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Syllabus for Architecture and Planning (AR) City planning: Evolution of cities; principles of city planning; types of cities & new towns; planning regulations and building byelaw’s; echo-city concept; sustainable development. Housing:Concept of housing; neighborhood 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 ; landing 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 Autocrat, AD-Studio, AD 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 or 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, color, 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:landing – Indus valley, Vided, Buddhist, Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and McHugh periods; European – Egyptian, Greek, Roman, medieval and renaissance periods- instruction 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 nouveau, 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 alluding, 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:Behavioral characteristics of all types of building materials e. . Mud, ember, bamboo, brick, concrete, steel, glass, FRR, different polymers, composites; principles of strength of materials; design of structural elements in wood, steel and ARC; 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 Stickiest; rural-urban migration; urban conservation; urban renewal; Five-year plan; structural and sector 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, elisions ; 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 MONGO ; COB; Institutional networking ; capacity building.