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TANCET 2013 SYLLABUS FOR ME/M.TECH

Tancet 2013 Syllabus for Architecture - TANCET 2013-2014 M.Arch./ M.Plan

M.E./ M.Tech./ M.Arch./ M.Plan                           TIME DURATION-2 Hours  

The question paper will have three parts.

Part-I and Part-II are compulsory and under Part-III the candidates

have to choose any one section out of 14 based on his/her

specialisation.    

PART 1 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (Common to all Candidates) CLICK HERE
PART 2 BASIC ENGINEERING & SCIENCES (Common to all Candidates) 

To Download BASIC ENGINEERING & SCIENCES Syllabus CLICK HERE

PART 3 ARCHITECTURE 
i)   Building Materials, Construction and Technology : Lime, Brick, Stone, Clay products; Timber, Industrial timber; Paints and varnishes, Concrete, Special concrete  and light weight concrete; Ferrous metals; non ferrous metals; Glass; Plastics; Eco friendly materials; Thermal insulation materials and acoustic materials. Construction techniques and practices using the above listed materials; Damp and water proofing; Pest control;; Construction systems and equipment; Pre- stressed concrete and Tensile 

Structures; Grids domes; folded plates; Flat Slabs. Low cost construction & appropriate technologies. 

ii)  History of Architecture :  Indian architecture- Hindu and Islamic; Indo Saracenic; Secular architecture of the princely states; Colonial and Post Independence Architecture; Works of masters such as Charles Correa; B V Doshi; Ananth Raje; Raj Rewal; Laurie Baker; Nari Gandhi; Kanvinde.  

Western architecture-  Ancient Greek and Rome; Early Christian; Gothic and Renaissance; Baroque; Neo Classicism; Chicago School and development of skyscraper; Modern architecture: Art and Crafts; Art 20Noveau; Expressionism and Cubism; Bauhaus; International style; Post Modernism and De constructivism; Critical Regionalism; Theories and projects of F L Wright; Le Corbusier; Gaudi; Gropius; 

Aalto; Mies; Eisenmann; Zaha Hadid; Soleri; Hasan Fathy; Ando; Bawa; Gehry; Libeskind; Toyo Ito; Louis Khan; Tschumi; Greg Lynn; Assymptote. 

iii)  Theory and principles of Architecture : Elements and ordering principles; Organisation of form and space; Design methodology and Creative thinking; Pattern language;  Contemporary process: 

Diagrams, Shape grammar, fractals, Digital hybrid, Liquid architecture.  

iv)  Building Services :  Water supply and distribution systems; water and waste management; Sewerage system; Electrical systems; Illumination  and lighting; Air conditioning; Fire Safety; building automation and IBMS. 

v)   Building Science : Climate responsive architecture; design of solar shading devices; acoustics & building design; Architecture & Energy- Active &  passive solar architecture, Day lighting & natural ventilation, Landscape designs; Landscape & environment control. 

vi)  Housing, Urban Design and Town Planning :  National Housing Policy; Indra Awas Yogana; Housing standards; housing projects in India; Urban morphology of early and contemporary cities; Case Studies on urban revitalisation from developed and  developed economies; Planning concepts- Patrick Geddes, Ebeneezer Howard, Le Corbusier, C  A Perry; Urban planning, regional planning and Urban renewal in the Indian context.