City planning: Evolution of cities; principles of city planning; types of cities & new towns; planning regulations and building byelaws;
eco-city concept; sustainable development.
Housing: Concept of housing; neighbourhood concept; site planning principles; housing typology; housing standards; housing infrastructure;
housing policies, finance and management; housing programs in India; self help housing.
Landscape Design: Principles of landscape design and site planning; history of landscape styles; landscape elements and materials;
plant characteristics & planting design; environmental considerations in landscape planning.
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, 3D-Studio, 3D Max.
Environmental Studies in Building Science: Components of Ecosystem; ecological principles concerning environment; climate responsive design;
energy efficient building design; thermal comfort; solar architecture; principles of lighting and styles for illumination; basic principles of
architectural acoustics; environment pollution, their control & abatement.
Visual and Urban Design: Principles of visual composition; proportion, scale, rhythm, symmetry, harmony, datum, balance, form, colour, texture;
sense of place and space, division of space; barrier free design; focal point, vista, image ability, visual survey, figure-background relationship.
History of Architecture: Indian – Indus valley, Vedic, Buddhist, Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and Mughal periods; European – Egyptian, Greek, Roman,
medieval and renaissance periods- construction and architectural styles; vernacular and traditional architecture.
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; art novuea, eclecticism, international styles,
post modernism, deconstruction in architecture.
Building Services: Water supply, sewerage and drainage systems; sanitary fittings and fixtures; plumbing systems, principles of
internal & external drainage systems, principles of electrification of buildings, intelligent buildings; elevators & escalators, their
standards and uses; air-conditioning systems; fire fighting systems, building safety and security 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
techniques e.g., PERT, CPM etc;
Materials and Structural Systems: Behavioural characteristics of all types of building materials e.g. mud, timber, bamboo, brick, concrete,
steel, glass, FRP, different polymers, composites; 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; tall buildings; principles of disaster resistant structures.
Planning Theory: Regional planning; settlement system planning; history of human settlements; growth of cities & metropolises; principles of
Ekistics; rural-urban migration; urban conservation; urban renewal; Five-year plan; structural and sectoral plan.
Techniques of Planning: Planning survey techniques; preparation of urban and regional structure plans, development plans, action plans;
site planning principles and design; statistical methods of data analysis; application of G.I.S and remote sensing techniques in urban and regional
planning; decision making models.
Traffic and Transportation Planning: Principles of traffic engineering and transportation planning; traffic survey methods; design of roads,
intersections, grade separators and parking areas; hierarchy of roads and levels of services; traffic and transport management in urban areas,
intelligent transportation system; mass transportation planning; para-transits and other modes of transportation, pedestrian & slow moving traffic planning.
Infrastructure, Services and Amenities: Principles of water supply and sanitation systems; water treatment; solid waste disposal systems;
waste treatment, recycle & reuse; urban rainwater harvesting; power supply and communication systems --- network, design & guidelines; demography
related standards at various levels of the settlements for health, education, recreation, religious & public-semi public facilities.
Development Administration and Management: Planning laws; development control and zoning regulations; laws relating to land acquisition;
development enforcements, urban land ceiling; land management techniques; planning and municipal administration; disaster mitigation management;
73rd & 74th Constitutional amendments; valuation & taxation; revenue resources and fiscal management; public participation and role of NGO & CBO;
Institutional networking & capacity building.
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