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Thesis Projects
CCA has about 1,000 B.Arch. thesis successfully completed by its alumni ever
since the first batch graduation in 1966. Many thesis, embodying research,
documentation, analysis, design proposal and presentation, on a wide variety of
subjects, have won acclaim from external examiners from various parts of India
and abroad. Some of the thesis projects are pioneer works in the annals of
architectural education in India .
Topic
Multiplex at Bangalore .
ISBT, Gurgaon
Aarogya Dham, Sector 3, Panchkula.
Humane Habitat for the Urban Poor of Chandigarh at Sector 56, Chandigarh .
Revitalization of the immortal link between the river and the town:Vrindavan Ghats.
THESIS TOPICS
THESIS TOPICS
The Residential enclave at Bangalore
Habitat centre
Institute for performing arts
Indian Institute of management Noida
Eco Spa retreat at Thekkady
Iskcon Temple Complex-Chennai
Academy for the blind
Ayurvedic centre
Super speciality eye hospital
Freedom park-urban space in Bangalore
MegaMall @ Bangalore(Design of mixed-used
building)
Amusement park at Kerala 99Batch
Mini Tidel Park at Coimbatore
City Centre @ Noida
Edathavalam for Sabarimala at Nalakkal
Sea-Sublime Entertainment Arena
National Institute of Port Management@ Ernakulam
Kumari Darshan at Kanyakumari
Indian Institute of Technology @ Palakkad
Luxurious Apartment complex
Music Academy @ ThiruvaiYaru
Innovative Child and Youth development centre
Film and Video Park @ Trivandrum
Shrujan-Heritage Village
Multispeciality Hospital
Kalashram a centre for Performing Arts
Mega Sports Complex-Ranchi
Chennai Motor speedway
Mall of Minerva at Bangalore
Covention Centre @ Hyderabad
Five star Hotel
Beach Resort at Bekal @ Kerala
Bio-IT Business Park
Herbal Park
Aviation University @ Madurai
Group Housing
THESIS TOPICS
Health Resort-Siruvani
Youthcentre at Madurai
School of Arts Architecture @Kanayakumari
Muthamil Maiyam
High Court Bench At Madurai
Childrens Village
Tourist Centre the Gateway to Unknown at Gekar-
Sinyi-Arunachalpradesh
Knit wear Industry at Perundurai
GandhiMuseum Revitalisation of Madurai
Science centre
Algar kovil fort area development
Civic centre @ Hyderabad a place for people
Tuticorin Marine Drive
Residential school Pandicherry
Vandiyur Lakeside Development
Inter university centre for astronomy and astrophysics
Kavalur
Islamic centre
Energy Efficient Approach
Television broad casting centre at Chennai
G.K.G.Charitable Trust Hospital Coimbatore
Prison A Humane Approach
Vaigai River Front development
Weavers housing
Integrated wholesale market complex
Bharat Darshan At Bangalore
Information Technology Part-Chennai
Hill Resort Kodaikannal
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Redevelopment of Madurai Periyar Busstand area
Madurai
Whole Sale Textile market at Koyambedu
Science Centre
THESIS TOPICS
Mass Rapid Transit system-Chennai
Car Manufacturing Plant
Film & Video Park Trivandrum
Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped
Center for Arts
Center for Digital Art and design
Bhaaskara Kerala
Tourist Village at Sarabendra Rajapattinam
InterstateBus Terminal at Chennai
Exhibition Pavilion-Chennai
National Institute of Port Management-Cochin
Multi-Speciality Hospital-Pondicherry
Golden city Vardehpalayam
Artisans village Madurai
Water Park at Chennai
Indian School of Business
Heitage villat at Hambi
Agriculture College at Thanjavur
Institute of Graphic Arts at Sivakasi
Paediatric Institute paediatric hospital and Research
Institute
International Convention Centre
Medical College
Neighbourhood Development Uthangudi Madurai
Design of Engineering College
Godissia Trade Fair Complex-
Coimbatore
Multiflex
Integrated whole sale Market Complex-Madurai
Five star hotel-Chennai
Goshree Islands Development
Conservation of Chennai General Post office
Accounts Generals office
Image Institute of Photography Bangalore
THESIS TOPICS
Green Architecture-National Academy of construction
Hyderabad
BuddhaPurnima lake front development Hyderabad
Citycenter
Integrated Resort Araku
Intelligent Buildings Design of an office complex
Five star Hotel,Coimbatore
Convention Center-Hyderabad
Thanjavur Heritage fort area Redevelopment of
Tanjore
Seminary(light of hope centre)-
Madurai
Biotechnology park
Health Resort,Bangalore and an efficient approach
E-Citys Entertainment Ltd-chennai
Buddhist Heritage Circuit Thotlakanda
University Campus
Rehabilization Centre for children
Industrial Housing for Jayankondam lignite and
power project
Restructuring of urban scenario T.Nagar
Sports Complex-Noida
Hospice-(add days to life)
Multifunctional light rail transit station Delhi
Amenties centre industrial park
Kalasangam-A Cultural Gallery Hyderabad
Ecotourism and Wildlife and Research Hyderabad
Cancer center-Pondicherry
Beach Resort Vizhapatinam
New Town Rajarhat civic centre
Center for folk arts
Arts & Science college ariyallur
Urban Hatt Traditional Glimpse
Discovery Center
THESIS TOPICS
National Convention Center-Chennai
Rasa Commune (Barrier Free Community for the
Mentally challenged)
National Institute of design-Bangalore
Redevelopment of Bhavani Down-Urbanstudy
Police Academy-Campus Planning
Payanigal maiyam-chithambaram
Shilparamam-A cultural Village, Hyderabad
Green Resort
Arya vaidya sala
Indian Institute of Management Indore
International National Residential School
Hotel design an energy efficient approach
National Institute of Port Management Wellingdon
Island
A vedic study & Research Centre
Ashram
Family Entertainment centre-Cochin
Film city-Trivandrum
Science centre
Sub-central Business District Madurai
Leisure centre
Shrutilaya school of Indian classical music@ Chennai
Knowledge Park-An Intelligent Building
State Capital Chennai
Kaladeep-ArtisansVillage
Self Contained Apartment Complex
Residential Park
Tourist Centre-Kancheepuram
Water Theme Park
Housing for Transport Staff Madurai
International Hindi University-Wardha
Orphanage
THESIS TOPICS
Science & Technology centre @ Coimbatore
Institute of Medical sciences-Andipatti
Mud Village @ Thanjavur
School of Music
Redesigning of Poompuhar Heritage centre
Socio Cultural complex
Spiritual centre for Iskcon @ Chennai
Truck Terminal an Integrated service complex
World trade centre
State Capital complex
Integrated whole sale Market Complex
Convention centre-Hyderabad
AAditya centre for Rehabilitation of the mind-CBE
Beach Resort at Behal
Resort at Mahabalipuram
Archaeological park-old
Leisure park at Tirupathi
Taj Wellington Mews at Mumbai
Mass Rapid Transit system at St.thomas Mount
Chennai
Phuntsoklin Tibetan Craft Settlement
Corporate Housing
Hill Resort-Eco village, Eco Resort-Vagamon
City centre at Salt Lake-Kolkata
Apparel Park-Bangalore
Institute of brackish water aquaculture-Mangalore
Biotech park-Bangalore
Bits-Birla Institute of Technology and Science GOA
Info-Tech-Park at Bangalore
THESIS TOPICS
Hyderabad International Trade Exposition
International residential School at Hyderabad
Office Cum Entertainment Centure @ Ekkatuthangal-
Chennai
Hill Resort at Ponmudi-Kerala
Residential Condominium a passive approach
Town center at Karaikudi
ISBT @ Thiruvananthapuram-Kerala
Hi-Tech City @ Bangalore Intelligent building System
Textile Trade Centre
National Institute of siddha at chennai
Hotel Management & Catering Technology Institute
Tourist centre at Gangai Konda Cholapuram
Global Institute of Governance in the information age
at Hyderabad
Collectorate at Krishnagiri
Beach Resort at Chennai
Cost-Effedctive Neighbourhood
Shopping Mall
Smart Homes at Siruseri
Ayurvedic Retreat centre
1. School of architecture.
2. Passive solar Holliday resort.
3. Rehabilitation centre for the blind.
4. MEDO a pharmaceutical industry and research centre t coimbatore.
5. Islamic centre at tirunelveli.
6. Cancer institute.
7. Film institute.
8. Regional sports centre at Trivandrum.
9. A tourist village at trichy.
10. District hospital at kanya kumari.
11. International convention centre at madras.
12. a religious complex at Jamshedpur.
13. Architectural college and research institute.
14. College of art and design Madurai.
15. Saint school.
16. Indian institute of Technology, assam.
1. ecotel.
2. navi Gantal holistic approach towards disaster resistant housing
3. institute of hotel management catering technology and applied nutrition
4. hospice care
5. genome research institute
6. world trade centre at Chennai
7. convergence centre for independent journals
8. integrated marine harvesting development centre
9. design of eco-village
10. multiplex-design at Bangalore
11. an energy efficient software park at mysore
12. sports complex at Hyderabad
13. hill resort at munnar
14. nandyal medical college
15. centre for textile technology
16. vertical city a study on vertical urbanism
17. urban realization: study of built environment of Sourastra community at
madurai
18. marine complex- a dive in to marine world
19. study of ghats of varanasi
Co-guides)
5. Mr. Janbade Prafulla Amol Langer 5/04 TATA Memorial Cancer Hospital and
Tarachand, Research Centre Rajerhat, Kolkata
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) Diptarshi Dev Aqua Marine Park, Mangalore,
10/04 Karnataka
Umadhar Kamti Chandigarh Home A machine to
35/04 live in
Mr Sangeet Kumar Rahat Khanna 20/02 Formula One Circuit, Greater Noida,
Gupta India.
(Uttranchal)
Mr S.L. Saharan Anuj Sharma 8/03 Theme Park, Sarangpur, Chandigarh
Assistant Professor
Narzina Ahmed 23/03 Research and Exhibition Centre for
Light, Bangalore.
Sheena Saini 31/03 5 Star Deluxe Hotel City Centre,
Panchkula
Mr Parmeet S Bhatt Aarti Khokar 1/03
Habitat Centre, Gurgaon.
Lecturer Rajesh 26/03 Conventional-cum-Cultura; Centre,
New Delhi.
Sheetal Bedi 32/03
Fashion Institute & Retail, Pondicherry
Mr Janbade Prafulla Ellora Sculpture Park, Ellora.
Tarachand Divya Jindal 11/03
Simrandeep Singh Commercial Centre, Bangalore
33/03
Wildlife Resort Jim Corbelt National
Jaikishan Negi 12/02
Park, Uttrachanl
Mr J P Singh, Rajesh Kumar, 22/02 Housing at Greater Noida
Lecturer
Gaurav Mahajan 13/03 Club Mahindra Theme Village Resort,
Lonavala
Monika Choudhary Sustainable Redevelopment of
22/03
Tsunami effect Village.
Richa Aggarwal 28/03 Convention cum Hospitality Hub at
at Raipur, Chattisgarh
Mr Manoj Kumar, Gaurav Thukral 14/03 International conventional Centre,
Dwarka, Delhi.
Lecturer
Sonia 35/03 LA Calypso Bearch Resort at Baga
Beach, Goa.
Pranamee Nath 40/03 Fashion Hub, Dwarka.
Mr Gaurav Gangwar, M.B.A. Campus
Ankit Srivastava 7/03
Lecturer Dhruv Sarweshwar Lal World Trade Centre, Gurgaon
10/03
Kriti Sharma 19/03 Business Centre, Whitefield,
Bangalore.
Mr Dharmendra | Neha Singh 24/03
World Class Sports Centre at Mohali
Kumar Satendra Jain 30/03
Integrated Airport Terminal, Bhopal
Lecturer Shushant Gupta 36/03
Film and Television institute, Rohtak
Ms Harleen Kaur, Ekta Aggarwal 12/03
Indian Textile plaza, Ahmedabad.
Lecturer on Contract Gunveen 15/03
Broadcast Media Technology Center,
Basis Mumbai
Nabin Das 38/02
I.I.M., Shillong.
Manali
Animesh Capital Complex, Agartala,
Majumdar,37/02
Tripura
Mr S.L. Saharan Chesta Khanna, 6/02 Judicial Academy, Dwarka
Assistant Professor
Pushpkant Verma, 19/02 International Cricket Stadium
Auroville
Kadambini Jain,13/02 Kalagram at Said-Ul-Ajaib, New
Delhi
Highland Ranch, Resort and
Rajrishi Garg, 23/02
Cottages, Shimla
Mr J P Singh, Rajesh Kumar, 22/02 Unitech Housing, Noida, U.P.
Lecturer Shilpam Sood, 32/02 Amusement Park, Chandigarh
Sunali Bansal 42/02 Commercial Plaza Faridabad
(Haryana)
Mr Sujay Sengupta, Annie Goyal, 3/02 Museum of Moving images, Film
Lecturer
City, Jaipur
Ramandeep Singh24/02 Venue for international Film
in Gurgaon
Mrs Deepika Arunjyoti Hazarika, 5/02 Indus Centre: Ideas from the
54, Gurgaon.
Ruchika Singhal, 25/02 Kolkata Riverside Project at
Batanagar.
Mr Manoj Anil Kumar, 2/02 Mahatma Gandhi Hindi
Mumbai.
Prithviraj TC GL Centre at Dinosaur Fossil
Bhattacharjee,18/02
Park, Balasinore, Gujrat
Mr Gaurav Sharmila Chatterjee, Sri Shikshayatan Technical and
29/02
Gangwar, Management Institute, Kolkata
Manjit Singh, 40/02 Shree Geeta Temple Complex,
Lecturer
Kurkshetra
Mr Dharmendra G Preethi Reddy,9/02
Goa Institute of Design and
Architectural Museum, Goa
|Kumar
Tanu Mathur,36/02
International trade and conventional
Lecturer on centre, Bhopal
Contract Basis
Ms Harleen Shilpa Ahuja, 30/02
Barrio Chino, Kolkata (Cultural cum
Health Centre)
Kaur,
Shikha Dhiman, 31/02
Academy and Museum of Photography,
Lecturer on Pondicherry
Contract Basis
Lecturer on
Contract Basis
Ms Monika 27/01 Rohini Dhawan INFOSPACE CYBER PARK.
38/01 Vijeta Singh Business Hotel-cum-Convention Center.
Sharma
Lecturer on
Contract Basis
Individual Research
M.Arch. thesis:
Mr Sujay Sengupta
This thesis is concerned with the study and evaluation of tree plantation in
Chandigarh that was undertaken as part of its planned landscaping. The study has two
purposes: firstly, to assess the validity of the tree plantation concepts as evolved at the
inception of the city; secondly, to examine the tree plantation as presently developed and
evaluate its usefulness in shaping the citys outdoor environment.
The criteria for evaluating the tree plantation is broadly its: I) micro-environmental values;
ii) functional value. Iii) Interrelationship with architecture and iv) aesthetic value. The trees
are studied in relation to their built-up surroundings and not as individual elements in
isolation.
The structure of the thesis has four major sections. Section one covers the I) original
landscape character of the Chandigarh site ii) resume on Chandigarh iii) early concepts and
policies regarding tree plantation in Chandigarh and iv) value of urban trees a review.
Sections two and three of the thesis consist of case studies of tree plantations in selective
and representative areas of sectors 22 and 17. These case studies cover the typically
divergent urban situations in Chandigarh , where tree plantation is of significance. Sector
22 the oldest and one of the most densely populated residential areas in the city with its
intimate scale of buildings streets and open spaces, contrasts with the urban design
characteristics of the monumental City Centre, Sector 17.
Section four of the thesis contains the conclusion and recommendations based on the
evaluation made in the detailed case studies, regarding the usefulness of the existing tree
plantation, in the context of the criteria established for examining it.
The thesis concludes that tree plantation in Chandigarh barring a few positive results
mostly fails to fulfill its potential role of; ameliorating the adverse micro-climatic
conditions, establishing interrelationship with architecture an affecting a better use of the
city' streets and civic spaces. Undue stress on the aesthetic value of the trees at the expense
of other essential purposes undermines their contribution in improving the citys outdoor
environment. They remain, at best ornamental embellishments and counterfoils to the
ambient brick and concrete architecture of the city.
The thesis entitled Spatial Structure of Modernist cities: A Critique through redesign in
Chandigarh in an effort to prepare a design guidelines for the city of Chandigarh to
reinterpret its built form open space relationship. No doubt the city provides reasonably
good services and utility like water supply, drainage, sewerage, excess of greens, wide
roads. But it lacks the intrinsic quality of the Indian environment-- like quality of
enclosure, density, sense of coherence, and a meaningful figure-ground relationship, with
little regard to distinction between inside and outside.
The suburban kind of an environment resulted in lack of satisfaction on the part of the users
as regards to character, coherence and imageability aspects. The author assumed the city to
be an example of modernist movement as it was design by one of the pioneers of the
movement Le Corbusier. The intention was to retain the city as such along with attaining
the qualities mentioned above, which it lacks in.
The attempt to do so was demonstrated by redesigning a new sector in the third phase of
Chandigarh , consisting of four neighborhoods that would form an urban extension to the
city.
The contemporary city unlike its monofunctional limited sized traditional counterpart must
fulfill a variety of functions in response to its peoples needs. The contemporary city may
thus be perceived as a series of opportunities for its people. The parts of the city are the
physical manifestations of these opportunities.
A major part of the city, which qualifies for attention, is its matrix of Open Spaces with an
activity, which is predominantly recreational in nature. Very often these vital lungs of the
city are prone to misuse, disuse and overuse. In some instances, the open spaces are taken
over by other city functions regardless of their compatibility to functions existing in the
vicinity. Eventually the verdure of the city is replaced by a masonry jungle. The open space
matrix is a vital component of todays city from physical and non-physical standpoints:
As lungs of the city, open spaces fulfill physical as well as psychological needs of the
people.
The visual blight and adverse microclimatic effects produced by masonry jungle seal the
fate of the citys verdure.
Open spaces through their form, use and location posses the inherent potential of providing
identifiability to the contemporary city, which is otherwise, criticized for its anonymity.
In light of the above premise, it is time of examine Chandigarh . A brainchild of Le
Corbusier and Pandit Nehru and a symbol of India s new found freedom.. Chandigarh is
a bold experiment and one of the fine examples of post independence cities. Fifty years
since its inception, if Chandigarh is to continue to fulfill the aspirations of its people, it
needs an in-built system of review and revision of its existing framework in light of the
citys peoples changing needs. People associate themselves with the variety of open spaces
in Chandigarh . As crucibles of activity, these open spaces can become highpoint identity
builders on the otherwise flat canvas of the city. The recreational places of the first phase of
city development are evaluated for their performance vis--vis a large user base. Further
their inter dynamics with other city parts is analysed to generate an urban form which could
aim towards evolving an Identifiable city structure.
The 1000 years old silver city of Cuttack is the former capital of Orissa. But, it has
achieved the status of multi-functional centre for administration. It is the most important
regional commercial and transportation made in the entire state. Due to its geographical
location, the city has expanded horizontally to accommodate residential areas, while the
C.B.D. has got restricted within the hub of the old city, covering areas like Baxi Bazar,
Oriya Bazar, etc. The main problem with Cuttack is the limitation of roads. The existing
ones are extremely narrow and congested, with practically, no breathing space within the
city.
The main objectives of the thesis is to revitalize the urban spaces by improving circulation
pattern, providing utilities and services for future, generating more floor space under
different uses and provide a proper guideline for future growth in orderly direction and
organized manner.
The process of renewal is not a simple task. The first phase of redevelopment can only start
from a public land, which can demonstrate the willingness of the Development Authority to
actually revitalize the city.
Publications on Chandigarh :
Trees of Chandigarh
Chandigarh Informograph
Trees of Chandigarh :
A book authored by Chhatar Singh, Rajnish Wattas, & Harjit Singh Dhillon
Published by B. R. Publishing Corporation , Delhi .
It has been designed primarily for the lay reader with a keen interest in: where, why and
what trees exist in Chandigarh ; and how they integrate with its overall landscape. It is in
fact, a user-friendly reference book for all tree loving people of Chandigarh and elsewhere.
The publication is available at Capital Book Depot, SCO 3, Sector 17-E, Chandigarh ,
Phone # 2702554, 2702260.
Chandigarh Informograph
The Principal,
Chandigarh College of Architecture,
Sector 12,
Chandigarh : 160 012 ( INDIA )
Fax No.0091-172-2746260
E-mail:cca@chd.nic.in
Concept and Text by Kiran Joshi. Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, in association with
Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh , 1999, 286 pp., with 317 photographs and
327 drawings. Rs.2,000/-
Part of a two-volume series, this book is the first comprehensive documentation of the
original form and present-day status of ninety individual and type designs created by he
three architects between 1951-1965. Each design is covered through detailed drawings,
photographs and analytical text. Also included are details of the fourteen Heritage Zones
the key- areas signifying the historicity and cultural content of Chandigarh s image.The
book aims to bridge an existing gap in the recorded history of Post-independence Indian
Architecture. It will, in the process, serve as a useful database for a more intensive
investigation of the social history of the city and, more importantly, for deliberating on
issues of its conservation, development and change.
The Principal,
Chandigarh College of Architecture,
Sector 12,
CHANDIGARH : 160 012 ( INDIA )
FAX NO.0091-172-746260
E-mail:cca@chd.nic.in
2002.
Appreciation of Modern Heritage has also directed attention to technical aesthetic and
philosophical issued of conserving histroric concrete. What kind of methods can be
applied to restore these structures, ensuring their long life as well as cultural significance?
Are the dictums of minimum intervention and reversibility any less relevant for modern
constructions, especially so for monolithic concrete? These were some of the questions
addressed during the seminar Conservation of Le Corbusiers Work in Concrete
organized in Chandigarh by the Chandigarh Administration and the Foundation Le
Corbusier.
Citing key examples, this publication highlights the rich diversity of exposed concrete I
Modern Heritage, lists its common failures, the difficulties of conserving its structural and
design authenticity, and compares usefulness of available options for repair. Case studies
of Le Corbusiers work in Chandigarh and France put across practical problems of
restoring Corbusiers Concrete and outline a cost-effective and non-destructive repair
system that can be carried out without loss of visual character or material integrity. Round-
table discussions reveal conservation dilemmas confronting Chandigarh , including
limitations of its experimental constructions, changing functional requirements, outmoded
urban controls, and users disenchantment with its social ideology as well as the all-
pervading aesthetic simplification. Though emerging from Chandigarh , many of these
issues would interest custodians of Modern Heritage the world over and find universal
application.
Documenting Chandigarh , Volume II: Currently Ms Kiran Joshi is working on the 2nd
volume of the book which shall contain detailed information on drawings of the complete
works of Corbusier- realized and unrealized -in Chandigarh .
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