GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING
GATE 2013 SYLLABUS
ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING ENGINEERING (AR)
1.City planning: - Evolution of cities:principles of city planning;types of cities & new towns; planning regulations and building byelaws; eco-city concept; sustainable development.
2.Housing:
- Concept of housing:neighborhood concept; site planning principles;housing typology; housing standards; housing infrastructure; housing policies, finance and management; housing programs in India; self help housing.
3.Landscape Design:
- Principles of landscape design & site planning:history of landscape styles; landscape elements & materials;plant characteristics & planting design; environmental considerations in landscape planning.
4.Computer Aided Design:
- Application of computers in architecture & planning; understanding elements of hardware and software; computer graphics; programming languages C and Visual Basic and usage of packages such as AutoCAD, 3D-Studio, 3D Max.
5.Environmental Studies in Building Science:
- Components of Ecosystem:ecological principles concerning environment; climate responsive design; energy efficient building design; thermal comfort; solar architecture; principles of lighting and styles for illumination; basic principles of architectural acoustics; environment pollution, their control & abatement.
- Principles of visual composition:proportion, scale, rhythm, symmetry, harmony, datum, balance, form, colour, texture; sense of place and space, division of space; barrier free design; focal point, vista, image ability, visual survey, figure-background relationship.
- Indian Indus valley:Vedic, Buddhist, Indo-Aryan,Dravidian & Mughal periods; European Egyptian,Greek,Roman, medieval and renaissance periods-construction and architectural styles; vernacular and traditional architecture.
- Architectural developments & impacts on society since industrial revolution: influence of modern art on architecture; works of national and international architects; art novuea, eclecticism, international styles, post modernism, deconstruction in architecture.
- Water supply:sewerage and drainage systems; sanitary fittings and fixtures; plumbing systems, principles of internal & external drainage systems, principles of electrification of buildings,intelligent buildings; elevators & escalators,their standards & uses; air- conditioning systems; fire fighting systems, building safety and security systems.
- Building construction techniques:methods & details;building systems & prefabrication of building elements; principles of modular coordination; estimation, specification, valuation, professional practice; project management techniques e.g., PERT, CPM etc;
- Behavioural characteristics of all types of building materials:mud, timber, bamboo, brick, concrete, steel, glass, FRP, different polymers, composites; principles of strength of materials; design of structural elements in wood, steel and RCC; elastic and limit state design; complex structural systems; principles of pre-stressing; tall buildings; principles of disaster resistant structures.
- Regional planning:settlement system planning;history of human settlements; growth of cities & metropolises; principles of Ekistics; rural-urban migration; urban conservation; urban renewal; Five-year plan; structural and sectoral plan.
- Planning survey techniques:preparation of urban & regional structure plans, development plans, action plans; site planning principles and design; statistical methods of data analysis; application of G.I.S and remote sensing techniques in urban and regional planning; decision making models.
- Principles of traffic engineering & transportation planning:traffic survey methods; design of roads, intersections, grade separators and parking areas; hierarchy of roads and levels of services; traffic and transport management in urban areas, intelligent transportation system; mass transportation planning; para-transits and other modes of transportation, pedestrian & slow moving traffic planning.
- Principles of water supply & sanitation systems:water treatment;solid waste disposal systems; waste treatment, recycle & reuse; urban rainwater harvesting; power supply and communication systems --- network, design & guidelines; demography related standards at various levels of the settlements for health, education, recreation, religious & public-semi public facilities.
- Planning laws:development control & zoning regulations;laws relating to land acquisition; development enforcements, urban land ceiling; land management techniques; planning and municipal administration; disaster mitigation management; 73rd & 74th Constitutional amendments; valuation & taxation; revenue resources and fiscal management; public participation and role of NGO & CBO; Institutional networking & capacity building.
