THESIS ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

BY
Ar. ASHWINI HEBSUR
Thesis In-charge
AMSAA
 RULES & REGULATIONS - STUDENTS
A set of rules and regulations is framed to bring in Discipline, Order and Equality for
all students. Students must abide by all the rules and regulations. Students failing
to adhere will be punished. The decision made by the Thesis Committee will be
final.

 Get approval for thesis topic and be clear in the methodology he/she will follow in
the thesis and get it approved by thesis committee.

 Meet the thesis advisors regularly and make sure to discuss at least twice before
every stage of the external review failing which he/she will not be allowed to attend
the following review. He/she must register all the meetings with the given inputs and
comments from the Advisor in the Advisor Log Book duly signed with date and time.

 Any changes at the onset or during the intermediate stage of a particular review
has to be properly mentioned in the Thesis Panel Log Book & Advisor Log Book.
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 Adhere to the prescribed formats and deliverables for submission of his/her
documents and drawings required at different stages.

 It is the bound duty of the student to make notes of the inputs given by the panel
during the review before acknowledging it with the signature. The inputs given
by the panel should be incorporated and updated in the following review without
fail.

 Laptop discussions of all studies except DRAWINGS are permissible during the
advisor’s discussion. All drawings right from single line to pre-final presentation
drawings must be strictly discussed with HARD COPIES of suitable scale along
with all fundamental information.

 All listed deliverables must be presented for each review and the same must be
approved and signed by the advisor, to be eligible for appearing for the External
Review.
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 Students must be aware of their advisor’s availability and their time of
convenience for a quality discussion. Make sure to take an appointment, if
planning to discuss apart from his/ her regular schedule.

 Students should be present on all the working days of the week . Attendance will
be recorded and students with less than 75% attendance will not be eligible to
appear for the viva voce.

 Students must strictly follow the COLLEGE DRESS CODE failing which he/she
will not be allowed to attend the external review

 PLAGIARISM: Borrowing/Stealing ideas, contents or design from other sources

without citation is considered plagiarism. It is highly offensive and serious action
will be taken by the thesis committee. Ensure that all citations and credits are in
order before you submit the thesis.
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.
Review 1 – UPDATED SYNOPSIS

 Details of the topic - scope, aim and limitations .

 Site – Location (Google map / satellite image) , Survey drawing with vegetation,
site area , accessibility and feasibility.
 Detailed project requirements
 Book studies.
 Special studies / Thrust area
 Live Case studies identification – Minimum 2 Nos.
 Net case studies identification – Minimum 2 Nos.
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.

Review 2 – PRELIMINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

 Literature Studies.
 Net case studies – Minimum 2 Nos.
 Book studies.
 Special studies / Thrust area
 Live Case studies– Minimum 2 Nos.
 Relevant extracts from the above mentioned studies.
 Comparative Analysis / Inferences/Conclusions of the above studies and their
applications
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.

Review 3 – RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

 Literature Studies.
 Net case studies – Minimum 2 Nos.
 Book studies.
 Special studies / Thrust area
 Live Case studies– Minimum 2 Nos.
 Relevant extracts from the above mentioned studies.
 Comparative Analysis / Inferences/Conclusions of the above studies and their
applications
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.
Review 4 – FINAL PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

 Literature Studies.
 Net case studies – Minimum 2 Nos.
 Book studies.
 Special studies / Thrust area
 Live Case studies– Minimum 2 Nos.
 Relevant extracts from the above mentioned studies.
 Comparative Analysis / Inferences/Conclusions of the above studies and their
applications.
 Site visit / data Report and Analysis with Inferences.
 Building Program (Requirements and Area statement)
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.

Review 5 – SITE, CONCEPT & ZONING

 Site / Master Planning based on relevant byelaws and regulations.

 Concept design with sketches, circulation diagrams and conceptual block model.
 Concept stage drawings. (Single line).
 Draft 1 - Project Report comprising studies under review 1-2, inferences and its
applications in the project (A4 size).
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.

Review 6 – DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

 Site / Master Planning based on relevant byelaws and regulations. (Detailed

master plan with services, road network & landscape details).
 Final design concept with sketches, circulation diagrams and block model, 3D
views.
Final single line drawings. (With sections, elevations& views)
 Required Structural drawings with column grid and column sizes and outline all
proposed services .
 Draft 2 - Project report with special studies, concept and scheme included in the
project (A4 Size)
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.

Review 7 – PRE- FINAL DESIGN STAGE

 Site / Master plan 1: Architectural - indicating roads, parking and landscape.

 Site / Master Plan 2: Services – Electrical, HVAC, Water supply, Sewage
disposal, Fire Safety, Surface water drainage and Signage.
 All floor plans, Elevations and Sections to suitable scale.
 Detailed Structural drawings with appropriate location of structural elements as
approved earlier.
 Enlarged part elevations and sections in 1:20 scale. Details in Suitable scale.
 Site Elevations and Sections with external views indicating the surrounding
areas.
 Draft project report including the project drawings in A4 size.
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.
Review 8 – FINAL DESIGN / MOCK VIVA STAGE

 Site / Master plan 1: Architectural - - indicating roads, parking and landscape.

 Site / Master Plan 2: Services – Electrical, HVAC, water supply, sewage
disposal, Fire Safety, Surface water drainage and Signage.
 Site elevations and Sections with external views indicating the surrounding
areas.
All floor plans, Elevations and Sections to 1:100 scale. 3D Views (Interior /
Exterior)
 Detailed Structural drawings with appropriate location of structural elements as
approved earlier.
 Enlarged details in suitable scale.
 Final project report in A4 size.
LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE REVIEWS & GUIDELINES FOR
THE PREPARATION AND COMPLETION OF THESIS FOR B.ARCH.

General Note:

 Students are required to make available of all previously commented drawings

and documents for all the reviews should they be required to be referred.
 All designs shall comply with relevant statutory codes and regulations and copies
of supporting documents shall be made available.
 Minimum sheet size for all the reviews must be of A1.
 Final submission shall include an architectural model to a suitable scale.
 1.CHECKLIST FOR CASE STUDY
I. SITE DETAILS

1) Site Location and building Rules

2) Zonal Regulation & Existing Land Use
3) Approach Road/s- Direction, Width, Nature of traffic Condition
4) Surrounding Land use
a) Offsite Benefits
b) Offsite Nuisances

5) Site
a) Plot area
b) Plot Coverage
c) Topography
d) Landscape
e) Existing Services
f) Existing Structures and Built area
g) Plot Dimensions
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II. BUILDING

1) Building Setback

2) Landscape
a) Existing Plants types
b) Existing Natural Elements: Water bodies, Etc.

3) Building Services
a) Water: Water Tank, Supply system, Motor Room, Treatment, Filtration
b) Power
c) Drainage
d) Communications
e) Waste Disposal
f) Air Conditioning: Plant Rooms, Location, Size, Number
g) Lighting
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h) Security
i) Fire Safety
j) Parking
k) Sump Tank/ Treatment Plant
l) Delivery/ Pick up: Postal, Courier, Goods
m) Pedestrian Paths
n) Universal Access
o) Ventilation and Humidity Control
p) Sound reinforcement,
q) Ducts, Location, Size, Vertical, Horizontal, Lining, Closing
r) Control Systems: Openings, Lifts, Lighting, etc.
s) Fuel/ s delivery and storage
t) Parking Facilities: Habits, Time, Mode, Area, Number, Location, Safety
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4) Basic data about Building activities
a) Day Time, Night Time, Number of Occupants, Age, Sex, Special
Considerations
b) Location of different activities in building
c) Details of Storage: Areas, Properties of Goods
d) Processes
e) Peak hours of building Operation
5) Characteristic of the Building
a) Building Shape
b) Building Height- Number of floors
c) Orientation of the Building: Views, Climatic, Sun, Wind, Others: Specify
d) Total Floor Area:
e) List of Activity Areas: Major areas, Supporting/ Servicing areas
f) Existing Circulation diagram
g) Sense of Orientation
h) Interconnection of Spaces
i) Building Volume, Volume of individual Spaces
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6) Details of activity areas: (Conduct activity analysis for each activity)
a) List of Furniture, Equipment, Things, Objects or Belongings in use: Their
design qualities, Condition, Storage requirements
b) Interior Items: Furnishings, Carpets, Curtains, Hangings
c) Spatial order, Organization
d) Sense of Security/ Privacy
e) Sense of Scale, Proportion
7) Fenestration
a) Location of Doors and Window Openings, Visual Access through openings
from inside to inside, from inside to outside and from outside to inside
b) Quality and Availability of Daylight
c) Qualities of Views
d) Protection from Weather: Sun penetration inside, Wind Control, Dust Control,
Light Control, Rain penetration
e) Convenience and Safety: Perception of Safety, Sense of Security,
Convenience for Maintenance
f) Extent, Pattern, Orientation
g) Openings: Position, Type, Size
h) Glazing details, Preferences, Visual Qualities
i) Quality and Environmental requirements of Blinds and Curtains
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8) Thermal Environment
a) Thermal Comfort, Thermal Preference, Sense of Warmth/ Freshness
b) Sense of Air movement: Preference
c) Natural Ventilation: Clean, Fresh air, Absence of dampness, Odour

9) Lighting
a) Visual Comfort: Sense of Brightness/ Gloom Adequacy and Constancy of
Luminance on Horizontal and other Planes
b) Availability of Daylight
c) Absence of Glare, Veiling reflections
d) Electrical Services for lighting System: Type, Location Types of Lamps,
Luminaries, Lighting Controls
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10) Aesthetic Evaluation
a) The building within its immediate setting:
i) The relationship between the Site, Building and Landscape elements
ii) Approaches – Direct, Indirect, Tangential, On street, Etc. as related to
distance from movement lines
iii) Building – Street Interface
b) Building façade as related to other buildings, role in the streetscape
c) The Skyline as related to surrounding buildings and trees
d) Building outline in plan and disposition, inter relationship with other building
entries or elements, and side open spaces within the site
e) Entry/ Exit directions – Orientation and inter relationships with other building
entries or elements
f) Application of Light, Texture and Colour as design elements
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g) Proportions
i) In terms of Height and Width ratio in the facade
ii) In terms of Width of façade to Depth of the buildings
iii) In terms of General Characteristics of Building Bulk
h) Composition: Proportions of intermediary elements and their inter relationships
(for the purpose of analysis the façade may be divided into horizontal X-X axis
and Vertical Y-Y axis)
i) Horizontal Plane (Axis X-X):
1. Position main Entry in relation to the Façade/ Building bulk;
2. Positions of secondary entry points;
3. Disposition of solids and voids as determined by apertures on the façade;
4. Rhythm created by Apertures, Columns, Sunshades, Textures and other
elements like surface orientation
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ii) Vertical Plane (Axis Y-Y):

1. Base – The design of Ground: Building Interface;
2. Body – Expression of Floors, Dispositions of Climatic or other devices,
Rhythm created by Columns, Ornamentation, Etc. General roof Form,
Treatment of Ridges, Eves, Corners, Etc. Texture, Colour and Material of the
Roof
 2.CHECKLIST FOR SITE ANALYSIS
1) General Site Context

a) Geographic Location, adjacent land use patterns, access system, nearby

destinations and facilities, stability and change in development pattern.
b) Political authority, social structure of the locality, population change in
surrounding areas.
c) Ecological and hydrographic system of the region.
d) Nature of the area economy, other proposals or projects nearby and their
effects on the site.

2) Physical Data, Site and adjacent Land

a) Geology and Soil:
i) Underlying geology, rock character and depth, fault lines.
ii) Soil types and depth, value as an engineering material and as a plant medium,
presence of hazardous chemicals or contaminants.
iii) Areas of fill or ledge, liability to slides or subsidence, capability for mining.
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b) Water:

i) Existing water bodies – variation and purity.

ii)Natural and man-made drainage channels-flow, capacity, purity.
iii)
Surface drainage pattern – amount, directions, areas of continuing erosion.
iv)Water table – elevation and fluctuation, springs, flow directions, presence of
deep aquifers.
v) Water supply – location, quantity and quality.

c) Topography:

i) Contours.
ii) Pattern of landforms-typology, slopes, circulation possibilities, access points,
barriers, visibility.
iii) Unique features.
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d) Climate:

i) Regional pattern of temperature, humidity, precipitation, sun angles,

cloudiness, wind direction and speeds.
ii) Local microclimates: warm and cool slopes, wind deflection and local breeze,
air drainage, shade, heat reflection and storage, plant indicators
iii) Ambient air qualities, dust, smells, sound levels.

e) Ecology:

i) Dominant plant and animal communities – their location and relative stability,
and vulnerability.
ii) General pattern of plant cover, quality of wooded areas, wind firmness,
regeneration potential.
iii) Specimen trees – their location, spread, species, elevation at base, unique or
endangered, support system needed.
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f) Man- Made structures:

i) Existing buildings: location , outline, floor elevations, type, condition, current

use.
ii) Networks: roads, paths, rails, transit lines, sewers, water lines, gas, electricity,
telephone, steam- their location, elevations, capacity, condition.
iii) Fences, walls, decks, other human modifications to the landscape.

g) Sensory qualities:

i) Character and relationship of visual spaces and sequences.

ii) Viewpoints, vistas, focal points.
iii) Quality and variation of light, sound, smell.
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3) Cultural Data, Site and Adjacent Land

a) Resident and using population:

i) Numbers, composition, pattern of change.
ii) Social structure, ties, institutions.
iii) Economic status and role.
iv) Organization, leadership, political participation.
b) Behavior settings: nature, location, participants, rhythm, stability, conflicts.
c) Site values, rights, restraints:
i) Ownerships, easements and other rights.
ii) Zoning and other regulations that influence site use and character
iii) Economic value and how it varies across the site.
iv) Accepted territories.
v) Political jurisdictions.
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d) Past and Future:

i) History of the site and its visible traces.
ii) Public and private intentions for future use of site, conflicts.

e) Site Character and images;

i) Group and individual identification with aspects of the site.
ii) How the site is organized in people's minds.
iii) Meanings attached to the site, symbolic associations.
iv) Hopes, fears, wishes, preferences.
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4) Correlation of Data

a) Subdivisions of the site: areas of consistent structure, character, problems.

b) Identification of key points, axes, areas best left undeveloped, areas where
intensive development is possible.
c) Ongoing changes and those likely to occur without intervention – the dynamic
aspect of the site.
d) Ties to context – current and possible linkages areas where consistent uses
are desirable, patterns of movement to be preserved.
e) Summary of significant problems and potentials, including a summary of the
key positive and negative impacts of the proposal
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1) Design Brief

a) Highlight the salient characteristics of the Proposed design project

b) Convey inference arrived from case study and literature study
c) Comprehensive Area requirement in qualitative and quantitative terms

2) Spatial Requirements (Indoor)

a) Primary functions
b) Secondary functions
c) Supporting functions
d) Services
e) Area Chart, Covered Area statement
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3) Spatial Requirements (Outdoor)

a) Location plan, Site dimensions

b) Road Network
c) Parking
d) Service Areas
e) Walkways
f) Outdoor recreation/ other Activities
g) North point wind directions and view directions
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4) Site Plan
a) Zoning and form of indoor areas
b) Zoning and form of outdoor areas
c) Desired response to peripheral land uses
d) Topography of site with modified contour lines, climate and landscape
e) Desired response to stipulated buildings regulations – FAR, ground coverage,
setbacks, building heights, etc.

5) Building Design
a) Built form
b) Architectural Expression
c) Orientation
d) Lighting and ventilation
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6) Building Plans for all floors
a) Disposition of indoor and outdoor areas
b) Internal and External circulation
c) Building bye laws
d) Structural system
e) Service Layouts and Details

7) Documents
a) Detailed report on design rationale
b) Compilation of Literature and Case studies
c) Site Plan
d) Building Plans
e) Elevations
f) Sections
g) Detailed Sections/ Sectional Elevations of parts of building showing proposed
architectural expression
h) Models – Physical and Virtual
i) Walk-through