Electricity, Lighting and Acoustics in Buildings detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities 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 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 4th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of electricity, lighting and acoustics in buildings is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN BUILDINGS Generation of electricity. Ohms and Kirchoffs laws. Units: watt, volt, amps. Distribution from grid to facilities. Two phase and three phase systems. Substation, transformers, wires and conduits, distribution boards, meters, switch boards, earthing, lightning conductors. Generators, inverters. Electrical load estimation and electrical wiring design for a small building/ campus. Site visits with documentation in the form of sketches/ drawings/ photos. Understanding of products, product catalogues for a small building.
Unit II
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Unit III
LIGHTING DESIGN FOR BUILDINGS Lighting calculations. Brief overview of lighting simulation and performance analysis using software. Design exercise involving lighting design for appropriate projects of simple scale through choice, calculations, layout, drawings, physical models.
Unit III
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Unit V
DESIGN FOR ACOUSTICS Basic principles in acoustic designing of classroom, lecture and conference hall, offices, open air theatre, auditorium, concert hall, theatre, cinema, recording studio. Understanding of drawings/ details related to real acoustic design projects. Site visits with documentation in the form of sketches/ drawings/ photos Simple problems based on reverberation time and absorption coefficients.
Course Outcomes:
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Required Reading:
- Derek Phillips and John Howard, “Lighting in Architectural Design”, McGraw Hill. New York, 1964.
- David Egan, Victor Olgyay “Architectural Lighting”, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- Gary Gordon, “Interior Lighting for Designers”, 5th Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 2015.
- David Egan, “Architectural Acoustics”, J. Ross Publishing, 2007.
- David Lee Smith, “Environmental Issues for Architecture”, Wiley, 2011.
- National Building Code – Bureau of Indian Standards.
Reference Books:
- “The Lighting Handbook”, IES, 2011.
- “National Lighting Code”, SP 27:2010.
- Descottes, Herve and Cecilia E. Ramos, “Architectural Lighting: Designing with Light and Space, Princeton Architectural Press, Princeton, 2013.
- A.K.Mittal, “Electrical and Mechanical Services in High Rise Building: Design and Estimation Manual”, CBS, 2015.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture, 2019 regulation curriculum do visit B.Arch 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
For all Bachelor of Architecture results, visit Anna University B.Arch all semester results direct link.