SRM Institute of Science & Technology

(Deemed to be university u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

School of Architecture & Interior Design
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B.ARCH IX SEMESTER - THESIS – 2020

SYNOPSIS FORMAT

Students should prepare and develop the following parameters for their thesis topics proposal:

1. Title/Thesis Topic
2. Introduction and Background study of the Project/Topic.
3. Aim
4. Objectives
5. Scope and Limitations
6. Literature case studies
7. Thrust Area (Research or special study)
8. Site and details
9. Conclusion
10. Bibliography

1. TITLE/THESIS TOPIC
- State the title of your thesis.
- Mention a concise subtitle phrase that refers to the basis of the idea, context or program
Of your thesis.

2. Introduction and Background study of the Project/Topic.

Be Precise.
A brief introduction elaborating the significance of the architectural thesis topic/project.
Support with the background study with appropriate references quoted.

3. Aim
It expresses an aspiration or the intention of the study.
Mention the boarder aim (overall intent) of the project/topic.
State the reason why are you doing the project/topic?
Chose a clear domain which helps in determining the desired outcome of the project.
Your aim should be specific and phrased in such a way that it is possible to identify when
It has been achieved.

4. Objective
State the specific statements that you have envisioned for your thesis.
State the issues, concepts and questions that lead to the desired results of the project.

5. Scope and Limitations (Program and Site)

State the scope of the project envisaged by you in terms of the programmatic needs and
demands.
Emphasizing on design outcomes.
State the Limitations definitively which correlates with the project.

5.1. Program Checklist (Requirements)

- The program (Building typology, thrust area, context, theme etc.)
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 SRM Institute of Science & Technology
(Deemed to be university u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)
School of Architecture & Interior Design
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- How do you process for the development of the concepts and ideas behind your thesis?
- Mention the requirements (space, activities and uses)
- Determine the scale of the project with reference to the site and context.
- Identify the user category in specific.

6. Literature case studies

- Identification of possible Net and Live case studies.
- The scale of the examples chosen has to be same as the project scale.

7. Thrust Area (Research or special study)

- Area of Focus on a specific extent of research area.
- Relevance of the study which leads to the architectural solutions.
- Emphasis on understanding, knowledge gained and challenges.

8. Site
- Identification of the site location with the context setting (City, Town, Sub urban or
Rural)
- Site Justification (live or Hypothetical, existing land use, ownership)
- Discretion of the panel/review committee members to finalize the site considering the
relativity, scale, context, scope of the project.
- Comparative Analysis of various sites can be adopted if needed to identify the potential
site.

9. Conclusion/Summary of the work

- Identification of the major conclusions you are working on.
- List the design developments you are seeking through the thesis work.
- If there are no conclusions at the moment, then enumerate the possible contributions of
the work.
- Make recommendations for future work on the topic

10. Bibliography
- List the identified and trusted sources used as references so far.
- List the publications/books you have already identified for your literature study.
- List only published or accepted books/papers.
- Never claim contents of the publications/books as your own.
Always give credit where it is due.

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