Course Structure Special Lectures, Workshops and Seminars Educational Tours Thesis Projects Faculty Training and Achievements

Course Structure

The college conducts a five-year (10-semester) course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), which is recognized by the Council of Architecture.  The total course is divided into two stages:

Stage One is from the first semester to the sixth semester, awarding the Degree of Bachelor of Building Science. A university examination is held at the end of each semester.

Practical Training

The students in their seventh semester undergo a 24-week practical training in approved architectural offices/firms. This helps them in gaining practical knowledge in office and on the site. It also helps in eliminating the gap between the theoretical and the practical approach to handling a project.

Thesis

In the tenth semester every student undertakes a thesis project in which he gets an opportunity to prove his ability to independently handle all phases of a building design.  The thesis project comprises the following:

a) A typed and illustrated report which includes validity of the chosen subject, methodology, aims and objectives, prototype studies, client's and architect's briefs, conclusions and design criteria along with sketches, photographs, tables, diagrams, etc.
b) A fully worked out design proposal along with models and three dimensional views.

Students are encouraged to develop expertise in the areas of their own interest and to develop a sound base for pursuing further studies in their chosen fields of specialization for which a large number of elective subjects like interior design, landscape design, advanced structures, town planning, urban design, architectural journalism, construction management, energy-efficient buildings, computers in architecture, etc. have been provided in the eight and ninth semesters, apart from the major subjects of Architectural Design and Building Construction. 

Special Lectures, Workshops and Seminars

To support our academic program, workshops, seminars and special lectures in various areas are organized in the college from time to time by eminent professionals from diverse fields.  An art studio where clay modeling and related workshops are held regularly has also been established under the supervision of the Lecturer-in-Art.  Besides this, the college has two regular annual events in the form of “Archo” – a cultural & sports week held in March every year and the “Le Corbusier Day” in October every year dedicated to academic and professional introspection through seminars and lectures.  Eminent landscapist Prof Ravindra Bhan made an insightful presentation on the occasion of Le Corbusier Day 2002. Mr B V Doshi, one of the country’s foremost architect, made a presentation of his works and had an “Interactive session with students”.

1.      Mr Raj Rewal another doyen of the profession, delivered the Le Corbusier Memorial Lecture. On this occasion, city’s first Indian Chief Architect, Mr M N Sharma, also addressed the gathering.

2.      Mr Ashok Bhavnani, a Princeton University educated architect, based in USA made an audio-visual presentation on “Environment-Friendly  Architecture”

3.      Miss Nikta and Ms Maria do Mar from the University of Venice delivered a lecture titled “Of Other Spaces”.

4.      Prof B.R.Batra delivered a lecture on “Evolution of Walled City – Amritsar”. We were also visited by distinguished architects from abroad such as Mr Hasan Khan from M.I.T. and former Editor of Mimar, a top international journal of architecture, who interacted with the faculty.

5.      Ar. Jasbir Sawhney delivered this year’s Le Corbusier Memorial lecture.

Faculty Training and Achievements

The real strength of an academic institution lies in its continuing endeavor to update its human resources, as such the following teachers of our college attended various conferences or are on study leave for upgrading their qualifications:-

1.      Ms Kiran Joshi, Professor attended a large number of national and international conferences and presented papers. Just to name a few:

           She attended the 3^rd mAAN Conference at Indonesia and also Chaired the technical session “Networking and Collaboration. Her articles on Chandigarh were published in the book “Le Corbusier and Chandigarh ”.

Her paper “Negotiating Diversities” has been accepted for the DOCOMOMO Conference 2004. She also designed the technical session “Utopie en marche” for an international Conference at Paris, and attended QIP course on Re-use of Historic Buildings” at Bangalore.

She is currently editing “Corbusier’s Concrete” and designing the technical session “Modern Asian Heritage” for an international Conference to be held at Shanghai .

2. Mr Pradeep Bhagat, Assistant Professor’s paper “An Expression of Development” has been accepted for presentation in the International Conference on Cultural Heritage being held at Argentina . He attended the short term courses “Colour Applications to Buildings”. at  Roorkee; “Academic Planning and Management” held at Chandigarh , and Conservation of Built Heritage, at Bangalore .

2.      Mr Bipin Kumar Malik, Assistant Professor  guided the consultancy projects, namely Riding Club, Chandigarh , Entry Points, Chandigarh ; and Revitalisation of Sector 17 Plaza. His paper “Planning of Cities – A case Study of Chandigarh ” has been accepted at the University of Illinois , Chicago .

3.      Mr Sohan Lal Saharan, Assistant Professor, attended a short  term course on “Seismic Design Control Methods” at MNIT and on “Innovative Solar Passive Architectural Designs”. He is regularly monitoring the progress of Haryana Tourism’s project adventure theme park at Morni.

4.      Ms Sangeeta Bagga Mehta, Lecturer’s paper titled “Tropical Urban Spaces” has been accepted for presentation for the Conference to be held at Singapore and she also attended a short term course on “Conservation Through Adaptive Re-use”, Bangalore .

5.      Mr Jatinder Pal Singh, Lecturer is registered for his doctoral studies with Panjab University , Chandigarh   and is pursuing research in the area of Slum Rehabilitation strategies.

6.      Mr Sujay Sengupta, Lecturer, attended a workshop on “ Punjab Town Planning Act, 1995” and an interactive session on “Trends of Urbanisation”. He also attended seminar on Options for infrastructure Development” and training programme on “Rainwater Harvesting.”

7.      Ms Deepika Gandhi, Lecturer attended a two day seminar on ‘Solar Passive Buildings’ at Chandigarh and wrote a paper titled ‘Vastu vis-a-vis energy efficiency’ for a publication of the seminar. 

8.      Mr Sujay Sengupta and Ms Deepika Gandhi, Lecturers, attended the short term course on " Induction Program for Teachers of Technical Institutes "at NITTTR, Chandigarh.

Educational Tours

Educational Tours to different places of architectural interest are necessary for comprehensive architectural education.  Tours and site visits are organised with a view to expose the students to India's rich cultural heritage, besides giving them an opportunity to study examples of significant modern architecture at first hand. 

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 .
 

List of approved Thesis Topic -- Session 2008-2009 

List of approved Thesis Topic -- Session 2009-2010 

Post Graduate Courses:

The College has made significant progress in the academic as well as the research fields.  It is now recognized as an eminent institution of architecture in the country having produced a number of valuable research-based thesis projects.  We are likely to start M.Arch. degree program in the disciplines of Urban Design, Landscape Architecture and Conservation in the near future.           

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