudentstohaveabettervisualization/understandingofathreedimensionalentity
throughDrawings:SectionsMetricviewsSciographyandSketching:IndoorOutdoor

CONTENTS
Module1l(Timethreeweeks):SectionsofSolids
IntroductionandImportanceofSections,MethodofdrawingSectionsinwhichSectionplaneparallel
toVPandperpendiculartoHP/paralleltoHPandperpendiculartoVP/perpendiculartoVPand
inclinedtoHP/perpendiculartoHPandinclinedtoVP/inclinedtobothHPandVPfollowedby
illustrativeexamplesineachcase,Trueshapeofsection/Virtualsections/Auxiliaryinclinedview
followedbyillustrativeexamples.

Module2(Timetwoweeks):IntersectionofSolids
IntroductiontoLinesofintersection/Curvesofintersection,Methodofdrawingintersectionofprisms
/pyramids/cylindersfollowedbyillustrativeexamples,makingpresentationdrawingsofthese
intersectingsolidsthroughSociography.

Module3(Timetwoweeks):DevelopmentofSurfaces
IntroductionandImportanceofSurfacedevelopment,Methodofdrawingsurfacedevelopmentfor
Tetrahedron/Cube/Octahedron/Dodecahedron/Icosahedrons/TruncatedTetrahedron/
TruncatedCubefollowedbymodelmakingofeachoftheseexamples.

Module4(Timetwoweeks):MetricProjections
IntroductionandImportanceofMetricprojections,MethodofdrawingIsometricprojection/
Axonometricprojection/Elevationobliqueprojectionsfollowedbyillustrativeexamples,Usesofthese
MetricProjections

Module5(Timefiveweeks):Sketching
IntroductiontoObjectdrawing/Indoorsketchinganditsimportance,Methodofsketchingsimple
objects/compositionofobjectsfreehandinproportionusingpencilsofdifferentgrades/watercolors
showinglight/shade/shadowfollowedbysituationalexercises.
Introductiontooutdoorsketchingthroughbasicexerciseslikesketchingoftreesandshrubs,sketching
ofsimplebuildingswithspecialemphasisonbackgroundandforegroundandsketchingofhuman
figuresusingpencilofdifferentgrades/watercolorsshowinglight/shade/shadowfollowedby
situationalexercises.

REFERENCEBOOKS
ATextbookofEngineeringDrawing,Prof.P.J.Shah,S.ChandPublishing,2008.
EngineeringDrawing,DhananjayA.Jolhe,TataMcGrawHill,2007.
ArchitecturalShadesandShadows,HenryMcGoodwin,NabuPress,2010.
RenderingwithPenandInk,RobertW.Gill,Thames&HudsonLtd.,1984.
ArchitecturalDrawing,TomPorter,Hamlyn,1990.
SketchingtheConcept,HaroldLintonandScottSutton,DesignPress,1993.
DrawingtheLandscape,ChipSullivan,JohnWiley&Sons;4thEdition,2014.

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BasicDesign&VisualArts

OBJECTIVE
ToTrainthestudentsinvisualcompositionsbyusingvariouselementsofDesignandtomakethemfamiliarwith
themeaningandpurposeofArchitecturaldesign.

CONTENTS
UNIT1(Timethreeweeks)
StudyofdistinctiveaspectsofArchitecture,interlinkagesbetweenArchitecture,NatureandCulture

UNIT2(Timefiveweeks)
IntroductiontotheConceptofdesignineverydaylife,Objectivesofdesign,Elementsofdesignsuchas
pointLineFormSpaceTextureColouretc.Detailedstudyofcolortheoryanditsapplications
throughgeometriccompositions.
PrinciplesofdesignsuchasScaleBalanceProportionRhythmHarmonyContrastetc.Applicationof
thesamethroughexercisesintwoandthreedimensionalcompositions;usingsingleandmultipletypes
ofelements.

UNIT3(Timefourweeks)
IntroductiontoAnthropology,Anthropometricdataforadults&children:Standingpositionfront&side
Armsextendedvariousseatingpositionsvariousworkingpositions.

UNIT4(Timefourweeks)
DesigningofHabitablespacefortheunits;LivingRoom,DiningRoom,Bedroom,Kitchen&Toiletwith
furniturelayout.

NOTE:
Thetimementionedattheendofeachoftheaboveunitsindicatesthetentativetimetakento
completeeach.

REFERENCE:
DesignthroughDiscovery,M.E.Bevlin,Holt,Rinehart,andWinston,1984.
DrawingandPerceiving,DouglasCooper,JohnWiley&Sons,2007.
PrinciplesofDesigninArchitecture,K.W.Smithies,VanNostrandReinhold,1981.
ArchitecturalDrawingMasterclass,TomPorter,CharlesScribner's,1993.
TimesaverStandardsforArchitecturalDesignData:TheReferenceofArchitecturalFundamentals,Donald
Watson,McGrawHill,1997.
TimeSaverStandardsforBuildingTypes,JohnHancockCallender,JosephDeChiara,McGrawHill,NewYork,
1983.
ArchitecturalGraphicStandards,CharlesGeorgeRamsey,HaroldReeveSleeper,BruceBasslerJohnWiley&
Sons,2008.
FormSpace&Order,4thEd.,FrancisDKChing,JohnWiley&Sons,NewJersey,2015.

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StructuresI

OBJECTIVE
TounderstandthebasicprinciplesofStructuralMechanics,sothatitformsthebasisforstudyofStructural
Design

CONTENTS
Modulel(Timefiveweeks)
StudyofForcedefinition,cause,effectandunits.UnderstandingForcethroughvector
StudyofCoplanar,Concurrent,Nonconcurrentforces,Triangleofforces,Parallelogramofforcesand
ConditionsofEquilibriumanalyticalmethods.
StudyofMoments,Momentofforces,MomentofcouplesandStaticequilibriumofrigidbodies.

Modulell(Timesixweeks)
Introductiontotypesofloadsandsupports.
StudyofStructuralsystemdesignsuchasFundamentalcharacteristics,Strength,Stability,Ability,Rigidity,
EconomyandAesthetics.
DeterminationofCenterofgravity,MomentofInertiaofsquare,rectangle,andIshapedcrosssections.

Modulelll(Timefiveweeks)
Stress,strain,HookesLaw,stressstraincurve,stressedstreamsinsimpleandcompositesections,temperature
stresses,Poissonsratio,stateofsimpleshear,shearstrain.
BasicconceptsofBendingmomentandshearforce,bendingmomentandshearforcediagramforsimple
beamsandframesforvarioustypesofloadingsandsupportconditions

NOTE:
Thetimementionedattheendofeachoftheaboveunitsindicatesthetentativetimetakentocomplete
each.Themarksforsessionalworkmaybedividedaccordingly.

REFERENCEBOOKS
BasicStructuralAnalysis(SIUnits),C.S.Reddy,TataMcGrawHill,1981.
AnalysisofStructures,V.N.Vazirani,M.M.RatwaniandS.K.Duggal,KhannaPublishers,2003.
ATextbookofEngineeringMechanics,R.S.Khurmi,S.ChandPublishing,2011.
MechanicsofStructure,S.B.Junnarkar,CharotarPublishingHousePvt.Ltd.,2011.

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WorkshopModelling&SiteExposureI

Theaimofthesubjectistointroducetothestudentstothevarioustoolsusedincarpentry,metalwork,
masonry,paintingetc.andgetareasonableskillinhandlingthematerialsandtoolsthereoff.

Plasticmaterials:Useofclay,plasterofParis,wax,soapetc.
PaperCraft:Introductiontomodelingwithpaper,board,plasticsheetsetc.
Carpentry:Handlingdifferentcarpentrytools,carpentryprocesses,carpentryjointsandwoodworking
machines.
Masonry:Handlingthebricks,mixingthemortar,bondworkofbricks,stonesandmasonrytools.

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CommunicationSkills

CONTENTS

ModulelAidstoCorrectWriting
Tenses
Models
Conditionals
Infinitives,gerundsandparticiples
Activeandpassivevoicenarration
Subjectverbagreement
Commonerrors
Punctuations,capitalletters.

Module2CompositionI
Prcis
Essay
Paragraph
CopyWritingforadvertisementscharacteristicsofagoodadvertisement,aidstomake
advertisementattractiveandeffective.

Module3CompositionII
Technicalreportsandletterwriting
Speeches,profileofspeaker,characteristicsofspeech.
Aestheticandcriticalwriting,kinesics.
Appreciationofscene,figuresandimages.

Module4Enrichingvocabulary:
Nuances,jargon,foreignwordandphrasessometimesusedincorrespondence.
Rootsandoriginofwords
Wordsoftenconfused
Synonims
Antonyms
Homophone
Homonym
Wordsfollowedbypreposition,Prefixesandsuffixes
Wordsfollowedbyappropriateprepositions,Idioms,Phrases

Module5PresentationSkills:
Communicationskillsinarchitecturethroughwriteupandgraphic,graphs,sketchesaudio
presentation,supplementedbydrawings,transparencies,photographs,epidiascope,slides,video
presentation,scriptwritingdubbing,cuesheet,endingvision,mixing.

REFERENCEBOOKS
1.EffectivetechnicalCommunicationbyM.AshrafRizviPub:TataMcGrrowHill(2009)
2.DevelopingCommunicationSkillsbyKrishnaMohanPub:MacMillanIndiaLimited(2009)
3.AnapproachtoCommunicationSkillsbyIndrajitBhattacharyaPub:DhanpatRaiCo.Pvt.LtNewDelhi(2007)
4.HandbookofpracticalComm.SkillsbyWright,Chrissie,Pub:JaicoPublishinghouse.Mumbai(2007)
5.theskillofCommunicatingbyBillScott.JaicoPublishingHouse,Mumbai(2009)..

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