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B. ARCH (Regulations 2009)- SYLLABUS

SEMESTER IX
CODE NO
COURSE TITLE
THEORY
AR2501 Professional Practice and Ethics II
AR2502 Specifications and Estimation
AR2503 Human Settlements Planning
AR xxxx Elective III *
AR xxxx Elective IV *
THEORY CUM STUDIO

P/S

3
3
3
x
x

0
0
0
x
x

0
0
0
x
x

3
3
3
3
3

AR2504

Urban Design

Architectural Design - VI

16

11

18

26

STUDIO
AR2505

SUB TOTAL

ELECTIVE III
CODE NO

(Ninth Semester)
COURSE TITLE

P/S

AR2074

Urban Housing

AR2075

Sustainable Planning and Architecture

AR2076

Principles of Traditional Indian Architecture

P/S

ELECTIVE IV (Ninth Semester)

CODE NO

COURSE TITLE

AR2077

Computer Applications in Architecture

AR2078

Construction Technology

AR2079

Earthquake Resistant Architecture

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AR2501

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND ETHICS II

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
To expose the students to advanced issues concerning architectural practice such as
Tendering, Contracting including alternative practices in project execution, Arbitration and
Project management and to enable them to understand the implications of globalisation on
architectural practice.
OBJECTIVES:
To further the students understanding of the professional practice.
To enable the students to grasp the advanced issues concerning professional practice such
as tendering, contracting including alternative practices in project execution, arbitration and
project management.
To expose the students to the implications of globalisation on professional practice with
particular reference to WTO and GATS.
To expose the students on some of the important legislations concerning architectural
practice in India as well as International laws.
CONTENT:
UNIT I
TENDER
9
Types of Tenders-Open and closed tenders-Conditions of tender-Tender documents-Tender
notice-Concept of
EMD-Submission of
tender-Tender
scrutiny-Tender analysisRecommendations- E tendering (advantages, procedure, conditions).
UNIT II

CONTRACT & ARBITRATION

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Contents of Contract document (Articles of Agreement, Terms and Conditions of Contract,
Important clauses Appendix) Arbitration (Definition, Advantages of arbitration, Sole and joint
arbitrators, Role of umpires, Award, Conduct of arbitration proceedings) Arbitration clause in
contract agreement (role of architect, excepted matters) case studies.
UNIT III
NEW TRENDS IN PROJECT FORMULATION AND EXECUTION
9
Turn key offer (Expression of interest, Request for Proposal Document, Conditions for inviting
turn key offer, finalisation of the bidder) Current practices in Project execution [Build operate
and Transfer (BOT), Build Operate Lease and Transfer (BOLT) and Build Operate and Own
(BOO) and others case studies.

UNIT IV
IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALISATION IN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
8
Globalisation (meaning, advantages) WTO and GATS and their relevance to architectural
profession in India Pre-requisites for Indian architects to work in other countries
Preparedness and infrastructure requirements for global practice Entry of foreign architects in
India (views for and against) Information Technology and its impact on architectural practice.
UNIT V
EMERGING SPECIALISATIONS FOR AN ARCHITECT
9
Construction management (Role, function, and responsibilities of a construction manager)
Project management (Concept, Objectives, Planning, Scheduling, Controlling and Role and
Responsibilities of project manager) Suitability of architect as construction / project manager
Programme evaluation review Techniques (event, activity, dummy network rules, graphical
guidelines for network PERT network).
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. Ar. V.S. Apte, Architectural Practice and Procedure, Padmaja Bhide, Pune, 2008.
2. Architects Act 1972.
3. Dr. B.C. Punmiya and K.K. Khandelwal Project Planning and Control with PERT / CPM,
Laxmi Publications, New Delhi, 1987.
4. Arbitration Act.
5. WTO and GATT guidelines.
REFERENCES:
1. Architects Act 1972.
2. Publications of Handbook on Professional practice by IIA.
3. Publications of Council of Architecture-Architects (Professional conduct) Regulations 1989,
Architectural Competition guidelines
4. Roshan Namavati, Professional practice, Lakhani Book Depot, Mumbai 1984.

AR2502

SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATION

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
To enable students understand the method of writing specifications for the various items of
works involved in the building to expose him / her the procedure involved in estimating
quantities of materials and works, various costs involved, various financial institutions and to
prepare feasibility report of a project simple projects will be introduced for preparation of
specification and estimates.
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To inform to students the need and importance of specification, how to write specification
important aspects of the design of a specification.
To inform to students the need for estimation the concept of abstract and detailed estimates
based on measurement of materials and works.
To inform to students cost control and budgeting and operation cost and to make students
know the various financial agencies involved in land and building development.
To enable students understand the importance of feasibility report, implication and
importance of valuation and depreciation.

UNIT I
SPECIFICATION
5
Necessity of specification, importance of specification, - How to write specification, - Types of
Specification, -Principles of Specification writing, - Important aspects of the deign of
specification sources of information Classification of Specification.
UNIT II
SPECIFICATION WRITING
10
st
nd
rd
Brief Specification for 1 class, 2 class , 3 class building. Detailed specification for earthwork
excavation, plain cement concrete, Reinforced concrete, first class and second class brickwork,
Damp proof course, ceramic tiles/marble flooring and dadooring, woodwork for doors, windows
frames and shutters, cement plastering, painting & weathering course in terrace.
UNIT III
ESTIMATION
10
Types & purpose, Approximate estimate of buildings Bill of quality, - Requirement for
preparing estimation, factors to be considered, - principles of measurement and billing,
contingencies, Elementary billing and measurement of basic materials like brick, wood, concrete
and unit of measurement for various items of work abstract of an estimate.
UNIT IV
DETAILED ESTIMATE
10
Deriving detailed quantity estimates for various items of work of a building. Like earthwork
excavation, brick work, plain cement concrete, Reinforced cement concrete works, wood work,
iron works, plastering, painting, flooring, weathering course for a single storied building using
cerntre line method and long and short wall method.
UNIT V
COST ESTIMATING & COST BUDGETTING
10
Function of Cost planner liason with consultant, operation cost Exercise in variation, Cost
adjustment and Cost analysis.
Role of various financial agencies for building & land development. Economic feasibility reports
valuation, depreciation and its implications.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED BOOKS:
1. Estimating, Costing and Valuation(Professional practice) By Rangwala S.C
CHAROTAR PUBLISHING HOUSE, INDIA.
REFERENCES
1. Estimating & Costing By B.W. Dutta (Revised by S. Dutta) UBS Publishers Distribution
P.Ltd. India.
2. Estimating Costing and Specification. By M. Chakraborti 21.B Bhabananda Road,
Calcutta 700 026.
3. Estimating Costing and Valuation By Gurcharan singh & Jagdish singh. Standard
Publishers Distributors, 1705 B, Nai sark post box no.1066. Delhi 110 006.
4. T.N. Building practice, Vol:1 Civil Govt Publication.
5. PWD Standard Specifications. Govt Publication.

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AR2503

HUMAN SETTLEMENT PLANNING

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
To provide an overview of the vocabulary of Human settlements, while looking at planning
concepts and processes in urban and regional planning and urban renewal.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the elements of Human settlements and the classification of Human
settlements.
To outline the form and structure of settlements and illustrating through case studies.
To familiarize the students with modern concepts of Settlement Planning.
To outline the scope and content of Urban planning, Urban renewal and Regional planning
and the various plans to be prepared.
UNIT I
INTRODUCTION
9
Elements of Human Settlements human beings and settlements nature shells& Net work
their functions and Linkages Anatomy & classification of Human settlements Locational,
Resource based, Population size & Occupational structure.
UNIT II
FORMS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
9
Structure and form of Human settlements Linear, non-linear and circular Combinations
reasons for development advantages and disadvantages case studies factors influencing
the growth and decay of human settlements.
UNIT III
PLANNING CONCEPTS
9
Planning concepts and their relevance to Indian Planning practice in respect of Ebenezer
Howard Garden city concepts and contents Patrick Geddes Conservative surgery case
study C.A. Perry Neighborhood concept Le Corbusier concept and case studies
UNIT IV
URBAN PLANNING
9
Scope and Content of Master plan planning area, land use plan and Zoning regulations
zonal plan need, linkage to master plan and land use plan planned unit development (PUD)
need, applicability and DCR
UNIT V
URBAN RENEWAL AND RGIONAL PLANNING
9
Urban Renewal Plan Meaning, Redevelopment, Rehabilitation and Conservation Regional
Plan Area delineation, Land utilization plan, hierarchical system of settlements, their sizes and
functions
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. C.L.Doxiadis, Ekistics, 'An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements', Hutchinson,
London, 1968.
2. Andro D.Thomas, 'Housing and Urban Renewal, George Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1986.
3. Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment, Government of India, New Delhi, 'Urban
Development Plans: Formulation & Implementation' - Guidelines - 1996.
REFERENCES:
1. Madras Metropolitan Development Authority, 'Master Plan for Madras Metropolitan Area,
Second Master Plan - 1995.
2. Government of India, 'Report of the National Commission on Urbanisation', 1988.
3. Hansen N., 'Regional Policy and Regional Integration' Edward Elgar, UK, 1996.

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4. Centre for Human Settlements, Anna University, Chennai 'Development Plan for Uthokottai
Taluk, Cheyyur Taluk', 1999.

AR2504

URBAN DESIGN

L T P/S C
2 0 2 3

AIM:
To understand the continuity of built environment from the macro to the micro scale as well as to
make aware of the discipline of urban design
OBJECTIVES:
To understand the scope and nature of urban design as a discipline
To introduce the components of a city and their interdependent roles.
To understand the evolution of historic urban form
To learn to interpret the city in different ways and layers.
To create awareness of contemporary urban issues as well as learn about possible ways to
address them
UNIT I
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN DESIGN
6
Components of urban space and their interdependencies- outline of issues/ aspects of urban
space and articulation of need for urban design- scope and objectives of urban design as a
discipline
UNIT II
HISTORIC URBAN FORM
10
Western: morphology of early cities- Greek agora- Roman forum- Medieval towns- Renaissance
place making- ideal cities Industrialization and city growth- the eighteenth century city builders
Garniers industrial city- the American grid planning- anti urbanism and the picturesque- cite
industrielle- citte nuovo-radiant city .
Indian: evolution of urbanism in India- Temple towns- Mughal city form- medieval cities - colonial
urbanism- urban spaces in modernist cities: Chandigarh, Bhuvaneshwar and Gandhi Nagarsubsequent directions
UNIT III
THEORISING AND READING URBAN SPACE
10
Ideas of Imageability and townscape: Cullen, Lynch- place and genius loci- collective memoryhistoric reading of the city and its artefacts: Rossi- social aspects of urban space: life on streets
and between buildings, gender and class, Jane Jacobs, Wiiliam Whyte
UNIT IV
ISSUES OF URBAN SPACE
10
Understanding and interpreting of urban problems/ issues- place-making and identity,
morphology: sprawl, generic form, incoherence, privatized public realm- effects/ role of real
estate, transportation, zoning, globalisation - ideas of sustainability, heritage, conservation and
renewal- contemporary approaches : idea of urban catalyst, transit metropolis, community
participation.
UNIT V
BEST PRACTICE IN URBAN DESIGN
Contemporary case studies from developing and developed economies that offer design
guidelines and solutions to address various issues/ aspects of urban space
9
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form before the Industrial Revolution, Prentice Hall 1996
2. Edmund Bacon , Design of Cities , Penguin, 1976
3. Gordon Cullen, The Concise Townscape, The Architectural Press, 1978
4. Michelle Provoost et al., Dutchtown, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam, 1999
5. Time Saver Standards for Urban Design

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6. Kevin Lynch, Image of the City
REFERENCES:
1. Jonathan Barnett, An Introduction to Urban Design
2. Lawrence Halprin, Cities, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York, 1964
3. Gosling and Maitland, Urban Design, St. Martins Press, 1984
4. Urban Design Futures
5. Geoffrey Broadbent, Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design

AR2505

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN VI

L T P/S C
0 0 16 8

AIM:
To explore the continuity and dynamics of urban form with a thrust on the interrelationships
between the disciplines of architecture, urban design and town planning
OBJECTIVES:
To understand the various components and aspects of the urban environment as well as
their interrelationships
To understand in specific components/issues such as public spaces, physical infrastructure,
socio-cultural aspects- heritage, gender, class, dynamics of urban growth
To understand people as users of the urban environment in various scales.
To explore techniques of mapping and diagramming to understand the dynamic urban
environment.
To take design decisions in a comprehensive manner understanding their implications in the
larger context.
CONTENT:
Scale and Complexity: projects involving the urban context and architecture in the urban context
with a thrust on understanding interdependencies and formulating appropriate design directions.
Areas of focus/ issues:
exploration of relationship between building and larger context
contemporary processes in design
appropriate architecture
addressing issues in urban areas transportation, sustainability, heritage, sprawl, place
making, identity, collective memory
Mixed use programming
Typology/ project: those involving large scale urban interventions as well as large scale projects
which have impact on the urban context- revitalization and renewal of urban fragments, evolving
guidelines for heritage areas, adaptive reuse, urban waterfront development, transportation
nodes, new communities, multi-use urban complexes.
TOTAL: 240 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. Jonathan Barnett, An Introduction to Urban Design
2. Michelle Provoost et al., Dutchtown, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam, 1999
3. I. Jawgeih, Life between Buildings,- Using Public Space, Arkitektens Forleg 1987
4. Time Savers Standard for Urban Design

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5. Urban design Futures

REFERENCES:
1. Edmund Bacon , Design of Cities , Penguin, 1976
2. Gordon Cullen, The Concise Townscape, The Architectural Press, 1978
3. Lawrence Halprin, Cities, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York, 1964
4. Gosling and Maitland, Urban Design, St. Martins Press, 1984
5. Kevin Lynch, Site Planning, MIT Press, Cambridge 1967

List of Electives
AR2074

URBAN HOUSING

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
The course is designed to inform about the process of housing in the context of the depleting
housing resources in India.
OBJECTIVES:
To outline the Issues concerning housing in the Indian Context and the various agencies
involved in the production of housing.
To outline factors that influence housing affordability and to familiarize students with various
schemes and policies of the government in the housing sector.
To inform about the standards and guidelines for housing
To inform about the various housing design typologies and the processes involves in
housing project development.

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CONTENT:
UNIT I

INTRODUCTION TO HOUSING AND HOUSING

ISSUES INDIAN CONTEXT
Housing and its importance in Architecture and its relationship with neighbourhood and city
planning.

Housing demand and supply National Housing Policy Housing agencies and their role in
housing development impact of traditional life style Rural Housing, Public, private sector
housing.
UNIT II
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS
10
Social economic factors influencing housing affordability equity in housing development sites
and services/-slum upgradation community participation Indira Awas Yojana
Crime prevention, Health principles in Housing.
UNIT III
HOUSING STANDARDS
6
UD PFI guide lines, standard and regulations DCR performance standards for housing.
UNIT IV
SITE PLANNING AND HOUSING DESIGN
10
4.a) Site Planning
Selection of site for housing, consideration of physical characteristics of site, locational factors,
orientation, climate, topography Landscaping.
4.b) Housing design
Traditional housing, row housing, cluster housing apartments and highrise housing relating to
Indian situations case studies in India integration all types of services, parking, incorporation
of green sustainable practices prefabrication in housing.
UNIT V
HOUSING PROCESS
10
Various stages and tasks in project development community participation and housing
management Environmental aspects and national calamities and disaster mitigation.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES:
1. Richard Kintermann and Robert small site planning for cluster Housing van nastrand
reinhold company, Jondon/New York 1977.
2. Joseph de Chiara and others Time saver standards for Housing and Residential
development, Mcgraw Hill Co, New York 1995.
3. Forbes Davidson and Geoff Payne, Urban projects Manual. Liverpool University press,
Liverpool 1983.
4. Christopher Alexander, A pattern Language, Oxford University press, New York 1977
5. HUDCO publications Housing for low income, sector model.

AR2075

SUSTAINABLE PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
To provide an overview of the concepts of sustainable practices in planning the built
environment.
OBJECTIVES:
To understand the concept of sustainability and sustainable development
To inform the various issues like climate change, ecological footprint, etc.

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To understand low impact construction practices, life cycle costs and alternative energy
resources.
To familiarize the students with the various rating systems for building practices with case
studies.
Through case studies to understand the concept of sustainable communities and the
economic and social dimensions.

UNIT I
7
Concept of Sustainability Carrying capacity, sustainable development Bruntland report
Ethics and Visions of sustainability.

UNIT II
8
Eco system and food chain, natural cycles Ecological foot print Climate change and
Sustainability.
UNIT III
10
Selection of materials Eco building materials and construction Biomimicry, Low impact
construction, and recyclable products and embodied energy. Life cycle analysis. Energy
sources Renewable and non-renewable energy.
UNIT IV
Green building design Rating system LEED, GRIHA, BREEAM etc., case Studies.

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UNIT V
10
Urban ecology, social and economic dimensions of sustainability, urban heat Island effects,
sustainable communities Case studies.
REFERENCES:
1. Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism: Concepts, Technologies and examples by GauzinMuller(D) Birkhauser 2002.
2. Eco-Tech : Sustainable Architecture and High Technology by Slessor - Thames and
Hudson 1997.
3. Ecodesign : A manual for Ecological Design by Yeang(K) Wiley Academy 2006.
REQUIRED READINGS:
1. Sustainable Architecture : Low tech houses by Mostaedi (A) Carles Broto 2002.
2. HOK guide book to sustainable design by Mendler (S) & Odell (W) John willey and sons
2000.
3. Environmental brief : Path ways for green design by Hyder(R) Taylor and Francis 2007.
4. Green Architecture: Design for a sustainable future by Brenda and Vale (R) Thames and
Hudson 1996.

AR2076

PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
To provide theoretical knowledge base on the uniqueness of Indian traditional Architecture
principles, the meaning of space, the manifestation of energy, the selection of site and how

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integration of built form with site happens at metaphysical level based on articulation of celestial
grid.
OBJECTIVE:
To introduce the principles of Vastu and Vaasthu and relationship between building and site.
To familiarize the students with the units of measurement in traditional architecture.
To introduce concepts of orientation and cosmogram according to the Vasthu Purusha
Mandala.
To study the detailing and design of various building components and their material and
method of construction.
CONTENT:
UNIT I
INTRODUCTION
Vastu and Vaastu - its definition and classification - Relationship to earth.

Features of good building site - good building shapes - macro, micro, enclosed and material
spaces - relationship between built space, living organism and universe - impact of built space
on human psyche.
UNIT II
MEASUREMENT AND RESONANCE TO VIBRATION
Units of measurement - Tala system and Hasta system of measures

Theory of vibration - vibration as time, equation of time and space - Time space relationship and
measurement of the same.
UNIT III
SITE PLANNING AND COSMOGRAM
9
Orientation of building, site, layout and settlement - positive and negative energies - importance
of cardinal and ordinal directions - The celestial grid or mandala and its types.
The Vaastu Pursha Mandala and its significance in creation of patterns, and lay-outs, Types of
lay-outs. Simple design of residential buildings.
UNIT IV
COMPONENTS AND DETAILING
9
Building heights -Base and basement - wall and roof specifications - column and beam designs
- Pitched roof and domical roofs - significance of pyramid.
UNIT V
MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
9
Use of wood, stone, metal, brick and time - marking technology, corbelling technology, jointing
technology - foundations for heavy and light structures - Landscaping in and around buildings Aesthetics in Indian Architecture.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READINGS:
1. Dr.V.Ganapati Sthapati - :Sthapatya Veda Dakshina Publishing House, Chennai-41, India,
2001.
2. Stella Kramrisch - The Hindu Temple Vol.I Motital Banarsidass Publishers
Pvt. Ltd., Delhi - 1991.
3. K.S.Subramanya Sastri - Maya Matam - Thanjavur Maharaja Sarjoji Saraswathi Mahal
Library - Thanjavur - 1966.
4. Dr.V.Ganapati Sthapati - :Sthapatya Veda Dakshina Publishing House, Chennai-41,
India, 2001
REFERENCES:
1. Bruno Dagens - Mayamatam, Vol.I & II IGNCA and Motilal Bamarsidars Publishers Pvt. Ltd.,
Delhi - 1994.

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2. Dr.V.Ganapati Sthapati - Vastu Purusha Mandalam, Dakshina Publishing House, Chennai,
1998.
3. Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Symbolism of Indian Architecture Historical
Research Documentation Programme, Jaipur, 1983
4. Stella Kramrisch - The Hindu Temple Vol. II Motital Banarsidass Publishers
Pvt. Ltd., Delhi - 1991.

AR2077

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
This course aims to introduce the digital art to the students through series of sessions of
demonstration of software and projects and to engage students with media in the specific
Context and Design fundamentals.
OBJECTIVE:
To impart training in video editing, image editing and vector editing.
To impart training in Pixel and vector animation
To impart training in web presentations to enable web publishing.
To introduce students to Flash and Director to enable the production of presentations and
CDs
CONTENT:
UNIT I
VIDEO EDITING
15
Importing avis and mpegs, sequencing, cutting trimming, decrease and increase the speed of
the movie, filters, transitions, output settings, saving the output.
UNIT II
IMAGE EDITING & VECTOR EDITING
10
Using tools, transparency, layers, masking, effects, image adjustments, transform, text, history,
gradient (fill types), cropping, image size, resolution, keyboard shortcuts, etc. image editing
(pixel image types) using tools. Vector characters, bizer and grip editing, transform, fill types,
text formatting, colour overlays, etc.
UNIT III
PIXEL AND VECTOR ANIMATION
10
GIF animation and other various animation types, morphing etc. vector animation using time
line, understanding sequencing, using symbols (library), shape and motion TweeninG
UNIT IV
WEB
10
Web presentations, understanding links & navigation, creating web pages, creating folder tree
UNIT V
NON LINEAR PRESENTATION (FLASH & DIRECTOR)
15
Importing files using standard and linking options. Using scripts and behaviors, understanding
stage, cast and time line, using cast library, Tweening, using swf movie, presentation using
voice over and presentation demos, creating auto run Cd-rooms
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
REQUIRED READINGS:

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1. Photoshop 7 Bible Professional Edition, Wiley John & Son INC, New York, DekeMcClelland,
2000.
2. Flash Web Design, The Art of Motion Graph, Curtis Hillman, New Riders Publishing,
Indianapolis, IN. U.S.A, 2000
REFERENCES:
1. M.E. Morris, and R.J. Hinrichs, Web Page Design, Prentice Hall, 1996.
2. Mark Von Wodtke, Mind over Media : Creative Thinking Skills for Electronic Media, McGrawHill, New York, 1993

AR2078

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
The course is designed to give the students an overview of the building industry and the various
advancements in the area of construction technology and practice
OBJECTIVES:
To study the advancements in construction with concrete for large span structures.
To familiarize the students with the manufacture, storage and transportation of concrete.
To inform the various equipment used in the construction industry and the criteria for choice
of equipment.
To familiarize the students with an overview of construction management, planning and
scheduling

CONTENT:
UNIT I
GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS
Classification of buildings - Sites and Services - Requirements of parts of buildings.

UNIT II
CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS
10
Planning - Cast in situ construction (ready mixed pumped etc.) Reinforced concrete and
prestressed concrete constructions precast concrete and pre- fabrication system - Modular
coordination Structural schemes.
UNIT III
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE
10
Manufacture, storage, transportation and erection of precast component forms, moulds and
scaffoldings in construction - safety in erection and dismantling of constructions.
UNIT IV
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
10
Uses of the following: Tractors, bulldozers, shovels draglings, cableways and belt conveyors,
batching plants - Transit mixers and agitator trucks used for ready mix concrete pumps
Guniting equipments - Air compressors - welding equipment - cranes and other lifting devices
Choice of construction equipment for different types of works.
UNIT V
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
9
Overview of construction management topics including estimating, cost control, quality control,
safety, productivity, value engineering, claims, and legal issues - planning and scheduling
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READINGS:

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1.
2.

R. Chudley, Construction Technology, Longman Group Limited, England, 1985

R. Barry, The Construction of Buildings, The English Language Book Society and Crosby
Lockwood, Staples, London, 1976

REFERENCES:
1.
National Building Code of India, 1983
2.
Frank R. Dagostino, Materials of Construction Details given Reston Publishing
Company, nc.Virginia, 1976.
3.
M. Mohsin, Project Planning and Control, Vikas Publishers, New Delhi, 1983

AR2079

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT ARCHITECTURE

L T P/S C
3 0 0 3

AIM:
To provide basic knowledge of earthquake resistant design concepts to students of Architecture,
as it has become evident in recent years that some of the seismically active areas of the world
are located within Indian and live lost during past earthquakes due to damage of homes and
other buildings are enormous.
OBJECTIVES:
To understand the fundamentals of Earthquake and the basic terminology
To inform the performance of ground and buildings.
To familiarsie the students with design codes and building configuration
To understand the various types of construction details to be adopted in a seismic prone
area.
To apply the knowledge gained in an architectural design assignment
CONTENT:
UNIT I
7
Fundamentals of earthquakes
a) Earths structure, seismic waves, plate tectonics theory, origin of continents, seismic
zones in India.
b) Predictability, intensity and measurement of earthquake
c) Basic terms- fault line, focus, epicentre, focal depth etc.
UNIT II
8
Site planning, performance of ground and buildings
a) Historical experience, site selection and development
b) Earthquake effects on ground, soil rupture, liquefaction, landslides.
c) Behaviour of various types of building structures, equipments, lifelines, collapse patterns
d) Behaviour of non-structural elements like services, fixtures in earthquake-prone zones
UNIT III
8
I. Seismic design codes and building configuration
a) Seismic design code provisions Introduction to Indian codes
b) Building configuration- scale of building, size and horizontal and vertical plane, building
proportions, symmetry of building- torsion, re-entrant corners, irregularities in buildingslike short stories, short columns etc.
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II. Various types of construction details

a) Seismic design and detailing of non-engineered construction- masonry structures,
wood structures, earthen structures.
b) Seismic design and detailing of RC and steel buildings
c) Design of non-structural elements- Architectural elements, water supply,
drainage, electrical and mechanical components
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III. Urban planning and design
a) Vulnerability of existing buildings, facilities planning, fires after earthquake,
socioeconomic impact after earthquakes.
b) Architectural design assignment- Institutional masonry building with horizontal
spread and height restriction, multi-storeyed RC framed apartment or commercial
building .
TOTAL: 45
PERIODS REQUIRED READING:
1. Guidelines for earthquake resistant non-engineered construction, National Information
centre
of earthquake engineering (NICEE, IIT Kanpur, India)
2. C.V.R Murthy, Andrew Charlson. Earthquake design concepts, NICEE, IIT Kanpur India.
REFERENCES
1. Ian Davis (1987) Safe shelter within unsafe cities Disaster vulnerability and
rapid urbanisation, Open House International, UK
2. Socio-economic developmental record- Vol.12, No.1, Jan-Feb 2005
3. Learning from Practice- A review of Architectural design and construction experience
after recent earthquakes- Joint USA-Italy workshop, Oct.18-23, 1992, Orvieto, Italy.

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