GATE SYLLABUS FOR ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (AR)

                                        (AR)

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; airconditioning

systems; fire fighting systems, building safety and security systems.

Building Construction and Management:

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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.

Source: gate.iitd.ac.in

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