Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, Civil Engineering Semester 7, Architecture And Town Planning Syllabus

ARCHITECTURE & TOWN PLANNING

Module – I
Principles of architectural design – primary elements, form, space, organization, circulation, proportion and scale, ordering principles.
Functional planning of buildings: Planning, designing and construction, General building requirements, Permit and Inspection (as per the National building Code).

Module – II
Town Planning ; Evolution of towns : History and trends in town planning; origin and growth, Historical development of town planning in ancient valley civilizations; Objects and necessary of town planning; Surveys and analysis of a town; New Concepts in town planning : Garden city movement, Linear city and Satellite city concepts, Neighborhood Planning.

Module – III
Planning Principles, Practice and Techniques: Elements of City plan, Estimating future needs, Planning standards.

Module – IV
Zoning: its definition, procedure and districts, height and bulk zoning, F.A.R., Master Plan; Concepts of urban planning , design and landscaping.