City planning: Historical development of
cities; principles of city planning; new
towns; survey methods, site planning,
planning regulations and building bye-laws.
Housing: Concept of shelter; housing
policies and design; community planning;
role of government agencies; finance and
management.
Landscape Design: Principles of landscape
design and site planning; history and
landscape styles; landscape elements and
materials; planting design.
Computer Aided Design: Application of
computers in architecture and planning;
understanding elements of hardware and
software; computer graphics; programming
languages - C and Visual Basic and usage of
packages such as AutoCAD.
Environmental and Building Science: Elements
of environmental science; ecological
principles concerning environment; role of
micro-climate in design; climatic control
through design elements; thermal comfort;
elements of solar architecture; principles
of lighting and illumination; basic
principles of architectural acoustics; air
pollution, noise pollution and their
control.
Visual and Urban Design: Principles of
visual composition; proportion, scale,
rhythm, symmetry, harmony, balance, form and
colour; sense of place and space, division
of space; focal point, vista, imageability,
visual survey.
History of Architecture: Indian - Indus
valley, Vedic, Buddhist, Indo-Aryan,
Dravidian and Mughal periods; European -
Egyptian, Greek, Roman, medieval and
renaissance periods.
Development of Contemporary Architecture:
Architectural developments and impacts on
society since industrial revolution;
influence of modern art on architecture;
works of national and international
architects; post modernism in architecture.
Building Services: Water supply, Sewerage
and Drainage systems; Sanitary fittings and
fixtures; principles of electrification of
buildings; elevators, their standards and
uses; air-conditioning systems; fire
fighting systems.
Building Construction and Management:
Building construction techniques, methods
and details; building systems and
prefabrication of building elements;
principles of modular coordination;
estimation, specification, valuation,
professional practice; project management,
PERT, CPM.
Materials and Structural Systems:
Behavioural characteristics of all types of
building materials e.g. mud, timber, bamboo,
brick, concrete, steel, glass, FRP;
principles of strength of materials; design
of structural elements in wood, steel and
RCC; elastic and limit state design; complex
structural systems; principles of
pre-stressing.
Planning Theory: Planning process;
multilevel planning; comprehensive planning;
central place theory; settlement pattern;
land use and land utilization.
Techniques of Planning: Planning surveys;
Preparation of urban and regional structure
plans, development plans, action plans; site
planning principles and design; statistical
methods; application of remote sensing
techniques in urban and regional planning.
Traffic and Transportation Planning:
Principles of traffic engineering and
transportation planning; methods of
conducting surveys; design of roads,
intersections and parking areas; hierarchy
of roads and levels of services; traffic and
transport management in urban areas; traffic
safety and traffic laws; public
transportation planning; modes of
transportation.
Services and Amenities: Principles and
design of water supply systems, sewerage
systems, solid waste disposal systems, power
supply and communication systems; Health,
education, recreation and demography related
standards at various levels of the
settlements.
Development Administration and Management:
Planning laws; development control and
zoning regulations; laws relating to land
acquisition; development enforcements, land
ceiling; regional and urban plan
preparations; planning and municipal
administration; taxation, revenue resources
and fiscal management; public participation
and role of NGO.
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