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0ouncil o{ Architeeture (lncorporateo under the ArchitectL Ac|.1972) Definitions lr rFese egulJr,ons. Jnless the @nre^t olheaise reqLies ra' 'Ac" rearr +. A,c5,l€s A- 197- t20 ot197?)
(bl "Councjl' neans oi Council ofArchireclure consUtuted under Seetion 3i
(c) 'Etecutive Commilee" means ihe Executive Comninee constituled unde. Section 3;
(d) "Faculry means ihe tullijme teaching slalTmembeG in fie serytae oiihe insriution:
(e) 'lnsljlLtions'rneans die mliegetdepariments/schools ofarchtecture in tndia imparting lnstructions for recognized quatifimticns;
iD "Recognised qualmcatuns' neans any quaMcation in archnecrurc for rhe time being inctuded in the Schedute or notitied Lnder
(1) The archileclure murse shallbe oj minimLrm durarion ol5 6ed6mic y€ara or 10 semesters ofapproximarety t6 wo*ing weeks each inclusive ol six months/one somesrer ot approximalely 16 wo ing weeks of pEcU6l tE nin! aiier rhe nd sbge in ; prciessionai
(2) The archib.turc couBe may be @nducted in 1wo srages.
(3) Tne nEt 3 acgdema years / 6 semesteB oi apprcx,malely 16 workjng weeks ech ot lhe coulse shal be a basjc slandad 6urse and shalrbe,he fr$ stzgF Pbvid€d ftat @nddais admiHed lo the 6urse shalt complete the fiBi slage withjn g yea6 ot admission ro the course.
(4) Tns se@nd stage oi the couree shalt be oi 2 aedBmic l,€aB / 4 semeslers or appbximalety 16 workjng weeks each.
{5) The @mpislion ol lilst slage sha! not quatiry candrdaies tor reqisfabon under the Ardilects Act, i 972.
(1) No €ndjdare, wjth i€ss-th& Sooz ma(s rn agg€gare, shar, be admitred io rhe?rdrirecture .ouGe unrss he/she has passed a, exaDinalion al lhe 6nd o, the new 10+2 scheme ol Senior SchooJ ceninBie EEminarion or equivateil with t athemariG a; a subjecl oi examinaiions at ihe 10+2 tevet."
(2) wrere 1O+2 schere is not intodued. @ndidales musr have passed aner 11 yeare schooting the Higher secondary/preuniveBity/pr*ngineenng or eqLivElenl examinatjons in the Science group oI any re@ngniz;d Univmity dBoad wnh English, physi6, Chemislry a1d MathemalrG as ompulsory subjecB.
(3) The lnslilulions mav subiecl the Endidates, seelmg admEs on ro rhe archirecrure mulse, lo aptirude te$s speciauy designed ro assessthe candidaies aplilldet .
Providedihatno sepaEte aplilude lesis mav be onducted *t€F irtm sms.e made brough @mperiiive examinalicns.
,4' r.e nrll4iors stal rct gir we.g-rEge o' no.e ral5oqq ma.ks to.lpuruoe re^r inhF a aner o, aonseons []itf{lMUtii STANDABDS 0F AITCHITECTUEAt EDUCATIOfT resardh REGULATI0I{S. 1983* Ith regard . r exercise .i the porveu coniercd by clauses (e) (s) (h) and (j oi sutFseciio. (2) oi seclioh 45 read wiilr s.cia, 21 .i h. Atci:t\\.e.\! /'.i 1!72 $ oi ')372t $e Carnci oi Archtelure with ihe aDDrovat of the aentr6t covehreni herebv makes the fou.erl!, regri.l o.s n2ae\, :
' r. Shorifine a.d Commehceh€.:
(1) These resuiatcls mey b€ c"Jied the Counc I oi Ar.nnecu.e (trlni um Standads !i tuchiiecrural Eoucarron) Regutaiions 19A!.
(2) They shalj mhs inlo Joi@ on rhe dale ot lhet pubticatjon in tire O6cjal Gaete..j ;L I i ih ttre Gazetle ot lndi., Pbn SEclton 4, 26ii March. i 9A3 and by Nolif€iion jn the Gazete ot tndi. dated January 7,2006 37 5, lnrake and MigErion
(1) The sanciioned inlake ot candidales al the f6r year level shall nor exceed a matimum of 40 in a class. li more than 40 canddales are admitl€d, separaie classes shall be orqanled.
(2) Th€ instil'rlions may pemit, at their dis@tio.. migration of srudenrs trom one insrhDrion lo anorher suqer ro rhe maximlm number or students not exeedins lhe pemilted maximrm inlake in a cl6s.
6. Coues and pedo.ls of Slidies
(1) The inslitutions impading inslruclions io architecture r€quired for g€nting recognized qlalilierions may iollow ihe c;urses and penods of sludies as p€scribed in Alpendix,A e) Tn€ insliiulion shail, as an inlegGl part of archilBctural educalion dEicdrm and as a parl ol leaching prog€mre. arange lor study !ouE. vsils to pla@s olar.r ecluElrnle€sls
7. Protesslonal exanlnation, Standards of proficletrcy and @ndhions of admlssions, qualifi@tion of examin.re 11) ' The UnilBrsity or ai indepe.denl examining body sharl @ducl the examinations al the end ot each stage.
(2) Th€ sessional wo( snall, 6s lar as pNible, b€ assessed by a jury or intehal and extemal eEmineB.
i3) The reightage of matu tur subjocls having bolh class work ma*s 4 well 4 eEDinalion m.rks may not exed the ratio of 5O:5O.
(4) The ps perniage shall noi b€ less than 457. in 6ch subj€cr and 6hal nor be tess flrsn 5O%.n rhe aggrcsate.
(s) Candidales wrro have passed in ths inisrnal a$Nmenr, shatt onty be permilod to appear in an elamtnation.
(6) An examirer tor any oI the subiects or €iaminalion shali have a minimum or 3 yeals teaching/prcfsssional €xp€nen.6 in hivher field
8. StandadB or staF, equtpment accommodation, traininq and other tacttlties for Gchntcal edurcatiotr
(1) The insiitnions shali mainaain a Eador/studenl ratio of 1:8.
(2) The inslit'nins sharl havs a minimum number of 12 tacufiy ,rlembeE for a student strenstl ol 1oo.
(3) Ihe instit'nion witr' lhe marmum anlake of 40 in a class may have the facuhy pattem as prescribed in Appendix,B.
(4) The institulions shall en@ulage tne iaculty m€mbeF to invorve in proiass,onal prac{cs including rcsearch.
(5) Th€ instlutions shall prcvjde tucilines as indicated in Appendlr{.
(6) The instlutions shall en@uEge exchange of laculty membeB tor academic programmes.
Not*ilhstanding any'thing @nlained in lhos€ r€gulalions, th€ insiitLrlions may pre$ribe minimum skndards olArchitectlEl Education provided such slandads does nol , in lhs opinion of th€ Council, iall b€low tie minihum standads pre$dbed from lirne to time by ilre Council to mer the requi.ements of th€ protossion and ed@lion lhereoL 38 APPENDIX.A C,ourses, Periods of Sludy and Subiecb of Examination Shgel-BasicCrulsc st N.. Subjects of b€minaton Minimum No. of penods of aO to 60 minul€s duEiion Building Maierals and Scien6 ArchaeduEl Drswing afld GraPhi6 Slructural Mehanie and Theory of Siruclure su ey'ng and Levelling Erllding SeMes & Equipment Estim8ting E Cosling Pnnciples of Human setdoments 600 360 60 360 ''120 '120 60 300 60 90 60 60 .60 2310 The names givsn to the subjocls or study are suggestive only. The *me subiocls pedaining to lhs archil€c1ure may be laught urxror difisront nam6- The emphasis on teaching various 6ubj6crs may vary tom inslituUon to instlulion. New subiecls may be inlroduc€d and @ltain subjocts given less empnasis dependins upon the rcqui€menl and edu.slional Ph ffiphy of an inslilution- The subiels ol LandsGpe Ossign, Hum6.itis and Estimaling & Coslins m6y, if desircd, b€ laughl in lhe seco.d sLge of the coulse-.
_ _ For the puIP@ of calcrlaling lie P€nods ol sludy. 30 penods p€r wek per sam€6ter/tenn of dass are ffiirercd lo b6 adequata. For 3 yeals of 6tudy at the .al€ ol 16 rceks p€r s€meslsrltem, lhs tolal lor fFt stag€ woi<s oul to b€ 2840 penod5.
3 ln order to give ftledom lo the Insftnjons lo odeut the Cou6e as p€r h6t M philosophy, approx. 75 p€rcent of ihe total psiods ol sudy have been laken into ac.ounl for calculatng the mininum hours of study lor 6ach subj€ct *hile the inslibriions may allot ttE balance appmx.
25 peEnt of tt€ study pBiods to lhe sublecls of the choice
4. Minimum totat contacr lsriods should be 2a80. Thus, 570 penods are 10 b€ allolted by lh6 instit'dion to lhe subjecis of tr'eir choie.
39 Brief description ofthe subiects listed in the Stage_l ofthe Course
1. ARCHITECTUFTALDESIGN f""ii::JgT"i"'f:,?i'fi'#31'li',1:3il;""-'"'""''""u'Id'|^eso mad'|ur @np'|e<rves schoo,s co,,'se. D'oens.les shops
2. EUILD'NGCONSTRUCITON ail :.11i 'j5g:: I?iffs or buirdins Tnstructon oi rr€dium @mprexity with rimber sio'e. bnc.\s concrere etc. ,ncrudns icundarrc., 3, BUILDING IIIIATERIAL AND SCIENCES Knowledge of basic building maierlals and their behaviour such as bricks, srones. metars, rimber and nnishing maleriars Etrects of crimaleon buitt envtonmenl to be abte to design lor comfortabte condirions 4, ARCHITECULTRAL DRAWNG AND GRAPHICS Ability to piesenl in graphic fom allelemenls oidesrgn - sludy oI shades and shadows, texlures. tones, @rours, geometncat fom, pe6pec_lives ano prcjections ree hand drawing and,enderjng
5. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE sludy of vaious st!4es oiArchiledure and niethods of consiruction ihrough the ages in the wodd with emphasis on tndjan Achiieciure
6. WORKSHOP PRACTICE i?liy,i";}"# 'r:U'If;ff'wih vahous maredah $ch "" ".*-0o"" **. 0,,o,* o,,",., o,*n" .-- .erars Abir,y ." make sirore
7. LANDSCAPE DESIGN yffiff#iX'"3|#*"** erements ri*e tre€s, shrubs, prants, water Eks and dev.ropmenr or rands@pe prannins and apprierion in 8, STRUCTURAL MECHANICS AND THEORY OF STRUCTURES UndeBtanding lhe shuclu€t conceDls and ber stabs, wals h concrete. steet 6nd rihhpr Eviour of structural etemenrs, siDpte calcutations for columns, beams, ,ames footings.
9. SURVEYING AiID LEVELLING unde.tandmg ol Ercus $tuev and levelling rn"lrume.ts, €rrying oul sutugys of rand of hedium compre,aty and prepararion of suruey ,0. Bt'ILDING SERVICES & EQUIPllENr Study of and designing ,or walar suppty, dnaiiage, s€wage djsposat, eleclricity supply, winng and iighting br buildings.
11. HUitANtnFs Sludy of $ciotosy, economis and culrure, as appri@bte ,or desEn oi numaD senrements.
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ESTIMATING AND COSTING St€lehs of laking od quanrjlies and estimating for all rades invotved in @nshwtion of medium comptexfiy.
13. PRINCIPLES OF HUII'AN SETTLEII'EN,S Man and envtonmenl: Biorogi€rand behaviourar esponses 10 human seuem'nlsi Design ior riving, narurarand buirr-envibnnent.
Anoeflle,s6ndibdLsesonsetUemenIeno.leaplanNng'nhdia HLnEr el,emEals dunns ancienl medrevat and mcd *ntemenrs ouh oy rrrusr,is a;; i,;;;;L1'#;ff"- p'riods in 'jndi€' Eurcpe and orher parrs or the worrd. chancreristi* oi human 40 Staqe-ll Subjects of Examination Minimum No. ot pedods or 5{l l. 60 minulB duraiion Architeclum! design. planning and thesis Building Construciion, Malerials and Specilicalions Building Sciene & Setuies Town Plannins Oheory) 0 (i0 (iiD iiv)
(v) {vi) 570 210 60 60 90 15 45 60 1110 The names gtven to the subjects of siudy are susgeslive only. Th€ same slbjeds penaining to he archilectire may be t6'rght under different names. The emphasis on te€ching various subjects may vary liom insiiiulion 10 insthnion. N€w subFcls may be intDdued and cstah subiects Oiven less emphasis depending upon the requterenl and educatjonal phil@phy of €n inslituiion. Teacling in lhe *@nd slage may be a lol moe fexible. studenls hay obtain employment and roy come back io @mdete the p.€scnb€d couBe laier lt mav also be possible 10 complete the s@nd siage of the cDurs€ as a pari time @u6e dep€nding upq th€ hcililies availabla an an in$nLnion.
For ihe pulpoe of calculaiing the p€dods or siudy, 30 penods ps w€ek per *mster^€rm oI das a€ @nsidered to be adoquale for 1% y€als of study al the rale of 16 eeeks ps s€meste.ftem, the iotal ior s6cond stage wofl oul !o be ',440 houE.
ln older to qive fteedom to lhe inslilutions to onent their @ue as per tttei orvn philo$phy, approx. 75 Per cent of it'e to,al pedods of study have been taken into a@unt for @lculaiing the minimum penod of study for eadl subjecl whils hs instlutions may allot ihe belane apprcx. 25 per cent of lhe study penods to li'e subjed or heir choice.
l,linimum total @nlacl podod should be 12140. Thus 360 penods 6re to b€ allotled by the instiuion to the sublects of then choice.
Sriel Description of the Subjects Listed in tho Stage-ll ot the Course :
Design of complicaled buildings and campLrs€s involving analylical studies or buildins snd sPae lrom sodological, sconomic and @nural points ol view such as Unjv*ities, indusidal Eshts, Housing Scher€s €tc. Thesis on a subiecl requidng delailed analyti€l study to lay d(M Elidily ard design cnGda pre*uled in gEphic iom, hodels ard reporl. Thesis may ale be on 6ea.ct prcjecls Pesenled as a wdten repo4.
eutLotNe co,{srnucFoi{, MATERAIS aND sPEclFlcATloNs Study ot advanced building onsrructjon methods wirh new matedals such as'plasti6, mel6ls, syntnetc boards and lalesl techniqu* in the us ^f mnmre i BUTDING SCIENCES E SEFMCES :
stidy ol A@ustics, Ai.4ondiiioni.g, Heating, csling, Medanical irstaltaions, Fir6-conirol, wster sopplv and DEimge srst€m ior @ndi6ted buildings.
i -.3 4'1 5, IOWN PLANNING ITHEORY) A general undeElandjng ot Town planning prin.iptes as they have evotved lhrough the aoes PROFESSIONAL PRACT'CE Ihe e{orinalio. h prolesrolat pr4crre r dps'oned ro assess rhe ,no edga sh,t,anonatulywh,chir,rhearch,te.,.oru,)r.-p,oie.sond :I:?;..1,:: l' *.*. * or hp r a, -aqprenr or dr oft@ o.oali,d.,; ro, r /h ds d p,,i,*" i..,"_" +-,a.ovq rh-,olow,on O"-n"r"r onn"'r"" or "Ai". Coi,r a , Afl. Euito,ng Conl a rc aenaral,/ Colon,onr and t6mq or @nl,acr Ao a,1r .r.dl on or 6n r".kPr tr cipies or d'bi"arrcr rno.an a, b'rralor a. r r pai u aruo,ron or propei.es e;"hil;;" ;;;;Jffi;' ;;.
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o, p, op"n,". p"oonwiri.d codes oI P,acice cond,r,on> o, Fneaseaenl. DJries ano ,;soo1s.oi,,r.e. o, a" ,, ",;i ;" ;;;. ," "".e, . 01 dc,o . ,erabproles:rcnalandpUblic'|nd'arslanoards8codesoiPrae'.A ( Pianning and Buitding teglstarion elc has ben omirled because thrs rs @vered under ",r0,", "r"-nr" _ n j j, BUILDIl{G AYE-IAWS studv ot buiiding .eguralions to enabieto design and prepa.el'wings ior submrssion to concemed bodres srnuctuRe sysfeus ' " Study of new slruclurat lechnotogy such as sDae ti rechn,'ou6 carcuraiions ro, rn*" n"n"'o*" *" ""iliol.J:ei'r+sins sh'rrs am undeBGrd'nq otrhe I'm'|rarrons ano s@E orrhese ,aa"*aa "r", o",
(b) Udan Oesign
(d) BuildingManagement
(e) Laidsc€oe oesisn lnlensive study of oDe or more ot the subt*ts ofered sL,q€ds mav be eniarsed bur,n", "ror,o o" ,.,","0 ,"T,i'nictive dePending upon rh6 expertise avaiJable to an instilulion
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42 APPENDIX. B showing the designation, pay-scale and qualification etc. required to be prescribed for facult posilions Rs 70ll40-110G5().1600 2 Reader/AssltPofsor Rs.120G50-1300-6S1900 Bachelols Degree in Architecture or equjvalenl plus lwo yea6 of.elevant pmfessional expedene OR'."'.
Ma$eis Deqr@ in tuchrleeliJdo. equryaFnl and one yeErs relavar I professioFal experien@. Prcvided iurlher thal if a @ndidale dG not possess a Masleas DegFe in Arcnileclu+ and professiona erpeFen@ or d oetson Dos*ssng such experience is not found suitable, Ihe person epPoinred will be requied 10 obtain lire desned p@ressional expenen@ wilhin a period oi ftE yeaB on his appointrenr hiling which he wili not be able 1o eam tulure infiern€nt unlil he B.Arch. or equivalent with 7 years experience in Teachino / Research/ OR M. Arch. Or equivalent lith 5 y€ars exPeriene in T@chino,/Prof€ssiofial Work.
B.Ardr. or oquivalent wih 10 y€F of experjen@ in Teching/Resrch wo*.
Expnence of guiding Gsearcn.
OR M- A.ch. or equivalent wilh I years of expeien@ in Teaching/R€search/ Rs 1500{G180G10} 200u125t2-2504 Rs.1500{G1800- 100-200G12512 2500 B.Arch or equivalenl wiu) 10 yoa6 experience in T€acr ng/ReearcrvPDresional work. Expedene olguiding lesearch.
OR [,!. Arch. O. equivalenl with 8 years of expsrience in Teaching/ Re*arch/ ' 5. Th€ lnsirtrjlior may appoirt Pofessor of Emiren@.
1- lt is advisable that approx. 25% ol the teaching load should be allolted to the visiting racurly $ that the students 8re broughl in closer contact wjih the p€Mns actively eugag€d in prac{ie.
2. Each instrlulion may have a staff stuctue .onsisling ot the following :
Prindpal or Head of D€partn6ni and Pml€ssors, Assti. ProiassorvReadsrs and L*lureE in lh€ ratlo oi 1 :2:4.
3. The Insflutions may recrual qualmed peBons in ihe lield ol Engine€dng/Oty. s!rueying/AdHumaniti6 depending on he aduel r€q'riremenis againstrhelolai sa.ctioned str€ngli.
4- The equivateni qualiicarion_shall mean any such qualilicarion as Gcognised by the Council oi Architecture ,or regislralion as an Architeci under section 25 of tre Aahiteds Act. 'l 972.i:...
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APPENDIX - C Physical Facilities The tnsiitLdion of Architeclure should be located in a building 10 have a fioor area of about 1 5 sq.m. per studeni. Th€ building should indude class r@ms and a1 leasi 5 sludios, adequate spa@ for fa@lty membeE, library wortshop, matenals museum, labolatoti€s, €xhibilior'/dnreF ence room, office accommodation and @omon area for sludenls and dan The spac€ requirements per sludent for arciiledural oducation whether in the tnstitution orin 81e Hosrelare apt !o be more than lor hosi other types of prolessional oo!6es like engineenng 8nd medicine because ofthe ta.ge space requircd for preparalion ofdrawings. Tiis factor should be bome in mird in the design or Hoslels and Studios.
Fa.ilitiesmayal$beproMdedlorextra'drricUlaraciivili6andspons, The equipment in the workshop/aboEtories has atso 1o be provided lo mser with the special requiremont ior archilectural edu@tion. lt i5 desirable to provide locker faciiities in the studios for students.
The Library, Workshops, Laborabnes and Phorography unit should be managed !y proiessionally qualiSed siaff wilir adequate supporting staff 10 assisr rhe sludenls and Iadlty members in rhelr aedemic prcgBmmes. Thj?re should also be adminislralive suPpdling slatr to run the Ir is desirabte 10 provide hostel a@mmodalion and ,Eidenlial a@mmodalion tor sratr and students in close prcximity of the inslitrl'on.
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