B.Arch. Overview

Academics

Design and Theory – This stream aims to assist students in  developing the skill of synthesizing aspects related to reading  of place, people and time; and proposing an appropriate  spatial expression, which we call architecture. By continuous inculcation of this attitude, students are led to the discovery of their roles as socially conscious architects. 

Technology and Management – The subjects under this stream  aim to assist the students to discover the role of building  technology from a   contextual perspective and the  appropriateness of the choice of suitable building technology  for addressing a design context. To this end, knowledge of processes of construction, required skill sets, properties of materials, construction management and legal codes are  required to be explored by the student. 

Humanities, History and Research – Herein, the students are encouraged to look at the architectural phenomenon as a  socio-cultural product and to discover the processes by which  any   space gets   manipulated or   informed by socially  constructed notions of existence. The emphasis of the subjects  coming under this stream is to understand how readings of  space have been imagined over a period of time. 

Vertical and Horizontal Integration

The academic involvement and critique offered by each of the Expert Head of the Academic Forum, ensures “vertical integration” and co-relation of   different   subjects across  the five years of undergraduate journey of the student of architecture, indicating that the knowledge of each stream of Design, Construction and Humanities is refined, continuous, and transforms the individual and hence needs to be looked at holistically across the five years of education. 

The academic involvement and critique offered by the Mentors (in tandem with the Three Experts of the Academic Forum) designated for each academic year ensures “horizontal integration” of   subjects pertaining to that  particular year. This means that design is considered as a melting pot and all other subjects contribute into the making of appropriate design expression for that particular year. 

The total effect of this effort to integrate subjects vertically and horizontally across all years is to develop an understanding of architecture as a comprehensive phenomenon rooted in the context of people, place and time.

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