HOW TO SELECT

DISSERTATION TOPIC
PROF SARITA DESHPANDE
IMPORTANCE OF DESIGN DISSERTATION

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 It is the final outcome/ culmination of the five
years B.Arch. Course.

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 It helps in building the portfolio.

 It makes you ready to take decisions and it’s a

prelude to the field exposer.It shapes your career
further.
 Path breaking ideas can emerge so that it can be
implemented with the stakeholders.
 Promotes research

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CRITERIA TO SELECT TOPIC

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 Which is the topic of your interest?
 What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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 What will be the final output of the project you
select?
 Whether the topic will help you in your further
studies and/or it will benefit in practice?
 Is the topic innovative or just mundane and
cliché?

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YOUR DISSERTATION TOPIC SHOULD BE..

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 Feasible
 Distinctive or unique

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 Should address some social issues

 Original

 Rational

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DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES OF BUILDINGS

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 Public buildings- majorly the buildings meant for
public- court buildings, libraries, Civic
administrative buildings, post offices etc

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 Institutional buildings- Schools , colleges,
govenmental institutes, Research Institutes,
universities
 Commercial buildings- shopping centres, malls
multiplexes, hotels, offices etc
 Healthcare architecture- General hospitals,, civil
hospitals, speciality hospitals like cancer,
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BROAD TYPOLOGIES

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 Religious- Churches, mosques, temple complexes,
Precincts, Religious schools, Ashrams, Spiritual
centres

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 Recreational buildings-cinema Theatres,
performing arts centre, Cultural centres, Art
galleries, museums, resorts, spas, sports facilities
like stadiums, Amusement parks , aquariums
 Residential architecture- Mass housing, public/
social housing, slum rehabilitation, high rise high
density housings, neighbourhoods, townships

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 Hospitality- hotels, Restaurants, Resorts, spas
 Memorials - memmorial for any event, or

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personality
 Industrial Architecture- Specialised Industry,
Food processing, Agro processing,
 Transportation facilities- Bus, metro, railway
stations or terminus, Intermodal and intramodal
facilities, cruise terminus

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NEW BUILDING IDEAS AND CONCEPTS

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 Green Buildings
 Biophillic Architecture

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 3 D printing, Digital,

 Modular

 Parametricism

 Regional, vernacular, adaptive, Critical

regionalism
 Innovative materials

 Smart intelligent buildings.

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 HOW TO ZEROING ON TOPICS
Criteria Topic Topic 2 Topic

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1 3
Rate each point 1 Interest
with 1-5 numbers

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Total it out and 2 Ability
weigh the
subjects
3 Feasibility

4 Uniqueness

5 Travel and cost

6 Time
7 Relevant in
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SOME MORE POINTS TO PONDER

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Functions Concepts/ big Building Types Users
Ideas
Dance sustainability Institutional Poor people

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Recreation Hi Tech Memorial Special children

Research Climate Commercial artists

responsive
professionals

What if----(Building Types)-------------- for ---( Users)--------------

with ( Concept)
--and Location

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INNOVATIONS IN TOPIC SELECTION

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 Topic of competition
 Live government proposal

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 Region specific topics

 Amalgamation of typologies

 Smart Titles

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FORM OF ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

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 Programmatic
 Socio cultural

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 Historic
 Typological
 Contextual response
 Theoretical
 Preservation
 Adaptive

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SOCIAL/ GLOBAL / ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES

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 Sustainability/ global warming/ climate change
/urban heat island/ energy efficiency

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Urban
issues Dissaster/
rehabilitation

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Rural
development

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USERS

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 Small children  Research scholars
 Students of various  Politicians

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disciplines  Industrialist
 Poor people  destitute
 Slum dwellers  Differently abled
 Youth  Rich people
 Women  Professionals
 Old people  Artists
 Different kind of  Artisans
patients  Office goers
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DIFFERENT STYLES
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MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS
SOME INNOVATIVE TOPICS

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 Farm to fork

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 AI, VR, digital academy
 Institute and Studios for Gaming and Animation, Multimedia Film
City.
 Fashion Technology Park.
 Memmorials
 Film cities
 Embassy
 Capital cities
 Museums
 Media centre
 Supreme /dist/high courts

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THANK YOU
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