Approved by council of Architecture, New Delhi, & Govt Of . Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological university, Belagavi, PB No-6404, Located at NMIT Campus, Govindapura, Gollahalli, Off International Airport NH-7, Yelahanka Bengaluru-560064. Phone-080-22167900/903,904 Fax-080-22167902. Website-www.nittesoa.ac.in, Email- [email protected], [email protected]

Approved by council of Architecture, New Delhi, & Govt Of Karnataka. Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological university, Belagavi, PB No-6404, Located at NMIT Campus, Govindapura, Gollahalli, BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE (B. Arch) Off International Airport NH-7, Yelahanka Bengaluru-560064. Phone-080-22167900/903,904 Fax-080-22167902. Website-www.nittesoa.ac.in, Email- [email protected], [email protected] A Step Towards .... Creativity Tends To Infinity & Beyond PILLARS OF QUALITY EDUCATION

About Nitte Education Trust Shri. N Vinay Hegde, Chancellor, Nitte University Nitte Education Trust is a premier non-profit organization that is committed to providing quality President, Nitte Education Trust education and healthcare services to the rural people of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada Districts. Started in a subtle way in 1979 in fulfillment of social commitment to his native village, it was a dream project of its founder, the late Justice K. S. Hegde, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Sri N V Hedge, Chancellor, Nitte University is an eminent Industrialist and the former Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Trustees extend philosophy of the trust to higher education by President of the Nitte Education Trust. He has also been the Chairman of the promoting Student centric education, affordable fees, Emphasis on code of conduct, Advanced Board of National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka, appointed by Infrastructure, Value Additions in the form of Yoga training, Personality Development Programs, the HRD Ministry, Government of India. Mr. N V Hedge Has been the Chairman Employability training programs, Study tours, Guest lectures, Career Guidance, Peer development and of the Coastal Agenda Task Force Constituted for the development of coastal training programs. Trusts opine that every citizen of India should have access to shelter, hygiene and districts by the Government of Karnataka. good living hence the mission to foster educate the younger generation of Architecture students to work towards burning issue as mentioned below: Dr. N R Shetty Former VC, University ! Contemporary Architecture & Technology (keeping with trend) ! Housing & Cost Effective Technology for urban poor. Dr. N.R Shetty is an eminent educationist and former president of the Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi. He is the Guiding spirit and ! Education of slums & Social Awareness. inspiration for all colleges of Nitte Education Trust located at Bangalore. He is Vice-President of International Federation of Engineering Education, ! Rural Housing Settlement Planning. Societies (IFEEs), Washington D.C, USA and President of forum of Vice- ! Chancellors of State universities of Karnataka. He has served as the Vice Sustainability & Built-environment. Chancellor of the for two terms. He has been the ! Skill Development Member Secretary of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, an autonomous trust under the Union Ministry of Culture. ADVISOR’S MESSAGE

Today, Architecture education is at crossroads. New technologies, changing Though a start-up, our experienced ambitious faculty complemented with advanced infrastructure and micro and macro environments, working methods, materials and inquisitive facilities are equipped to provide our incoming students the best opportunities to participate in wide-ranges experimental practices are leading to complexities in building projects. The of design and other competitions in providing design solutions. Our faculty possesses vast experience and continual increase in cost of Architectural construction and the land price has expertise in dealing with the students and in the subjects of studies. Many of them currently have rekindled the need to relook into various digital and analog theories, undertaken multidisciplinary research, in applied design projects with students, and are in professional technologies and practices on “value creation and value delivery”. practice engaging architecture from the micro-scale to the urban and the regional, adopting diverse modes of inquiry and design. The scale and type of projects are various such as buildings, exhibitions, writing, and Architecture as a subject of study requires students and professionals to funded research. Faculty engages in exchange and peer development programs for knowledge sharing. possess considerable exciting commitment. Even on graduation Architects are required to be life-long learners to keep pace with the changing needs of Our long term focus would be to engage our faculty and students into using advance sustainable and the clients and technological developments. The subject ‘Architecture’ technological segments of building performance and building science, nano-technologies, robotics, and requires architects and architectural students at once to be jack of all trades design computation often with tools for performance simulation, virtual construction, and direct-to- such as artists, technologists, urbanists, advocates, audience and spectators manufacture fabrication that are advancing to new design territories besides BIM and are adoptable to operating from a global vantage point in the current to project a future reality. architectural profession. This new dimension shall signal a redefinition of architecture’s agency and a At Nitte SOA architecture is taught from within this broad context. willingness to engage the real world. Guided by the expertise of our faculty, our students shall be directed through best routes to meet their ambitions and reach their highest potentials. The curriculum shall utilize the usage of digital tools, techniques and processes in design generation for improving productivity from design Through an intrinsic and extrinsic protorial process our faculty is committed to promote students’ individual through construction. The current trends promotes opportunistic design goals through persuasive new directions that will enable our students and graduates to compete and environment that accepts the utilization of new tools that aid in expanding incorporate the contemporary design and technology in both informed & imaginative ways. At Nitte SOA, our human creativity. We would like to see Nitte SOA as an architecture and design students and faculty further the perception of Architecture as human undertakings by amalgamating arts + school that embraces all the technologies and creativity using talent and skill sciences to humanize the spaces & environment though intensive study on mapping processes and directing our students to area of where their emotional intelligence resides. “Architecture & Built-Environment”. DR. N R SHETTY ADVISOR Nitte EDUCATION TRUST® DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Education in Architecture and design in current century is evolving at a rapid place. It will look very different from what it looked like a decade ago. Increasingly, students and family members are realizing about high design research projects in collaboration with professionals, public entries and partners from industry. More and more, these collaborative enterprises have begun to challenge designers to further enhance their ability to integrate diverse and often unfamiliar array of skills and knowledge. Here at Nitte SOA, we strive to be at the forefront of changes that will enable the best and brightest students to pursue entrepreneurial initiatives, to lead creative terms, and to accelerate innovation. Through design research, our aim is to bring about healthy sustainable communities, drive advancement in building technology, and connect our research with industry in order to create new economic opportunities for the citizens of this country, state, the region, and beyond.

Nitte SOA shall encourage discoveries that emerge from innovative research projects that have begun to have technological, environmental, and social impact, making their way into the everyday lives of people throughout our region and beyond. The works of the Architects adds value to an already strong curriculum and challenges our faculty to continually reflect on the future of design education. As the demands of practice change at an unprecedented pace, it is crucial to have an educational environment that support innovative learning. Our school is keenly aware that we are preparing students for a workplace that will be unlike the past. To meet the challenges of the future, to be ready for the world, our students shall work with state-of-the- art design & technologies including fabrication, engagement with faculty members and visitors with specialized Expertise and participation in new opportunities for collaboration and international exchange.

Our goal is to make Nitte SOA a Design Research out from Bangalore to the world. We are convinced thinking will increasingly drive innovation and economic growth. Today, creative thinking will increasingly drive innovation and economic growth. Today creativity is in demand. A recent survey across the countries are making creativity as the first ‘leadership competency’ for the future. Across the globe countries are making creativity development a national priority. To advance innovative curricula in the school, we will be adding the courses, programmes, technological capability, intellectual capital, and industrial affiliates necessary to meet the global demand for creativity and research our objective for being a “design thinking”. To enrich the learning experiences of our students we will engage research partners from multi disciplinary areas of studies across the country . We will aspire to create value for everyone involved with our school.

PROF. Ar. CHANDRAN REKHA JETTY (B.Arch, M.Arch, (PhD)) DIRECTOR Nitte School of Architecture, Bengaluru. STATE OF ART FACILITIES AT Nitte SOA

The success of any institute is not just based on its curriculum and faculty but also on the facilities and infrastructure provided. Nitte SOA has high-end state-of-art campus and students facilities, instructional activity spaces, amenities and administrative spaces. Highlights of the campus: Ÿ Integrated campus with students facilities and Wi-Fi enabled, has over 2 acres of land with over 3500 sq.mts of built-up space with a provision for another 10000 sq. mts of development with naturally ventilated and well- lit interiors Ÿ Majority of the facilities have complete back-up power supply. Ÿ Dedicated covered parking area for both two and four wheelers. Students’ facilities: Ÿ High end computers with peripherals Ÿ Student friendly drawing Tables. Ÿ Classrooms equipped with design studios and LCD projector screens. Ÿ Library houses over 600 books with over 100 titles on architecture and allied fields, tie-up with other libraries in the integrated campus and in the city Ÿ Locker facilities provided for students. Ÿ Many recreational areas like playground, common room etc. Other amenities: Ÿ Boys and girls hostel facilities. Ÿ Canteen facilities within the campus. Ÿ Labs and construction yards, visual art studio, photography lab, environmental lab, resource center, central store Ÿ Facilities and workshop for model making with multi-materials, metal craft, carpentry- wood works, pottery, sculpture, plaster of works, exhibition hall and material museum Ÿ Institute will set-up NATA test center & QPDS center to cater to university examinations Ÿ All the basic amenities like clean restrooms, first-aid cum sick room, students’ center, placement office, separate male/female staff common room with pantry, stationery shops, etc. FOUNDATION FOR VISION MISSION Vision of Nitte SOA is nothing less than being a role Mission of Nitte SOA is to develop a diverse, socially PROMISING FUTURE model in designing and translating the realizations of and environmentally responsible, enlightened the full potential of Architecture, Design and Planning professional in design and Architecture through a and its synergetic effect on all the students stake presses of skill acquisition, critical thinking and value holders through all the curriculum and step-by- step definition. In so doing Nitte SOA pursues this mission evaluation of a progress by means of futuristic within a creative environment of inquiry and Architectural design development for ultimate growth collegiality in the fulfillment and advancement of and productivity that shapes our universal access to spatial justice, sustainability, and design for the Research and Education, full participation in culture everyday experience. and built environment and adopt to a regional, national and a global outlook in all our activities. VALUES OF Nitte SOA QUALITY OBJECTIVES ! Ethics & Integrity

! Nitte SOA shall achieve the following Quality ! Entrepreneurship Objectives and improve upon it with changing ! needs with each passing year knowledge and Transparency pioneering have no end………… ! Discipline ! Enhance number of Rational discourses on ! Quality Architecture through Mind Steering Lectures, seminar, Workshops and Conferences. ! Research & Innovation ! Managing the Architectural Knowledge through ! Team Spirit “Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Transfer”. ! Passion ! Improve the communication skills of the students. ! Intellectual Ethics ! Peer Development. ! Humane Touch ! Promote Architectural Exploration, Research and Innovation. ! Explore and uncover Innovative ways of making the students learn. ! Learning by rejoicing growth and development ! Enhance Inspiration among the students ! Focused On Training for All-Round Development, ! Promotion of Co-curricular , Designtelligence, Extra- Nitte SOA SALIENT FEATURES Verbal, Written & Visual Communication Skills. Many curricular & Sports other Academic Friendly Activities ! The Nitte SOA Management aims at all round development of students & faculty; support social development Industry-Academia, Academia-Academia Interactive in the region through various supportive collaborative-joint ventures (such as Research, Patenting, ! Extensive Site Visits, Practical Trainings and Full-Time Programs Study Tours (National / International) Redevelopment, Conservation) that upgrades the Region & Institution fulfilling dreams of students, faculty, ! Focused and Targeted Learning on Interest Specific professionals, public and social community. ! State of Art Advanced Infra Structural Facilities with Conclaves Conducive Progressive Academic ! Performance & Progress Monitoring, Mentoring ! Extensive / Intensive Training & Skill Development /Proctoring Design & Hobby Workshop FRAMEWORK FOR IMPARTING ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE ! Visualization, Creativity, Research & Innovation ! Convenient Class Timings and Experienced / Highly Promotion Qualified Proactive Faculty ! PROFESSION- Collaborative, Social & Community Live Projects DISCIPLINE- theories and community of ethical ! Nurturing Equivalently Placement, Entrepreneurship, ! techniques in a lifetime of learning practice performing Higher Education Environment for Architectural Education toward mastery altruistic applications

Discourse of Principle Knowledge Discourse of Faculty Development Research & (Self and Peer) Development + Academic & Industrial Collaborations alue of V

Discourse Discourse of Experience Management Vision, EDUCATION- Student Development acquisition of basic Commitment & Involvement (Self, Peer, and competencies through PRACTICE- reflective application of + Administration fundamental knowledge a discipline for occupation and Teacher Supported) and research meritorious recognition

Extra Curricular, Stakeholders & Co-Curricular Academic Alumni Services Discourse of innovations Competitions and Fests and Support

Research- Innovative learning, innovatin promotion, Social & Community Institutional & innovations, innovation applications Services + Extra Curricular, Co-Curricular (Cultural) Academic Activities & Sports Developments All you need is the plan. The road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

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VALUE EDUCATION

RELATION OF PHILOSOPHY TO CURRICULUM modern nature, phenomena, postmodern, program, representation, theory, topology, truth, typology, sublime, space, style system, world, etc. Architectural education at Nitte SOA is based on inspiration as well as a rational discourse where students learn the basic knowledge; understand the intellectual basis of architecture with the major concepts that make the The students of Nitte SOA shall be able to explore the revolution of these “keywords” in architecture and learn to understanding of architecture possible right in the very first year of their architectural education. understand their shifting motivations, considering the work of theoretical reflections, writings, manifestos, treatises in the disciplines of philosophy, art and architecture, transcend to futuristic architecture that is need of The aim of Nitte SOA is to “erect intellectual scaffolding” for knowledge in architecture and have available an this hour, that will position them into good practice. apparatus to respond to the question; what is architecture?, from the outset of the student’s architectural studies.

The students will examine examples of contemporary architectural production and along with the intellectual constructs from which they have arisen. Students will learn to reveal the linguistic richness and semantic complexity of the language used in the discipline of architecture. The students will learn about the key words of architectural vocabulary such as abstract, aesthetics, art avant- garde, beauty, building, construction, critique, deconstruction, form, function, genius, History, landscape, language, mimetic, Success is a long and winding road you must walk. We have laid out the directions and eliminated the blisters.

SPINAL BENCHMARKED ROADMAP

Architecture is a multi-disciplinary subject drawing inspiration from various disciplines like Art, Construction, systems, adaption to contemporary technologies and services, intellectual property rights, these architectural Engineering, Design etc. The Nitte SOA aims to offer a guided and a specialized approach which will enable our ethics will be made to strive for better living and a better world; Nitte SOA commits to this through research & students to become Architects of not just national but global repute. development of new strategies, directions, philosophies, materials and products that pertain to contemporary times and are sustainable. PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCHOOL: Faculty at Nitte SOA with a Critical approach towards the understanding of modern architecture, will find a basis in Architecture studies at Nitte SOA will be a from of intervention in the environment, and Nitte SOA believe that the convention and history of Indian and world architecture and formulate a platform of rethinking. Students at Architecture is an aesthetic practice producing physical objects and structures to enable and improve everyday Nitte SOA will learn and work with project based learning systems. The studios and laboratories of architecture, and life. Therefore, architecture should be produced through artistic, social, technological and sustainable construction yard are the places of experiment and contribution to professional inventions and innovations. competences, and must be based on profound academic knowledge. Architects and architectural teachers must create a common future for students of architecture. The need of this hour “sustainable design and construction”, needs to be integrated with ‘design thinking’, strong aesthetic and structural awareness in order for further development and the components that make an Architecture is a subject where periodic scientific invention always intertwines with artistic innovation, synthesis architectural piece of work sustainable. and communication. Architecture studies at Nitte SOA will provide the scope to access a wide range of knowledge pertaining to technical matters, humanities social and economic planning to complement artistic development. Our goal is to educate designers with a serious commitment to design, aesthetics, structural and construction KNOWLEDGE BASKET OF Nitte SOA OUTLINE OF SYLLABUS TILL June’ 2016…..

SEMESTER I Climatology Building Construction-V Building Services IV SEMESTER IX Architectural Design-I History of Architecture - III Building Services II Professional Practice I Professional Training Materials and Methods in Building Structures-III History of Architecture - V Earth Quake Resistant Structures Building Construction-I Theory of Architecture II Building Structures-V Urban Planning SEMESTER X Architectural Graphics-1 Computer Applications I Sociology and Building Interior Design I Architectural Design Project History of Architecture - I Elective I (any one) (Architectural Economics Elective V (any one) (Thesis) Building Structures-1 Photography, Vernacular Working Drawing - I Architecture, Visual Communication Skills Elective III (any 1. list to be SEMESTER VIII Communication) provided by Univ) Basic Design & Visual Arts Architectural Design-VIII Model Making workshop SEMESTER IV Materials and Methods in SEMESTER VI Building Construction-VIII Architectural Design-IV SEMESTER II Architectural Design-VI Thesis Seminar Materials and Methods in Architectural Design-II Materials and Methods in Professional Practice II Building Construction-IV Building Construction-VI Materials and Methods in Building Services-I Constitutional Law Building Construction – II Building Services III History of Architecture - IV Project and Construction Architectural Graphics – II Contemporary Architecture Management Building Structures-IV History of Architecture II Building Structures-VI Interior Design II Specification, Quantity and Landscape Architecture Building Structures – II Costing of Buildings Elective VI (any one) Working Drawing II Theory of Architecture-I Computer Applications-II Elective IV (any one) Site Surveying & Analysis Elective II (anyone) (Environment Basic Design & Art Appreciation responsive architecture, Product Study Tour design, Heritage documentation)

SEMESTER III SEMESTER VII SEMESTER V Architectural Design-III Architectural Design-VII Architectural Design-V Materials and Methods in Materials and Methods in Building Construction-III Materials and Methods in Building Construction-VII Nitte SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FACULTY LIST ADVISORY BOARD

Sl Details of Quyalification Teaching/Working Name Designation Prof. Dr. N R Shetty Advisor, Nitte Education Trust, Bengaluru No. (UG, PG, Doctorate) Experience Prof. Dr. K A Ranganatha Shetty Dean, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Total:27 1 Prof.Ar. Chandran Rekha Jetty Professor & Director B.Arch, M.Arch (PhD) Teaching:25+ Prof. Dr. (Ar.) K S Ananth Krishna Dean, School of Architecture, CMR University, B.Arch 2 Ar. Kavitha Shetty Design Chair 25 Years Ar. Dinesh Verma Principal Architect, Ace Group

3 Ar. Anand Chalawadi Design Chair B.Arch 20 Years Prof. Ar. Chandran Rekha Jetty Director, Nitte School of Architecture, Bengaluru

4 Ar. Sridevi Adlakha Assistant Professor B.Arch 20 Years Con. B V Ramachandra Head Projects Prof. Dr. H C Nagaraj Principal, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology 5 Ar. Arshia Khajooria Hazarika Associate Professor B.Arch, M.Arch 15 Years

6 Ar.Gayathri Associate Professor B.Arch, M U R P, (PhD) 12 Years

7 Ar. Suma Talithya Assistant Professor B.Arch 16 Years

8 Ar. Mahima Hegde Assistant Professor B.Arch 15 Years

9 Ar. Nanditha Nagaraj Assistant Professor B.Arch 14 Years

10 Ar. Sangeetha Indran(Mayur) Associate Professor B.Arch, M.Arch 12 Years

11 Ar. Dhruva Kumar.G Assistant Professor B.Arch 5 Years

12 Ar. Vasavi.S.R Assistant Professor B.Arch 5 Years

13 Krishnamurthy.Y Artist B.F.A., M.V.A 3 Years

14 Ar. R. Jacob Ajay Assistant Professor B.Arch 1 Year A PATHWAY FOR FUTURE: Department at a Glance

GENERAL professional office. The architectural courses are conducted in two stages. The first three academic years comprising of 6 semesters of approximately 16 working weeks each is the UG Programs: The college runs a 5 years degree program- Bachelor of Architecture first stage of the basic programme. The candidates shall have to complete first stage within 5 (B.Arch) years of their admission to the B .arch programme. The second stage of the course shall be Choice based curriculum: School remaining within the curriculum of university has been of 2 years/4semestersofapproximately 16 working weeks each. able to provide choice based curriculum through the implementation of college projects and ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO B .ARCH PROGRAMME: Candidate with less than 50% electives based on student’s choice in concurrence with the subject teachers. marks in aggregate shall not be admitted to the architecture course. He or she must have Integrated Programs and projects: The school has begun taking up live Architectural passed the examinations at the end of the new 10+2 schemes, secondary of senior school projects to continuously expose students and faculty to the practical project scenario. examinations or equivalent with mathematics as a subject of examinations at the 10 + 2 level. Where 10 + 2 scheme is not introduced candidates must have passed after 11 years Credit requirements: The minimum credit required for award of a B.Arch degree is 340.Out schooling, the higher secondary or pre university/ pre engineering or equivalent of which (36x9)=324 credits are normally divided into theory courses, Studios, Electives, examinations in the science group of any recognized university or board with English seminars and projects in the duration of nine semesters. And 16 credits will be granted for chemistry and mathematics as compulsory subjects. All the students aspiring to take completion of professional practice of 16 weeks. admissions need to have passed the HSC (XII) or equivalent examination with 50% aggregate marks (with math's) or diploma in engineering under 10 + 3 scheme of the state Evaluation of College projects: Seminars Tutorials, Additional classes for any course. Guest board of technical examinations, and secured a minimum of 50% aggregate marks in the lectures, putting up exhibitions, workshops, participating in Architectural competitions or diploma examinations and the compulsory National Aptitude Test (NATA) test conducted at conducting site visits or study tours. the national level. There is no provision for any lateral entry in B.Arch. Attendance: Attendance of 85% in Theory, Studio, Seminar and Project Dissertation is compulsory for keeping the term. APTITUDE TEST: The NATA conducted by Course commencement: Classes for 1st year of a 5 yrs B.Arch courses shall commence The NATA conducted by Council of Architecture (COA) is mandatory for admission to COA th on 8 Aug’2016 approved B.Arch 5 year Degree Programme in all Architectural institutions in the country, with a minimum of 40% in it. ACADEMIC PROCESS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS Programme of Study: The minimum duration of Architectural programme shall be 5 academic years or 10 semesters of approximately 16 working weeks each, inclusive of one year of approximately 16 working weeks of practical training after the first stage in a ACTIVITY SPINE AND MENTORING FACULTY CHARACTERISTIC TO BE A TEACHER IN Nitte SOA ! A successful professional is the end product of a dedicated teacher’s hard-work and perseverance. The faculty at Must have been a teacher – architectural education in India Nitte SOA is highly qualified, experienced and resourceful. They are devoted towards the unrestricted learning of ! The teacher must have evidenced great depth, having a cumulative effect on their students and are committed towards exploring modern and creative methods of teaching. a long line of students All the teachers hold a masters degree and many are pursuing PhD. They have extensive experience in their ! The teacher must have evidenced great breadth, having influenced a wide respective areas of specializations, the faculty at Nitte SOA is chosen based on the parameters of their expertise in range of students the field, compassion towards students and dedication towards the field of architectural education. ! The teacher shall be a person whose activities have consistently directed themselves towards the future as well as the past We have required numbers of 9 full time faculty members for various positions as professors, associate Professors, assistant professor both on full-time and visiting basis. Additionally about 8 faculties are associated ! The teacher shall have evidenced the ability to transcend specific areas of with the institute for various guest lectures, seminars and architectural events. We also have design chair who is expertise or shall have made connection between areas, in the event that an expert from the practicing field of architecture. The faculty together forms the knowledge hub of Nitte SOA. The the teachers' area of focus might be considered circumscribed. institute is associated with most of the renowned Architectural Firms . ! The teacher must be widely known by the quality of his / her products: by those who also taught, by those who practiced architecture, and by those who perhaps did neither.