Building Components and their Representation detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Bachelor of Architecture 2nd sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 2nd sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of building components and their representation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING COMPONENTS AND THEIR NOMENCLATURE 12 Building as act of construction for human use layered over the earth – foundation, structural systems, enclosures, weather protection. Understanding building components and their nomenclature using historic and contemporary examples from literature study, site visits, sketches. The nomenclature to include 1) basic types of construction such as load bearing/framed/space structure 2) basic components in a building such as foundation, plinth, walls, floors, roofs(flat, sloped, vaulted),roof covering, ceilings, staircases (principles and different geometric types), doors, windows and ventilators, lintel, sunshade, coping, cornice, stringcourse, parapet, waterproofing, finishing, mortar, decoration, paving3) basic materials for the components.
Unit II
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Unit III
MEASURED DRAWING OF HISTORICAL BUILDING 18 Understanding a historic building in totality or in part through measuring drawing.
Unit IV
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Course Outcomes:
- Ability to recognise and name components of a building.
- Ability to measure and draw components of a building.
- Ability to make isometric and perspective projections of components of a building.
- Understanding a building in total or in part through the process of measured drawing.
Required Reading:
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Reference Books:
- John M. Holmes, Applied Perspective, 2nd edition, Sir Isaac, Pitman and Sons Ltd., London 1967.
- Robert W. Gill, Basic Perspective, Thames and Hudson, London, 2006.
- Leslie Martin C., Architectural Graphics, 2nd edition, The Macmillan Company, New York,1970.
- Natascha Meuser, Drawing for Architects: Construction and Design Manual, Dom Pub, 2015.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit B.Arch 2nd sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Bachelor of Architecture results, visit Anna University B.Arch all semester results direct link.