SECOND SEMESTER Study of the human considerations like, privacy, convenience,

comfort, etc.; Case study of a house and a critical appraisal of the

AR 17B2.1C ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN – I spaces.
L/s: 9/Wk Int: 200 End Exam: 200 Total: 400 End Exam: 5 hrs Cr: 9
Unit - III
Course Overview: Introduction to design process. Pre- Design Studies: Preparation of
This course is intended to provide framework for understanding design brief, the user requirement and their implications, Study of
design as a process. the site and the context;
Design Response: Development of concept, Graphic tools like
Objectives of the Course: circulation diagrams, Figure Ground studies, etc. Integration of form
Simple space organization starting with single activity to and function in the design of an enclosed object/space using the
multifunctional spaces. materials studied. e.g. Security cabin, grocery store, caravan, bus
Spaces responding to human anthropometrics shelter, milk booth, traffic police kiosk, flower stall, ATM Center, etc.

Expected Outcome: Unit – IV

To understand principles of design. To develop the ability to Listing of important local buildings and understanding the reasons
translate abstract principles of design into architectural solutions for for their importance.
small problems. Listing and Drawing silhouettes of favourite buildings or places.
Observing the built environment around and experiencing
enclosures (field trips)
Course Contents: Local stories on architecture.
Introduction to basic development of forms: additive form, deductive
Unit - I form, rhythm, contrast, balance and symmetry.
Concepts of volume and scale, width to height ratio.
Anthropometrics: Basic -average measurements of human body in
Study models to explore the design principles. Multiple sectional
different postures-its proportion and graphic representation,
drawings of study models.
application in the design of simple household and street furniture.
Use of mannequins in defining spatial parameter of design.
At least two major exercises and two minor design/time problems
should be given. The final submission shall necessarily include a
Unit - II
model for at least one of the two main problems.
Study of functional spaces and the issues like clearances, lighting
and ventilation, furniture arrangements; Minimum and optimum To give the learning in this subject a more practical orientation seminars by
areas for various functions; Detailed study of spaces such as industry or trade related organisations or field/site visits should be organized. A
living, dining, bedrooms, kitchen, toilet, etc. weightage of 5% in the overall Internal Assessment in the subject should be
reserved for students attending these seminars/site visits and maintaining the
records/observations as required by the subject faculty.

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Reference books: centered and drop. Exercises on Ionic volute, Entasis of column
Chiara Joseph de and Others. Time Savers Standards of Building Types. etc., working with models to facilitate visualization.
McGraw – Hill, 1980.
Kirk, Paul Hayden and Sternberg, D. Eugene. Doctors Offices and Clinics, 2nd
ed. Reinhold Pub., USA, 1960. Unit –II
Neufert, Ernst. Ernst Neufert Architects Data, Granada Pub. Ltd., London, 1970. Sciography:
Pevsner, Nikolaus. A History of Building Types. Thames and Hudson, London, Simple and composite forms, shadows on horizontal, vertical planes
1976.
Shah, S. Charanjit. Architects Hand Book Ready Reckoner. Galogotia Pub. Co.,
New Delhi, 1996. and on their own surfaces. Study of shade and shadows of simple

AR 17B2.2C ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING AND GRAPHICS – II geometrical solids of various forms and groups of forms.

L/s: 4/Wk Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 5hrs Cr: 4 Shade and shadow techniques leading to advanced practical
examples: shades and shadows on buildings or parts of buildings.
Course Overview: Relative changes in building shades and shadows with sun angle,
The course is intended to develop the techniques of architectural time, building height. Introduction to sciography in perspective.
drawing pertaining simple and complex solid geometrical forms of
Building geometry Sciography and Documentation.

Objectives of the Course: Unit-III

To impart the skills of three dimensional visualization and Architectural Documentation:
presentation. Detailed measured drawing and documentation of any interesting
historical or modern building – preparation of maps, plans,
Course Contents: elevations, sections, views etc.

Unit – I Reference books:

Orthographic Projections (first angle projection): Principles of Thoms, E. French. Graphic Science and Design, New York: MC Graw Hill.
orthographic projection; projections of points, lines, planes –all Nichols, T.B. and Keep, Norman. Geometry of Construction, 3rd ed. Cleaver –
Hume Press Ltd., London, 1959.
combinations; Orthographic projection of solids; Orthographic Bhatt, N.D. and Panchal V.M. Engineering Drawing: Plane and Solid Geometry,
projection of architectural built elements and built forms: (with 42nd ed. Charotar Pub., Anand, 2000.
increasing complexity) Gill, P.S. T.B. of Geometrical Drawing, 3rd ed. Dewan Suhil Kumar Kataria,
Building Geometry: Study of points, lines, and planes leading to Ludhiana, 1986.
Shah, M.G., Kale, C.M. and Patki, S.Y. Building Drawing: with an integrated
simple and complex solid geometrical forms; Representation of 3D approach to built environment, 7th ed. Tata McGraw Hill Pub., Delhi, 2000.
elements in Plan and Elevations Claude Batley: Design Development of Indian Architecture
Use of circle in mouldings and arch forms - Ovolo Covetta, Ogee, Ernest Burden:-Architectural Dilineation
Lancet, Horse shoe, Moorish, Stilted and Rampant, Tudor, three

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 Windows: Casement, top and bottom hung, pivoted and sliding
sash, UPVC doors and windows.
Hardware: fixtures, locks, hinges, fastenings for doors and
windows.
AR 17B2.3C BUILDING CONSTRUCTION – II

L/s:
Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 5hrs Cr: 4
4/Wk Unit – IV
Steel: windows, rolling shutters and grills. Aluminium doors and
Course Overview: windows.
The course introduces to the methods and techniques of
construction of doors and windows, stairs and partitions of a Unit – V
building using different materials. Partition Walls: Various types of glazed and wooden partitions
and paneling; Sound proof and light weight partitions; Brick
Objectives of the Course: partition, reinforced brick partition, brick nogged partition, lath and
To understand the elementary and simple construction methods like plaster partition, pre-cast concrete partition, glass block and glass
joinery details in wood, fixing of hardware.
create partition, common wooden partition, trussed partition.
Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred:
Unit – VI
To understand the techniques of constructing doors and windows,
Staircases: Principles of staircase construction and its elements;
staircase and partitions using different materials
Terms defined, Tread, riser, stringer, nosing, flight, landing, head
room, handrail, balusters, newel post etc., types of stairs i.e.,
Unit – I
straight, doglegged, open well, geometrical, circular, spiral,
Carpentry and joinery: Terms defined; mitring, ploughing, grooving,
bifurcated, wooden stairs, stone stairs, metal stairs and elementary
rebating, veneering. Various forms of joints in wood work, such as
lengthening joints, bearing joints, halving, dovetailing, housing, knowledge of R.C.C. stairs. Details of various staircases in wood,
notching, tusk and tenon etc; stone, steel and RCC.

Unit – II Unit – VII

Doors: Definition of terms, types of doors: wooden, ledged, ledged Flooring & Flooring finishes: Various natural and manufactured
and braced, paneled, flush door. Hinged, single and double materials: Types of Stone flooring: Granite, Marble, Kota,
shutters, sliding, folding, revolving, pivoted. Shahbad (Limestone), Flagstone, Wooden Flooring, Ceramic and
Vitrified Tiles. Concrete floors, Brick on edge, Indian patent floor,
Unit – III granolithic, terrazzo, pitch mastic, Magnesium Oxide, Chloride.

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To give the learning in this subject a more practical orientation seminars by Knowledge required for specifying appropriate materials for various
industry or trade related organisations or field/site visits should be organized. A spaces in buildings.
weightage of 5% in the overall Internal Assessment in the subject should be
reserved for students attending these seminars/site visits and maintaining the
records/observations as required by the subject faculty. Course Contents:

Unit – I
Laminates and Veneers: Resin bonded ply wood, types of
Reference Books laminates, laminated wood, insulating boards and other
Barry, R. The Construction of Buildings Vol. 2, 5th ed. East-West Press. New miscellaneous boards, veneers from different varieties of timber,
Delhi, 1999.
Bindra, S P. and Arora, S P. Building Construction: Planning Techniques and
their characteristics and uses MDF& HDF Boards.
Methods of Construction, 19th ed. Dhanpat Rai Pub. New Delhi, 2000.
Hailey and Hancork, D.W. Brick Work and Associated Studies Vol. 2. MacMillan, Unit – II
London, 1979. Paints and Varnishes: Protective coating, paints, constituents of
Moxley, R. Mitchell’s Elementary Building Construction, Technical Press Ltd. paints, their functions, water paints, distempers, and cement based
Rangwala, S.C. Building Construction, 22nd ed. Charotar Pub. House, Anand,
2004. paints, emulsion paints, selection of paints, and storage of paints.
Sushil Kumar. T.B. of Building Construction, 19th ed. Standard Pub, Delhi, 2003. Types varnishes (oil and spirit): characteristics and uses of
varnishes. French polish, anti-corrosive paint, damp proofing
finishes.
AR 17B2.4C BUILDING MATERIALS – II
Unit – III
L/s:
Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3hrs Cr: 2 Glass and glass products: Composition and fabrication of glass,
2/Wk types of glass, wired glass, fiber glass, rock wool, laminated glass,
glass-crete blocks, structural glass, their properties and uses in
Course Overview: buildings.
The course is intended to provide information on the properties,
uses, installation and costs of building materials. The course Unit – IV
highlights on Mechanical and physical properties of various Plastics: Polymer types, thermo setting and thermo plastics, resins,
materials. Influence of various factors on these properties. Causes common types of moldings, fabrication of plastics, polymerization
of defects, their prevention and remedies. Testing of materials. and condensation, plastic coatings.
Composite materials, classification, properties and uses - linoleum,
Objectives of the Course: plastic coated paper, polythene sheets, reinforced plastic, plastic
To provide knowledge on the various types of building materials laminates and PVC.
used while highlighting the current innovations and trends. Properties and architectural uses of plastics – structural plastics –
Reinforced plastics and Decorative laminates-plastic coatings,
Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred: Adhesives and sealants – Modifiers and

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Primary plastic building products for walls, roof and partitions. Thermal insulation: Heat transfer heat gain/ loss by materials -
Secondary building products for rooms, windows, roof lights, vapour barriers and rigid insulations, blanket, poured and reflective
domes, gutters and handrails. insulation – properties and uses of spun glass foamed glass, cork,
vegetable fibers Gypsum, plaster of Paris, hydride gypsum
Unit – V properties and uses.
Floorings: Introduction, essential requirements of a floor, factors Acoustics insulation: porous, baffle and perforated materials such
affecting selection of flooring material, Various natural as well as as Acoustic plastic, Acoustic tiles, wood, partition board, fiber board,
artificial flooring materials like brick, flag stone, tiled, cement cook, quilts and mats – their properties and uses – current
concrete, granolithic, terrazzo, marble, shahbad stones timber developments.
flooring, timber floor supported on RSJ, flag stone floor resting on Applications: Applications of the above insulations in seminar hall,
RSJ,, vitrified tiles, ceramic tiles, , Mosaic, rubber, Linoleum, and theater and cold storage.
PVC and PVA flooring
To give the learning in this subject a more practical orientation seminars by
Unit – VI industry or trade related organisations or field/site visits should be organized. A
weightage of 5% in the overall Internal Assessment in the subject should be
Roof Coverings: Introduction, requirements of good roof, technical reserved for students attending these seminars/site visits and maintaining the
terms, classification, types of roof coverings for pitched roof. : records/observations as required by the subject faculty.
Roofing tiles and roofing with cement products like A.C. sheet roofs,
G.I. Sheets roofs, slates. Reference books:
Chowdary, K.P. Engineering Materials are used in India, 7th ed. Oxford and IBH
Pub. Ltd., New Delhi, 1990.
Unit – VII
Moxley, R. Mitchell‟s Elementary Building Construction, Technical Press Ltd.
Rangwala, S.C. Building Construction: Materials and types of Construction, 3rd
Miscellaneous Materials and treatments: Properties and uses of ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1963.
Asbestos, cork, felt, mica, adhesive, Bakelite, china clay, fiber
glass, leather, canvass, jute, rubber, Asphalt and Bitumen
Materials for Special Treatments: Fire resistant, waterproofing, AR 17B2.5C STRUCTURAL MECHANICS –II
and anti-termite treatment. Damp proofing: Hot applied and cold
applied – Emulsified asphalt, Bentonite clay. Butyl rubber, silicones, L/s:
Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3hrs Cr: 3
Vinyls, Epoxy resins and metallic water proofing materials, their 3/Wk
properties and uses. Water proofing: waterproofing membranes
such as rag, asbestos, glass felt, plastic and synthetic rubber- vinyl, Course Overview:
butyl rubber, neoprene, polyvinyl chilnide – prefabricated Gives an in-depth understanding of the concepts associated with
membranes sheet lead, asphalt their properties and uses. different Elements of Structures.
Application: application of the above in basement floor, swimming
pool, and terraces. Objectives of the Course:
To provide knowledge of behavior beams, columns stress behavior

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due to applied forces.
Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred: Basic principles of Unit-VII
mechanics and behavior of elements of structures. Propped Cantilevers Introduction, Reaction of a prop, Cantilevers
with Udl’s, point loads, prop at end & at intermediate positions,
Unit-I slope & deflection
Theory of simple bending Introduction, pure bending & ordinary
bending, Assumptions derivation of flexure formula section modulus Unit-VIII
Numericals on flexure equation. Welded joints: Introduction, Advantages and disadvantages of
welded joints, types, strength of fillet weld, design of welded joint for
plates and unsymmetrical sections for axial loading
Unit-II
Shear stresses in beams Introduction, derivation of shear stress Reference Books:
formula, shear stress distribution for standard shapes like rectangle Khurmi. R.S. Engineering Mechanics, S. Chand and Co.Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.
Ramamrutham. S. Engineering Mechanics, 7th ed. Dhanpat Rai Pub. Co. Ltd.,
circle triangle I,T L, C Section Numericals. Delhi, 2004.
Timoshenko. S. and Young, D.H. Engineering Mechanics, McGraw-Hill
Unit-III International Editions
Direct & bending Stresses Introduction, stress distribution of
eccentrically loaded column, middle third rule, core or Kernal of
Section, stress distribution for column with one axis eccentricity, two AR 17B2.6C HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - I
axis eccentricity, Numericals.
L/s: 3/Wk Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3 hrs Cr: 3
Unit IV
Deflection-I-Introduction of slope & deflection, slopes & deflections Course Overview:
for cantilever beams with point load & udl’s using double integration History of Architecture to be studied as development of building
method & moment area methods forms in response to social, religious, aesthetic and environmental
factors. The study should focus on the three dimensional forms,
Unit V plan forms, façade organization, structural solution, construction
Deflection-II- Introduction of Macaulay’s method, slopes & methods and ornamentation. The study should focus on the general
deflections simply supported beams with point load & udl’s double trends and not on specific examples of buildings
integration & Macaulay’s methods .
Objectives of the Course:
Unit-VI
Fixed beams Introduction Advantages and disadvantages of fixed  To expose the students to a wide spectrum of architectural
beams over simply supported beams, SFD & BMD for fixed beams styles ranging from pre-historic to modern times.
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  To explain to the students the evolution of architecture in Unit – V
relation to time with special emphasis on social, religious and Architecture in Renaissance and Baroque: revival in architecture,
environmental factors. study of building typologies.

 To make the students understand the developments in the Unit-VI

construction technology in different periods. The other architecture styles preceding the advent of Industrial
revolution in Europe - Mannerist architecture, Jacobean
Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred: architecture, Elizabethan architecture, Victorian architecture and
1) Acquire knowledge to identify the common characteristics Moorish architecture.
among the monuments of a particular style.
Reference books:
2) Acquire graphic skills to present a building, analyze its
elements and explain the composition. Fletcher, Sir Banister. A History of Architecture, 19th ed. CBS Pub., Delhi, 1992.
Yarwood, Doreen. A Chronology of Western Architecture. B.T. Batsford Ltd.,
3) Acquire knowledge on good practices of architecture in the past. London, 1987.
Schulz, Christian Norberg. Meaning in Western Architecture, 2nd ed. Rizzoli Intl.
Pub., New York, 1981.
Course Contents: Copplistone, Trewin and Others. World Architecture: An Illustrated History, 11th
ed. Hamlyn, London, 1979.
Unit – I Bindoo. D.D, History of Architecture, Milind P Lakshana, Hyderabad – 2006.
Architectural development in the ancient civilizations in Indus valley, Wittkaner R Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, Chichester :Academy
Editions 1998
Egypt and Mesopotamia, Study of Pyramids, Temples, Mastabas,
Ziggurats.
AR 17B2.7C SURVEYING AND LEVELING
Unit – II
Architecture in the Classic Greek periods, different orders, optical
L/s: 3/Wk Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3hrs Cr: 3
correction and appreciation of perfection.

Unit – III Course over view

Architecture in Roman period; Grand scale, application of Greek To explain the different techniques and instruments used in survey
orders; Construction of vaults; study of different typologies of of land tracts
buildings; development of roads and aqueducts;
Objectives of the Course:
Unit – IV To explain the techniques and instruments used in survey of land
Architecture in the early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic tracts.
periods in Europe and rest of the world excluding Asia. Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred:
Surveying skills and related theory.

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 dumpy level, RL’s by height of Instrument and rise and fall method,
Course Contents: Contouring and their characteristics, uses, – errors in leveling.
Unit – I
Introduction – Definitions – Basic Principles of Surveying; Unit – VI
Classification of Survey; Uses of Survey - Scales and Symbols- Theodolite – Introduction – vernier Theodolite – uses of Theodolite -
Sources of errors in Survey – Linear Measurement: accurate and Temporary adjustments – Traversing.
approximate methods, duties of Surveyor.
Unit – VII
Automated Surveying – Introduction to use of Digital Surveying –
Instruments such as distomat – total station, Electronic Theodolite,
G.P.S.
Unit – II
Chain Surveying – Introduction – Types of chains and tapes. Unit – VIII
Instruments for chaining and taping – ranging-cross staffs – offsets Site Studies – Plot, site, land and regions, size and shape of site,
– obstacles in chain surveying – errors and corrections Analysis of accessibility, Topography, Climate, land forms, Surface
(standardization, temperature and pull) composition of Areas Drainage, Soil, Water, Vegetation, Ecology and Visual aspects.
( Trapezoidal rule – Average ordinate-Simpson rule).
Reference books:
Unit – III Arora, K.R. Surveying Vol. I, 6th ed. Standard Book House, Delhi, 2000.
Lynch, Kevin. Site Planning. MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1962.
Compass Surveying: Introduction – Prismatic Compass and Punmia, B.C. Surveying Vol. 1, 13th ed. Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,
Surveyors Compass – Types of Bearings-Designation of bearings – 1996.
Fore bearing and back bearing – Types of Traverse – Temporary
adjustments of prismatic compass, local attraction, Corrections, GN 17B2.1A COMMUNICATION SKILLS
precautions, errors.
L/s: 2/Wk Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3hrs Cr: 2
Unit – IV
Plane Table Survey: Introduction – Types of Plane Tables and their Course Overview: To prepare students to acquire understanding
Accessories – Setting up the plane table – traversing – Radiation and fluency in English for professional work
Method – Intersection Method – Resection Method (two point
problem). Three point problem Objectives of the Course: To provide an adequate mastery of
technical and communicative English Language training primarily,
Unit – V
reading and writing skills, and also listening and speaking skills.
Leveling – Introduction –Definitions of terms used in leveling –
Principle of leveling – Classifications temporary adjustments of

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Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred: To prepare students Unit V: Impact of internet on communication; communication
for participation in seminars, group discussions, paper presentation through computers; voice mail; broadcast messages; e-mail auto
and general personal interaction at the professional level. response; etc.

Unit I: Communication: Importance of Communication; Elements of Reference books:

1. Krishna Mohan & Meera Banerji: Developing Communication Skills
good individual communication; organizing oneself; different types Macmillan India
of communication; Barriers in the path of Communication 2. C S Rayudu: Principles of Public Relations, Himalaya Publishing
House
Unit II: Listening skills: Listening to conversation and speeches 3. K. Ashwathappa: Organizational Behavior, Himalaya Publishing
House
(Formal and Informal) 4. Daniel Colman: Emotional Intelligence,
Reading: Techniques of reading, skimming, Scanning, SQ3R
technique

Unit III: Creative Writing: Scope of creative writing; Writing skills

Signposting, Outlines, Rephrasing
Writing a report/ format of the report; Paragraph, Letter Writing,
Essay writing, Memo, Circular, Notice, Cover Letter, Resume,
Writing with a thesis, Summary, Précis, Product description –
Description of projects and features
Oral Report; Periodical Report; Progress Report; Field Report
Preparation of minutes; Video conference; Tele conference / Virtual
meeting

Unit IV: Speaking: How to converse with people, How to

communicate effectively; Language and grammar skills;
Pronunciation drills, Phonetics, vowels, Diphthongs, consonants,
Stress, Rhythm and intonation, Conversational skills
Features of effective speech - practice in speaking fluently –role
play – telephone skills – etiquette.
Short Extempore speeches – facing audience – paper presentation
– getting over nervousness – Interview techniques – preparing for
interviews – Mock Interview – Body Language.