Planning Studio – I detailed Syllabus for B Planning PLAN, 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Plan 2018 Scheme, do visit B.Plan 1st Sem 2018 Scheme. The detailed Syllabus for planning studio – i is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Course Content
- Understanding the various building blocks of a city. Developing of understanding about city planning elements using movies, lectures and city tours.
- Distance and Area Perception- Developing an eye for distance and area and translating the same to scale on drawings.
- Space Perception- Study of areas with varying characters to appreciate the concepts of built form, activities and people. Appreciate the various elements of built form such as plot sizes, FAR, densities, building heights and open space. (Individual work) Understanding how built form supports the various activities happening in the areas.
- Introduction to neighbourhood: mapping of a neighbourhood and appreciating the basic characteristics of a neighbourhood. Creation of base map, recording and presenting information on the map-manually and digitally.
- Use of mapping and presentation skills learnt in planning communication studio.
Reference Books:
- Site Analysis, T. Q. Edward, Architectural Media, 1983
- Site Analysis, A. James and La Gro Jr., Jon Wiley and Sons, 2013
- Surveying Vol. I, B.C.Punmia, Standard Book House, New Delhi,1983
- Text of Surveying Vol. I, P.B.Shahani, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co.,1980
- Urban Land Use Planning, Philip R. Berke, University of Illinois Press, 2006
- Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation, Mary Kane and William M. K. Trochim, Oxford University Press
- Handbook of Applied Spatial Analysis: Software Tools, Methods and Applications, Manfred M. Fischer and Arthur Getis, Springer, 2009
- Cartography: Thematic Map Design, Borden Dent and Others, McGraw-Hill Education, 2008
- Graphic Design for Architects: A Manual for Visual Communication, Karen Lewis, Routledge, 2015
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of B.Plan, 2018 scheme visit B.Plan 1st Sem Syllabus for 2018 Scheme.
For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) B.Plan results, visit VTU B.Plan all semester results direct links.