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Thesis Projects

CCA has about 1,000 B.Arch. thesis successfully completed by its alumni ever since the first batch graduating
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 .
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Business cum Recreational Centre, Goa .

Centre for Performing & Visual Arts, Chandigarh .
5-Star Deluxe Hotel at Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida.
Toy Museum and Research Centre, Greater Noida.
5-Star Deluxe Hotel at Gurgaon.
Multiplex at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
DLF’s Ready Built Office at Chandigarh Technology Park , Kishangarh.
Convention and Exhibition Center , Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
Meditation Space – Savitri Bhawan, Auroville
Venue for international Film Festival of India, Bambolim (Panaji), Goa
“Workspace Picnic”- Office Headquarters for Godrej Mumbai.
National Aerospace Museum Complex, New Delhi .
Sultan Ghari Sanskritik Kendra, New Delhi .
Quark Infocity, Mohali
Marine Archeological Museum at Panaji, Goa

Indian Embassy in Muscat .

Delhi Public School , Faridabad .

A Slum Rehabilitation Scheme at Molarband, Delhi .

Interpretation Centre for Bhoj Wetlands, Bhopal

Museum of Goddess and Sanskrit Bhawan, Mansa Devi.

SAARC Information and Documentation Centre, New Delhi .

Indira Gandhi Pratishthan Sansthan, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow .

Multiplex at Bangalore .

Habitat Centre, Patiala .

Precepts and Performance of Capitol Complex, Chandigarh with special reference to the Secretariat Building .

Sports Complex, Sirsa

Recreation-cum-Health Centre, Greater Noida.

Indian Institute of Management, Noida.

Centre for International Research on Human Unity, Auroville.

School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi .

Research and Tourist Centre at Lonar.

Habitat Centre, Panchkula.

Osho Commune at Delhi .

IT Park, Greater Noida

ISBT, Gurgaon

Aarogya Dham, Sector 3, Panchkula.

Habitat Service Centre, Noida.

District Jail at Narnaul, Haryana.

Gurgaon Exhibition cum Convention Centre, Gurgaon

French Pavilion, Auroville

Regional Habitat Centre, Ahmedabad

National Media Centre, Gurgaon.

Amity University of Information Technology, Noida.

Delhi Public School , Jaipur.

Noida International Centre, Noida.

Canara Bank Development Banking Institute, Gurgaon

Infosys Campus IT Park, Chandigarh .

Luxury Hotel at Forest Hill Resort

Protective Exhibition Space, Kurukshetra

National Institute of Design, Bangalore

Centre for Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts

The Chandigarh “ Botanical Garden

Masha Simrat Kaur Lucknow Racecourse

Humane Habitat for the Urban Poor of Chandigarh at Sector 56, Chandigarh .

Aqua Park at Rohini, Delhi .

Revitalization of the immortal link between the river and the town:Vrindavan Ghats.

“Galiara” – An approach to urban Conservation, Amritsar

Research and Training Centre in Palliative Care & Hospice

Meditation Centre, Delhi

THESIS TOPICS

THESIS TOPICS
The Residential enclave at Bangalore
Habitat centre
Institute for performing arts
Indian Institute of management –Noida
Eco Spa retreat at Thekkady
Iskcon Temple Complex-Chennai
Academy for the blind
Ayurvedic centre
Super speciality eye hospital
Freedom park-urban space in Bangalore
MegaMall @ Bangalore(Design of mixed-used building)
Amusement park at Kerala 99Batch
Mini Tidel Park at Coimbatore
City Centre @ Noida
Edathavalam for Sabarimala at Nalakkal
Sea-Sublime Entertainment Arena
National Institute of Port Management@ Ernakulam
Kumari Darshan at Kanyakumari
Indian Institute of Technology @ Palakkad
Luxurious Apartment complex
Music Academy @ ThiruvaiYaru
Innovative –Child and Youth development centre
Film and Video Park @ Trivandrum
Shrujan-Heritage Village
Multispeciality Hospital
Kalashram a centre for the Performing Arts
Mega Sports Complex-Ranchi
Chennai Motor speedway
Mall of Minerva at Bangalore
Convention Centre @ Hyderabad
Five star Hotel
Beach Resort at Bekal @ Kerala
Bio-IT Business Park
Herbal Park
Aviation University @ Madurai
Group Housing

THESIS TOPICS
Health Resort-Siruvani
Youth Centre at Madurai
School of Arts Architecture @Kanayakumari
Muthamil Maiyam
High Court Bench At Madurai
Children's Village
Tourist Centre the Gateway to Unknown at Gekar-Sinyi-
Arunachalpradesh
Knitwear Industry at Perundurai
GandhiMuseum Revitalisation of Madurai
Science centre
Algar kovil fort area development
Civic centre @ Hyderabad a place for people
Tuticorin Marine Drive
Residential school –Pondicherry
Vandiyur Lakeside Development
Inter university centre for astronomy and astrophysics
Kavalur
Islamic centre
Energy Efficient Approach
Television broadcasting centre at Chennai
G.K.G.Charitable Trust Hospital –Coimbatore
Prison –A Humane Approach
Vaigai River Front development
Weavers housing
Integrated wholesale market complex
Bharat Darshan At Bangalore
Information Technology Part-Chennai
Hill Resort –Kodaikanal
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Redevelopment of Madurai Periyar Busstand area –
Madurai
WholeSale Textile market at Koyambedu
Science Centre

THESIS TOPICS
Mass Rapid Transit system-Chennai
Car Manufacturing Plant
Film & Video Park Trivandrum
Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped
Center for Arts
Center for Digital Art and design
Bhaskara Kerala
Tourist Village at Sarbendra –Rajapattinam
InterstateBus Terminal at Chennai
Exhibition Pavilion-Chennai
National Institute of Port Management-Cochin
Multi-Speciality Hospital-Pondicherry
Golden city Vardehpalayam
Artisans village Madurai
Water Park at Chennai
Indian School of Business
Heritage villas at Hampi
Agriculture College at Thanjavur
Institute of Graphic Arts at Sivakasi
Paediatric Institute paediatric hospital and Research
Institute
International Convention Centre
Medical College
Neighbourhood Development Uthangudi Madurai
Design of Engineering College
Codissia Trade Fair Complex-
Coimbatore
Multiflex
Integrated wholesale Market Complex-Madurai
Five star hotel-Chennai
Goshree Islands Development
Conservation of Chennai General Post office
Accounts General's office
Image Institute of Photography Bangalore

THESIS TOPICS
Green Architecture-National Academy of construction –
Hyderabad
BuddhaPurnima lakefront development –Hyderabad
Citycenter
Integrated Resort Araku
Intelligent Buildings Design of an office complex
Five star Hotel,Coimbatore
Convention Center-Hyderabad
Thanjavur Heritage fort area Redevelopment of Tanjore
Seminary(light of hope centre)-
Madurai
Biotechnology park
Health Resort,Bangalore and an efficient approach
E-City’s Entertainment Ltd-chennai
Buddhist Heritage Circuit –Thotlakonda
University Campus
Rehabilitation Centre for children
Industrial Housing for Jayankondam lignite and power
project
Restructuring of urban scenario T.Nagar
Sports Complex-Noida
Hospice-(add days to life)
Multifunctional light rail transit station –Delhi
Amenities centre industrial park
Kalasangam-A Cultural Gallery –Hyderabad
Ecotourism and Wildlife and Research –Hyderabad
Cancer center-Pondicherry
Beach Resort –Vizha Pattinam
New Town Rajarhat civic centre
Center for folk arts
Arts & Science college ariyalur
Urban Haat Traditional Glimpse
Discovery Center

THESIS TOPICS
National Convention Center-Chennai
Rasa Commune (Barrier Free Community for the Mentally
challenged)
National Institute of design-Bangalore
Redevelopment of Bhavani Down-Urban Study
Police Academy-Campus Planning
Payanigal maiyam-chithambaram
Shilparamam-A cultural Village, Hyderabad
Green Resort
Arya vaidya sala
Indian Institute of Management –Indore
International National Residential School
Hotel design an energy efficient approach
National Institute of Port Management Wellingdon Island
A vedic study & Research Centre
Ashram
Family Entertainment centre-Cochin
Film city-Trivandrum
Science centre
Sub-central Business District Madurai
Leisure centre
Shrutilaya school of Indian classical music@ Chennai
Knowledge Park-An Intelligent Building
State Capital –Chennai
Kaladeep-ArtisansVillage
Self Contained Apartment Complex
Residential Park
Tourist Centre-Kancheepuram
Water Theme Park
Housing for Transport Staff Madurai
International Hindi University-Wardha
Orphanage

THESIS TOPICS
Science & Technology centre @ Coimbatore
Institute of Medical sciences-Andipatti
Mud Village @ Thanjavur
School of Music
Redesigning of Poompuhar Heritage centre
Socio Cultural complex
Spiritual centre for Iskcon @ Chennai
Truck Terminal an Integrated service complex
World trade centre
State Capital complex
Integrated whole sale Market Complex
Convention centre-Hyderabad
AAditya centre for Rehabilitation of the mind-CBE
Beach Resort at Behal
Resort at Mahabalipuram
Archaeological park-old
Leisure park at Tirupathi
Taj Wellington Mews at Mumbai
Mass Rapid Transit system at St.thomas Mount –Chennai
Phuntsoklin Tibetan Craft Settlement
Corporate Housing
Hill Resort-Eco village, Eco Resort-Vagamon
City centre at Salt Lake-Kolkata
Apparel Park-Bangalore
Institute of brackish water aquaculture-Mangalore
Biotech park-Bangalore
Bits-Birla Institute of Technology and Science –GOA

Info-Tech-Park at Bangalore

THESIS TOPICS
Hyderabad International Trade Exposition
International residential School at Hyderabad
Office Cum Entertainment Centure @ Ekkatuthangal-
Chennai
Hill Resort at Ponmudi-Kerala
Residential Condominium a passive approach
Town center at Karaikudi
ISBT @ Thiruvananthapuram-Kerala
Hi-Tech City @ Bangalore Intelligent building System
Textile Trade Centre
National Institute of siddha at chennai
Hotel Management & Catering Technology Institute
Tourist centre at Gangai Konda Cholapuram
Global Institute of Governance in the information age at
Hyderabad
Collectorate at Krishnagiri
Beach Resort at Chennai
Cost-Effedctive Neighbourhood
Shopping Mall
Smart Homes at Siruseri
Ayurvedic Retreat centre

THESIS TOPICS /SPECIAL STUDY

ECO RESORT AT BEKAL AT KERALA /eco tourism
RESIDENTIAL ENCLAVE AT TARABANAHALLI
/OPEN SPACES
SCIENCE MUSEUM AT SANA’A –YEMEN /YEMEN
ARCHITECTURE VIRTUAL REALITY /
LIGHTS MUSEUM / ARCHITECTURE AND LIGHT
HERITAGE CENTER AT MADURAI
INTER MODAL TRANSIT CENTRE-BANGALORE /
FIRESAFETY
SPORTS COMPLEX FOR COMMON WEALTH GAMES
2010, NEWDELHI / CABLE SUSPENDED ROOF
STRUCTURES
KOCHI MARINA VILLAGE COCHIN INTERNATIONAL
MARINA CLUB
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARK AT
COIMBATORE / BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT)
TEXTILE RESEARCH CENTER AT KARUR /
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
LEISURE STAY AT OOTY / INFRASTRUCTURE
MEDICAL TOURISM / LANDSCAPE PLANTS
CONDOMINIUM AT CHENNAI / TO DEAL WITH THE
 VARIOUS LANDSCAPE PRINCIPLES IN ORDER TO
DESIGN HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
SHOPPING MALL @ OMR, CHENNAI / LIGHTING
ENGINEERING COLLEGE AT KARUR
/CLIMATOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL CRUISE TERMINAL AT KOCHIN
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT PUNE /CAMPUS
PLANNING
BORSTAL SCHOOL / BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH
/AGEWISE CLASSIFICATION
SCHOOL FOR SPASTICS AT DWARKA / LEARNING
SPACES
SOCIO-CULTURALCENTER AT CNIDA / OPEN
SPACES
HABITAT CENTRE AT THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL AT NAVI
MUMBAI
BUSINESS CENTRE AT MUMBAI / STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM
A NEW DAWN AT WYANAD –AN ASHRAM /
SYMBOLISM IN ARCHITECTURE

1. Wild life institute of India in Behr.

2. Home for the aged.
3. Public school.
4. Centre for independent living. Rehabitation centre for the physically handicapped.
5. Civic centre at New Delhi.
6. Correctional centre for the 1st time offenders.
7. Doordarshan Kendra at Madurai.
8. Centre for mentally retarded children at madrass.
9. Paryatak ashray – tourist resort that embodies the living tradition of japan.
10. Shore like leisure centre.
11. central university at pondicherry.
12. rural school.

1. science and technology centre at coimbatore.

2. international air terminal at madrass.
3. unity temple – a temple of understanding.
4. proposed evergreen housing estate in Bangalore
5. kalaniketan – cochin.
6. halfway home rehabilitation centre for the mentally ill.
7. Gandhiji university at Kottayam.
8. Tropical botanical garden at Trivandrum.
9. Indian institute of management, lucknow.
10. archeological museum and research centre at Hampi.
11. fort cochin seafort development.
12. recreation centre at trichy.
13. centre for Christian studies and information.
14. proportioning system in traditional hindu arch.

1. School of architecture.
2. Passive solar Holliday resort.
3. Rehabilitation centre for the blind.
4. MEDO – a pharmaceutical industry and research centre t coimbatore.
5. Islamic centre at tirunelveli.
6. Cancer institute.
7. Film institute.
8. Regional sports centre at Trivandrum.
9. A tourist village at trichy.
10. District hospital at Kanya Kumari.
11. International convention centre at madras.
12. a religious complex at Jamshedpur.
13. Architectural college and research institute.
 14. College of art and design Madurai.
15. Saint school.
16. Indian institute of Technology, assam.

1. ecotel.
2. navi Gantal holistic approach towards disaster resistant housing
3. Institute of hotel management catering technology and applied nutrition
4. hospice care
5. genome research institute
6. world trade centre at Chennai
7. convergence centre for independent journals
8. integrated marine harvesting development centre
9. design of eco-village
10. multiplex-design at Bangalore
11. an energy efficient software park at mysore
12. sports complex at Hyderabad
13. hill resort at munnar
14. nandyal medical college
15. centre for textile technology
16. vertical city a study on vertical urbanism
17. urban realization: study of built environment of Sourashtra community at madurai
18. marine complex- a dive in to marine world
19. study of ghats of Varanasi

1. the integrated agricultural research centre at coimbatore

2. virtual abode-a setting for subnormal
3. design for holistic healing centre – an approach to subtle energy conscious architecture
4. resurrection of hampi- study of hampi village and group of monuments to develop the living standards
of its people
5. development of mansagar lake – as a tourist spot through the urban study of amber settlement
6. a centre for classical dance and music
7. “saransh” – study of ulsoor lake precinct and to rejuvenate it through the design of mixed land use
typology
8. an integrated approach towards developing patnitop as tourist village
9. centre for development of stones
10. line of force-an integrated high density habitat for the new millennium at auroville
11. study of charminar street and Miralam mandi area for redesign proposal
12. Metro plaza- an approach towards interior architecture
13. the national “space science centre”
14. “punarjanma” – a centre for treatment rehabilitation and research of people affected by HIV/AIDS
15. “pragathi” – a humanitarian design approach for a correctional centre through a study of psychological
impact of built environment
16. hi-tech park at nanguneri
17. Islamic- culture centre at nagore
18. a milieu for fashion amelioration at Bangalore

1. A STUDY OF BRITISH EXPRESSIONS AT CALCUTTA

2. A LEISURE VILLAGE AT COCHIN
3. A CULTURAL INSTITUTION WITH BARRIER FREE ENVIRONMENT
4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KNITWEAR FASHION TECHNOLOGY AT TIRUPUR
5. TOWARDS THE CREATION OF AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS “THE HUMAN TOUCH AT AUROVILLE”
6. DESIGN OF A VALUES MANUFACTURING UNIT AT RANIPET
7. MILLENIUM CENTRE AT CHENNAI
8. REDEVELOPMENT OF TRICHY CENTRAL BUS STAND
9. CENTRE FOR the BUILT ENVIRONMENT AT TARAMANI CHENNAI
10. HERITAGE AND TOURIST COMPLEX AT KHAJURAHO
11. UNDERSTANDING WALLS AND THE CONTEXTUAL DESIGN OF MUSEUM AT
CHANDIGARH
12. CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND WORLD TRADE ENERGY CONSCIOUS
APPROACH
13. NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY, MUNNAR
14. SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL
15. IN SEARCH OF SPECIAL IDENTITY FOR CREATIVE ASCENT
16. RIVER FRONT DEVELOPMENT SABARMATI
17. Regional HEADQUARTERS FOR “SUS” VILLAGES OF SOUTH INDIA A COLOUR
CONSCIOUS DESIGN
18. TAMIL KALACHARA MAIYAM- CENTRE FOR TAMIL CULTURE AT MADURAI
19. TOWARDS A NEED ARCHITECTURE A DEMONSTRATION FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

1. SCHOOL OF CULTURAL STUDIES – AT JAIPUR

2. PEOPLE’S PLACE- A CIVIC CUM COMMERCIAL CENTRE AT COIMBATORE
3. TEMPLE OF JUSTICE GUJARAT- HIGH COURT DESIGN OF ENERGY CONSCIOUS CMC
BUILDING
4. HARBOUR- SEAPORT AT GOPALPUR
5. REGIONAL EXPRESSION IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT
6. CONTEXTUAL OF A MASS RAPID SYSTEM STATION COMPLEX AT MYSORE
7. INSTITUTE OF RUBBER TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
8. TO REVITALIZE THE DETERIORATED GUISE
9. THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE IDENTITY OF MANDVI
10. AN AMBIENCE FOR TEXTILE AMELIORATION AT COIMBATORE
11. MORPHOSIS OF A PLACE, A STUDY INTO THE LOGICS OF DECONSTRUCTION STIMULI
AND SCIENCE
12. SANGAMAM… A CENTRE FOR AMELIORATION OF TAMIL CULTURE AND TOURISM IN
CHENNAI
13. MANDU – A STUDY OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER AND DESIGN OF TOURIST
VILLAGE
14. MEHRAULI… A STUDY OF CHANGES AND AN EFFORT TOWARDS CONTINUITY
PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT TAHAZ MAHAL TO AULIYA MASJID
15. ENERGY CONSCIOUS DESIGN OF A SOFTWARE COMPLEX
16. ENVIRONMENT FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT BANGALORE
17. VISUAL MEDIA CITY AT BANGALORE THIYAGARAJAN – A DESIGN PROPOSAL
18. KUMBAKONAM – MANIFESTATION OF TRADITIONAL SETTING
19. MIXED USE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
20. AN EXPOSITION OF HUMAN OSTENTATION AT CHENNAI
21. GREEK EMBASSY IN INDIA
22. ART MANOR
23. INDUSTRIAL CENTRE FOR AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING AND RESEARCH AT
THIRUVALLUVAR, TAMIL NADU
24. VISAKHAPATNAM EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
25. DOORDARSHAN KENDRA- DESIGN OF TV STATION AT PONDICHERRY
26. INTERFACE ZONE OF TRANSPOR – A STATION NODE OF MARKET SPACE KOYAMBEDU
27. RHYTHMS OF ASCENT IN ARCHITECTURE OF FORT COCHIN AND MATRAW CHERRY
28. LANDMARK COMPLEX IN COMMEMORATION OF INDIA’S 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
29. COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

1. BANGAL INTERNATIONAL CENTRE AT CHENNAI

2. LOW RISE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AT CHENNAI
3. ASIAD CITY – CALCUTTA
4. A HIGH DENSITY MODEL HOUSING AT HOSUR
5. NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL AT CHENNAI
6. ZONAL HABITAT CENTRE AT CHENNAI
7. “A STUDY OF FRENCH EXPRESSION” AT PONDICHERRY DESIGN OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
CENTRE
8. GOAN HERITAGE CENTRE
9. MULTI FUNCTIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE AT BANGALORE
10. CORE OF A SATELLITE TOWN – FARIDABAD(COAST CORE SATELLITE TOWN)
11. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AT CHENNAI
12. A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH FOR A HEALTH RESORT AT SIRUVANI
13. A SETTING FOR JAINA THOUGHT
14. A STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION AND MEANING DESIGN OF URBAN
MULTIPLEX AT BANGALORE
15. REJUVENATION OF CRAWFORD MARKET MUMBAI THROUGH A STUDY ON SPATIAL
INTERFACE AND IMAGE STRUCTURE IN MARKET PLACES OF COLONIAL PRECINCT
16. REFLECTION OF HERITAGE ON THE URBAN FORM OF PUSHKAR – AN INSIGHT OF A
COMMENSURATE DESIGN OF A “SHILP GRAMI”
17. REDEVELOPMENT OF CHENNAI CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION
18. INTEGRATED BUS- TRANSIT TERMINAL AT CHENNAI
19. BEACH RESORT AT GOA
1. SCHOOL OF GRAPHIC ARTS AT SIVAKASI
2. INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS – BANGALORE
3. RE INTERPRETATION OF SACRED SPACES. DESIGN OF SPIRITUAL COMPLEX AT
RAMESHWARAM
4. REVITALISATION OF MAMALLAPURAM THROUGH A STUDY OF THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOUR PATTERING IN THE TRADITIONAL URBAN SETTING
OF INDIA
5. A STUDY OF VERNACULAR AND CONTEMPORARY ENERGY CONSCIOUS TECHNIQUES
AND PROPOSAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTRE AT JAIPUR
6. CENTRE FOR INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION
7. MARINE TRAINING INSTITUTE
8. HEADQUARTERS FOR NON-ALIGNED NATIONS, BANGALORE
9. UNIVERSITY OF IDEOLOGY AT SRIRANGAM
10. ARRIVING AT DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS FOR
REPRESENTING ITS NOS. OF THREE CLIMATIC ZONES, APPLICATION OF DESIGN
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DESIGN OF CENTRE OF ENERGY STUDIES
11. ARTS AND HANDICRAFT CENTRE AT PIPLI
12. IN SEARCH OF REGIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL CONTINUITY THROUGH A STUDY
OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF KERALA
13. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CREATIVITY
14. CORRECTIONAL CENTRE FOR THE JUVENILES
15. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM AT TRICHY
16. EXPLORATORIUM
17. CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE ,MADRASS
18. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ADVANCED MEDICAL SCIENCE
19. National INSTITUTE FOR THE HANDICAPPPED
20. REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SURSAGAR LAKE – VADODARA
21. CITY CENTRAL COMPLEX
22. OLD DELHI – PROPOSED HERITAGE MUSEUM, KASHMERE GATE, DELHI
23. A HOLISTIC ENVIRONMENTAL FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT
24. INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH AT PERUNDURAI
25. INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.

1. socio – technical centre for environmental education

2. central silk and sericulture research institute and silk industry at Dharmapuri
3. Arogya Dhamam – a place for healthy leisure
4. high density urban housing
5. ocean park
6. state legislature complex
7. electronic technology park at kerala
8. Institute of hotel management and catering technology
9. post graduate institute of medical science at Tanjore
10. regional telecom training centre at madras
11. centre of excellence in bio- technology
12. world trade centre at madras

1. regional forest academy and research centre at Bangalore

2. sports city of south asia at Bangalore
3. regional science centre at coimbatore
4. police academic
5. anthropological museum and research centre at mysore
6. climatic design approach – a synthesis of vernacular and contemporary principles
7. high court bench – madurai
8. an energy conscious approach to design navodaya vidyalaya
9. mother dairy – madras
10. software research and development centre at taramani – madras
11. a contemporary fishing centre
12. automotive research centre
13. international airport

1. industrial design centre

2. an approach to the design of shopping centre
3. Jamia Darussalam
4. Agrahara – a study and documentation of 18 Vathima Agraharans , tanjore dist.
5. international convention centre
6. cardio and neuro research institute at Vellore
7. manolaya – a centre for mental health
8. Institute of oceanography at madras
9. design proposal for film city at madras
10. manonmaniam sundaranar university
11. Bharat diamond bourse(BDB) at Bombay

1. silk centre at kanchipuram

2. a study of the evolution of church architecture in tamil nadu diocese
3. national institute of sports at madras
4. Institute of leather technology and research at kanpur
5. residential public school at hyderabad
6. centre for electronic design and technology at thuvakudi
7. a religious complex at srirangam
8. district head quarters at nagapattinam
9. textile research centre at coimbatore
10. a setting of creativity
11. permanent capital complex
12. district health care complex at madurai
13. study of open spaces in planned housing colonies
14. centre for aquatic sports and indoor games – hyderabad
15. centre for the environment
16. eco sensitive agriplex
17. rajiv Gandhi centre for science and youth development at sriperumbudur
18. multi arts centre at coimbatore
19. airtropolis at madras
20. redevelopment Gandhi street market at trichy
21. agricultural university at trichy
22. redevelopment of new market at Calcutta architectural design of phase- 3
23. five star hotel at coimbatore
24. centre for oncology
25. Coimbatore stock exchange
26. kala academy – a school for music and dance at Chidambaram
27. retreat centre at Yelagiri hills, for C.M.C. Vellore
28. Bandra KUrla complex an international finance and business centre
29. Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) – Bombay

1. revitalization of Alappuzha : Venice of East

2. a centre for advertising studies at Pune
3. technopolis at chennai
4. architecture for the blind – a study and design of a comprehensive rehabilitation centre at
pondicherry
5. marine training institute at Cochin
6. design of a modern temple at Sriperamputhur
7. urban insertion an approach towards contextual design in old city at Madurai
8. rejuvenation of mahamandir area (jodhpur) through the redesign of social institutions
9. sea life park (vol-1, vol-2)
10. bangalore international airport
11. redevelopment of gopi talav
12. the design of infrastructural facilities for an automatic power station
13. bio technology park at Chennai
14. study of prefabrication and modular coordination (design of mid rise office complex)
15. light space form an understanding on the creative use of light and design of centres for fine arts at
pondicherry
16. revitalization of capital complex chandigarh
17. transportation interchange at Nerul, navi Mumbai
18. commercial cum recreational centre people place at Chennai
19. an energy conscious approach to the design of a resort at mamallapuram
20. incremental design in public housing at navi mumbai
21. a contextual conglomeration of systems at Kattupalli island
22. international convention centre
23. energy conscious design of construction equipment manufacturing unit
24. a study of step wells of Gujarat design of a cultural design at Gandhinagar
25. design of a mixed use building at Dubai
26. design of the Indian institute of technology at Dhakwad
 27. design of sea shore hotel
28. “so-Ham” ambience for self realization and austere living

CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE: CHANDIGARH

10TH SEMESTER B.ARCH.SESSION 2008-2009

TENTATIVE LIST OF APPROVED THESIS TOPIC 

Sr. Name of Thesis Guide Name of student Topic

No.
1. Mr Pradeep Kumar Nishaant Saxena Advanced Trauma Centre and Hospital,
Bhagat Sector 53, Chandigarh
– 22/04
Assistant Professor Jagjot Singh – 38/04 Eco Park at Mullanpur
Manav Batra – 20/03 Aquanarium-Aqua Display and Research
Centre, Chandigarh
2. Mr. Sohan Lal Saharan Aditi Gupta – 2/04 Utilization of Space Under Flyovers
Hina Sahi – 14/04 Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit System
Assistant Professor (MTRS) Study and Station Design at the
Majestic
Khushboo – 17/04 Railway Museum at Lonavala
Amit Kumar Verma – Institute and Studios for Gaming and
03/03 Animation, Multimedia Film City,
Sarangpur, Chandigarh
3. Mr. Parmeet Singh Debajyoty Dam – Centre of Excellence for Lighting,
Bhatt 9/04 Bangalore
Richa Talwar – 25/04 Waterfront Development – Beach
Assistant Professor Convention and Exhibition Centre,
(CAS) Pondicherry
 Sarang Goel – 30/04 Integrated Transportation Node, Sector
17, Chandigarh
Saumya Sharma – Architecture for Hills: A Site Responsive
31/04 Settlement at Dakhoo
4. Mrs. Sangeeta Bagga Aina Mittal – 3/04 Forest Research and Training Institute-
Mehta, Raipur, Chandigarh
Ruchika Thakur – Urban Entertainment Centre, Hyderabad
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 26/04

(Ms. Amrit Panwar &

Ms. Anu Singh,

Co-guides)
5. Mr. Janbade Prafulla Amol Langer – 5/04 TATA Memorial Cancer Hospital and
Tarachand, Research Centre – Rajerhat, Kolkata
Diptarshi Dev – Aqua Marine Park, Mangalore, Karnataka
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 10/04
Umadhar Kamti – Chandigarh Home – “ A machine to live
35/04 in”
Amandeep Joon – Archeological Survey of India – Research
36/04 and Training Institute, Greater Noida
(NCR), U.P.
6. Mr. J. P Singh, Anu Dhiman – 8/04 Low Cost Housing at Karjat, Maharashtra
Harveesh Kaur – Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) 13/04 Centre at Kharar, Punjab 
Mukesh Kumar Automobile Research and Training
Sondhi – 19/04 Institute, Pune 
7. Mr. Sujay Sengupta, Jatinder Kaur – 16/04 Fashion Technology Park, Mohali
Sajal Das – 29/04 Tribal Heritage Museum, Sonapur, Assam
Lecturer (Sr. Scale) Siddhartha Convention Centre in Rajiv Gandhi
Bharadwaj – 34/04 Education City, Sonepat
 8. Mrs Deepika Gandhi, Aman Sohal – 04/04 Houses for Raghu Rai and Isabelle
Lecturer Normand – A Study in Contrast
Gagandeep Singh – Digital Morphogenesis and its
12/04 Implementation in Fairlie Centre, Kolkata
Richa Sarin – 24/04 Srishti Campus – School of Art, Design
and Technology, Bangalore, India
9. Mr Manoj Kumar, Rahul Vig – 23/04 General Hospital at Sector 23-A, Gurgaon
Lecturer SK Nawaz Ali – Centre for Art, Culture and Tourism
27/04 promotion of North East India
Cornelius Deb Barma Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata
– 9/03
10. Mr Gaurav Gangwar, Jaskanwal Singh – Bus Terminal cum Commercial Complex,
15/04 Mohali
Lecturer Neha Narang – 20/04 Aurofilm -- Film and Research Institute,
Auroville
Shikhar Sharma – DLF Galleria Mall, Ludhiana
32/04
11. Mr Dharmendra Kumar Gagandeep Bawa – International Cruise terminal, Mumbai
11/04
Lecturer
Shivank Sharma – Bioclimatic Tower, Gurgaon
33/04
12. Ms Harleen Kaur, Abhimanyu Gupta – Luxurious Sea-Front Apartments at
1/04 Mahalaxmi, Mumbai
Lecturer on Contract Sagar Prasad - 28/04 Airport  at Jaisalmer
Basis Supriya Kukreja – Varnaparichay – The Book Mall, Kolkata
39/04

 
 CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE ,CHANDIGARH
10TH SEMESTER B.ARCH.SESSION 2007-2008
TENTATIVE LIST OF APPROVED THESIS TOPIC

NAME OF THESIS NAME OF STUDENT THESIS TOPIC

GUIDE AND ROLL NO.
Mr Sangeet Kumar Rahat Khanna 20/02 Formula One Circuit, Greater Noida,
Gupta India.
Amrit Anoop Singh I.T. Faridabad
Bains 5/03
Mandeep Kumar 21/03 I.I.M., Pune.
Mr Pradeep K Bhagat Abhinav Gupta 2/03 Automall,Gurgaon
Harpinder  Singh 16/03 5 Star Hotel, Amritsar
Assistant Professor
Kamaljit Singh 18/03 Professional Animation Movies &
Games Studios DVPMNT.
Mr K.D. Singh Amita Heer 4/03 Sabarmati Riverfront Development –
Heritage Park, Ahmedabad.
Assistant Professor
Priyanka Singh 25/03 Heritage Interpretation Centre,
HAMPI
Vinod 39/03 Mythological Theme Park, Haridwar
(Uttranchal)
Mr S.L. Saharan Anuj Sharma 8/03 Theme Park, Sarangpur, Chandigarh
Narzina Ahmed 23/03 Research and Exhibition Centre for
Assistant Professor
Light, Bangalore.
Sheena Saini 31/03 5 Star Deluxe Hotel City Centre,
Panchkula
Mr Parmeet S Bhatt Aarti Khokar 1/03 Habitat Centre, Gurgaon.
Rajesh 26/03 Conventional-cum-Cultura; Centre,
 New Delhi.
Lecturer Sheetal Bedi 32/03 Fashion Institute & Retail,
Pondicherry
Mr Janbade Prafulla Divya Jindal 11/03 Ellora Sculpture Park, Ellora.
Tarachand
Simrandeep Singh 33/03 Commercial Centre, Bangalore
Jaikishan Negi 12/02 Wildlife Resort Jim Corbett National
Park, UttraKhand
Mr J P Singh,         Rajesh Kumar, 22/02 Housing at Greater Noida
Gaurav Mahajan 13/03 Club Mahindra –Theme Village
Lecturer
Resort, Lonavala
Monika Choudhary Sustainable Redevelopment of
22/03 Tsunami effect Village.
Richa Aggarwal 28/03 Convention cum Hospitality Hub at
Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad
Mr Sujay Sengupta, Richa Tandon 29/03 I.T. Park, Gurgaon
Simranjeet Singh Bhogal Museum of Color, Mumbai.
Lecturer    
34/03
Varun Narain Mathur Aerospace Museum, Bangalore.
38/03
Mrs Deepika Gandhi Anindita Guha 6/03 High Court, Tripura.
Jasmeet Kahlon 12/03 PIER Redevelopment, Pondicherry.
Lecturer
Suvidha Arora 37/03 School Design  with Barrier for
concept at Raipur, Chattisgarh
Mr Manoj Kumar, Gaurav Thukral 14/03 International Convention Centre,
Dwarka, Delhi.
Lecturer
Sonia 35/03 LA Calypso Beach Resort at Baga
 Beach, Goa.
Pranamee Nath 40/03 Fashion Hub, Dwarka.
Mr Gaurav Gangwar, Ankit Srivastava 7/03 M.B.A. Campus
Lecturer Dhruv Sarweshwar Lal World Trade Centre, Gurgaon
10/03
  Kriti Sharma 19/03 Business Centre, Whitefield,
Bangalore.
Mr Dharmendra | Neha Singh 24/03 World Class Sports Centre at Mohali
Kumar Satendra Jain 30/03 Integrated Airport Terminal, Bhopal
Lecturer Sushant Gupta 36/03 Film and Television Institute, Rohtak

Ms Harleen Kaur, Ekta Aggarwal  12/03 Indian Textile plaza, Ahmedabad.

Lecturer on Contract Gunveen 15/03 Broadcast Media – Technology
Basis Center, Mumbai
Nabin Das 38/02 I.I.M., Shillong.

CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE ,CHANDIGARH

10TH SEMESTER B.ARCH.SESSION 2006-2007
TENTATIVE LIST OF APPROVED THESIS TOPIC

NAME OF THESIS NAME OF STUDENT THESIS TOPIC

GUIDE AND ROLL NO.
Mr Pradeep K Akhil Agrwal, ½ Oceanarium at Dona Paula, Goa
Bhagat
Mohita Garg,14/02 Infotech Park, Mohali
Assistant Professor Tania Miglani,35/02 Multimedia-cum |Film Center, Film
City, Chandigarh
Anoop Roop Grover,39/02 Sky Bus Station integrated with
 commercial complex, Pune
Mr K.D. Singh Gopal K Garg, 8/02 Cruise Terminal, Kochi
Sandeep Kumar, 26/02 Sports Complex, Greater Noida
Assistant Professor
 Saurabh Bhagra, 27/02 Winter sports club Solang, Manali
Animesh Majumdar,37/02 Capital Complex, Agartala, Tripura
Mr S.L. Saharan Chesta Khanna, 6/02 Judicial Academy, Dwarka
Pushpkant Verma, 19/02 International Cricket Stadium cum
Assistant Professor
Academy, Noida
Surabhi Sharma, 34/02 Entertainment and Retail Centre at
Mumbai Textile Mills, Mumbai
Mayank Kaushal, 41/02 Campus Development of Agilent,
Technologies, Manesar, Gurgaon
Mr Parmeet S Bhatt Garima Gulati, 7/02 Animation Centre, Hyderabad
Rahul Sharma, 21/02 The Villas – The Ideal Retreat for
Lecturer sophisticated, Gurgaon
Kirandeep Kaur, 16/01 Nityanand Rehabilitation Centre for
Mentally ill, Hinjewadi, Pune
Mrs Sangeeta Bagga Hina Gupta, 10/02 CIRHU Centre For international
Mehta, Research on Human Unity, Auroville
Kadambini Jain,13/02 Kalagram at Said-Ul-Ajaib, New Delhi
 Lecturer
Rajrishi Garg, 23/02 Highland Ranch, Resort and Cottages,
Shimla
Mr J P Singh, Rajesh Kumar, 22/02 Unitech Housing, Noida, U.P.
Shilpam Sood, 32/02 Amusement Park, Chandigarh
Lecturer
Sunali Bansal 42/02 Commercial Plaza Faridabad
(Haryana)
Mr Sujay Sengupta, Annie Goyal, 3/02 Museum of Moving images, Film City,
Jaipur
Lecturer          
Ramandeep Singh24/02 Venue for international Film Festival
of India, Goa
Ripan Das,25/01 Hibiscus,  luxurious apartments in
Gurgaon
Mrs Deepika Gandhi Arunjyoti Hazarika, 5/02 Indus Centre: Ideas from the ruins,
Gujrat
Lecturer
Pardeep Kumar, 17/02 Mgf Housing Palm Spring, Sector 54,
Gurgaon.
Ruchika Singhal, 25/02 Kolkata Riverside Project at 
Batanagar.
Mr Manoj Kumar, Anil Kumar, 2/02 Mahatma Gandhi Hindi
Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, Nagpur
Lecturer
Isha Sharma,11/02 Centre for Western Music, Bandra –
Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
Prithviraj TCGL Centre at Dinosaur Fossil Park,
Bhattacharjee,18/02 Balasinore, Gujrat
Mr Gaurav Sharmila Chatterjee, 29/02 Shri Shikshayatan Technical and
Gangwar, Management Institute, Kolkata
Lecturer Manjit Singh, 40/02 Shree Geeta Temple Complex,
Kurkshetra
Mr Dharmendra | G Preethi Reddy,9/02 Goa Institute of Design and
Kumar Architectural Museum, Goa
Lecturer on Contract Tanu Mathur,36/02 International trade and convention
Basis centre, Bhopal

Ms Harleen Kaur, Shilpa Ahuja, 30/02 Barrio Chino, Kolkata (Cultural cum
 Lecturer on Contract Health Centre)
Basis Shikha Dhiman, 31/02 Academy and Museum of
Photography, Pondicherry

LIST OF THESIS TOPICS (SESSION 2005-2006

Name of Thesis Roll Students allotted Topic

Guide No.
Mr S.K.Gupta 10/01 Dyutima Jha  250 bed – Adarsh Divya Vikas
Hospital, Hazipur, Bihar.
Assistant 11/01 Harsupriyajeet Noida Administration’s Office
Professor Kaur  Building, Noida.
26/01 Ritisha Hazarika  The Artisan’s Village – Art and Craft
Valley, Khadavli, Thane
Mr K.D. Singh 05/01 Anish Sharma  THE BRITISH CULTURAL
PAVILION
Assistant 17/01 Nitin Bansal  Media Centre – MTV at Bandra Kurla
Professor Complex, Mumbai.
24/01 Renu Rani  Shopping Mall, Greater Noida.
Mr S.L. Saharan 7/01 Chayanika   CRAFTS AND DESIGN INSTITUTE,
DEHRADUN.
Assistant 9/01 Dipti Bansal  DOONS INTERNATIONAL
Professor RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL,
DEHRADUN.
30/01 Shilpi  Apparel Park for Exports, Barhi,
Sonipat.
Mr Bipin Kumar 01/01 Abhishek Gupta Multi – Faceted Neopolis, Ludhiana.
Malik, 21/01 Preeti  Extension of B J Park, Sabarmati
Riverfront Development Project,
Assistant Ahmedabad
 16/2k Neeraj Sharma  Memorial Complex for the Bhopal gas
Professor Tragedy Victims, Bhopal.
Mr.Parmeet 12/01 Honey Thukral   Dilli Haat (Craft Park), Pitampura,
Singh Bhatt, Delhi.
Lecturer 29/01 Sakshi Mahna  Five-Star Hotel, Sector 35,
Chandigarh.
37/01 Sushmita Rishi   New Campus for School of Planning
and Architecture, Delhi.
Mrs Sangeeta 28/01 Rohini Singh  Cultural Zone City Centre, Mohali.
Bagga Mehta, 34/01 Simran Chana  Fashion Technology Park, Sector 90,
Lecturer Mohali.
Mr J P Singh, 03/01 Ajaybir Singh Tourist Complex, Patnitop, Jammu and
Chahal  Kashmir.
Lecturer 1/99 Ankan Deb Barma  RAJIV GANDHI AKSHAY URJA
PARK, Gurgaon.
Mr Sujay 13/01 Isha Anand   Arts Center at Sector 15-A, Belapur-
Sengupta, CBD, Navi Mumbai.
lecturer 15/01 Keerat Singh   Science Center at Kharghar, Navi
Mumbai.
Mrs Deepika 04/01 Aman Aggarwal  PEACE PARK, WAGHA BORDER,
Gandhi, Amritsar.
32/01 Shweta Kailani Synergy – nature cure centre cum
Lecturer retreat, Lonavala
Mr Manoj 8/01 Dhruva Sondhi  250-bed Hospital at Sector 44,
Kumar, Lecturer Gurgaon.
39/01 Vivek Trakroo  Commercial Complex at Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi.
Mr Gaurav 02/01 Abhishek Shishir Film Training Institute, Film City
Gangwar, Sinha  Jaipur.
Lecturer 18/01 Poonam Singh  Engineering College at Jabalpur.
Mr Dharmendra 33/01 Siddarth Gaind  Commonwealth Games Village, New
Kumar, Lecturer Delhi.
 28/2k Rasleen Syal  Shopping Mall Cum Offices,
Wazirpur.
Ms Harleen 35/01 Sonal Tayal  Sports Academy at Hyderabad.
Kaur, 36/01 Sukhjeet Kumar  Indian Institute of Management, Noida,
Lecturer on UP.
Contract Basis
Ms Monika 27/01 Rohini Dhawan  INFOSPACE – CYBER PARK.
Sharma 38/01 Vijeta Singh  Business Hotel-cum-Convention
Lecturer on Center.
Contract Basis
 

LIST OF THESIS TOPICS (SESSION 2003-2004)

Name of Thesis Name of Student Title of Thesis Project

Guide
Mr S K Gupta, Harneet Kaur Business cum Recreational Centre, Goa
Haimanti Debnath Centre for Performing & Visual Arts,
Assistant Chandigarh
Professor Sunil Kumar Kala 5-Star Deluxe Hotel at Jaypee Greens, Greater
Noida
Sukrita Singh Toy  Museum and Research Centre, Greater
Noida
Mr P.K. Bhagat Samarjit Kalita 5-Star Deluxe Hotel in Gurgaon.
Payal Setia Multiplex at Bandra Kurla Complex , Mumbai.
Assistant Shailja Aggarwal DLF’s  Ready Built Office at Chandigarh
Professor Technology Park ,Kishangarh
Mani Aggarwal Convention and  Exhibition Center,  Bandra
Kurla Complex , Mumbai
Mr K.D. Singh Shashi Kant Meditation Space - Savitri Bhawan, Auroville.
Kaushal
 Sukhtej Singh Gill Venue for international Film Festival of India,
Assistant Bambolim  (Panaji), Goa.
Professor Hemant Purohit “Workspace Picnic” – Office Headquarters for
Godrej, Mumbai
Uday Ranjan National Aerospace Museum Complex, New
Goswami Delhi
Mr S.L. Saharan Shilpa Gupta Sultan Ghari Sanskritik Kendra, New Delhi
Shipra Trikha Quark Infocity, Mohali
Assistant Rohan Khurana Marine Archeological  Museum at  Panaji, Goa
Professor Tara Sharma Indian Embassy in Muscat
Mr B.K. Malik Gurpreet Singh Delhi Public  School , Faridabad.
Shikha Singhal A Slum Rehabilitation Scheme at Molarband,
Assistant Delhi.
Professor Neha Aggarwal Interpretation Centre for Bhoj Wetlands, Bhopal
Surbhi Arora Museum on Goddess and Sanskrit Bhawan,
Mansa Devi.
Mrs Harkirat Himani Sharma SAARC Information and Documentation
R.Singh Centre, New Delhi.
Shuchita Gupta Indira Gandhi Pratishthan Sansthan, Gomti
Lecturer Nagar, Lucknow.
Gaurika Bhatia Multiplex at Bangalore.
Mrs Sangeeta Samdeep Habitat Centre, Patiala
Bagga Mehta, Nandwani
Monika Arora Precepts and Performance of Capitol Complex,
 Lecturer Chandigarh with special  reference to the
Secretariat Building.
Vatika Aggarwal Sports Complex, Sirsa.
Mr Sujay Shaily Verma Recreation-cum-Health  Centre,  Greater Noida.
Sengupta, Dimpy Arora Indian Institute of Management, Noida.
Haneet Khanna Centre for International Research on Human
Lecturer Unity, Auroville.
Mr J P Singh, Ravinder Kaur School of Planning and Architecture, New
 Delhi.
Lecturer Lov Meena Research and Tourist Centre at  Lonar
Saruchi Anand Habitat Centre, Panchkula

Unpublished Thesis on Chandigarh

Chandigarh College of Architecture – through collaborative as well as individual efforts of its students and
faculty members – has contributed to many a study on Chandigarh over the past thirty years.  A number of
Thesis Projects on various aspects of the city form a rich resource and have been used as reference material by
a good number of scholars. 

List of B.Arch. thesis projects related to Chandigarh

 

Sr.No. Number Year Name Title

1. 197 1980 Chetna Purnami Environmental Design for City
Centre Chandigarh : A Critical
Study
Precepts and Performance of
2. 275 1981 Deepta Kanwar Capitol Complex Chandigarh - An
Environmental Design
Urban Structuring of Jan-Marg,
3. 297 1982 Arvind Dham
Chandigarh .
Structuring of an Urban Connector
4. 300 1982 Raminder Bhatia
(Centered in Chandigarh )
Urban Resuscitation of Chandigarh
5. 314 1983 Ajay Pal Singh Johl
City Centre.
6. 317 1983 Mohammad Reza Neighbourhood Unit Precept and
 Performance of Sector 22,
Pourjafar
Chandigarh .
Structuring of V4 ( Shopping
7. 328 1983 Minny Trikha Street in Chandigarh in urban
Context)
A critical appraisal of Chandigarh
Architectural Planning and
8. 354 1984 Abha Kachru
controls in commercial
development.
Residential StreetScape -A Study
9. 381 1985 Amita Kharbanda concept of LIG Street-Scape in
Phase-III, Chandigarh .
Restructuring of the V4 in
10. 466 1986 Pooja Peshwaria
Chandigarh .
Critical Study of 17
11. 525 1987 Nawal Kumar Bansal Characteristics of Sec. 1 an
attempt to resuscitate the Piazza.
The changing pattern of housing
12. 543 1988 Sandhya Sood
in Chandigarh .
Introduction of landmarks on an
13. 548 1988 Vijay Sahu urban connector Madhya Marg,
Chandigarh .
Cultural Resurrection of
Chandigarh City Centre Initial
14. 570 1989  Harkirat R Singh
Civic zone wasteland Lying South
of Shopping Area.
Chandigarh City Centre:
Reinterpretation of its activity
15. 649 1990 Sangeeta Bagga structure, circulation pattern and
physical form in response to the
city's changing needs.
 The Chandigarh (Sector) - its
16. 678 1992 Navita Bhatti evaluation and proposals for
future development.
         

Individual Research

 M.Arch. thesis:

Prof Rajnish Wattas

Mrs Harkirat R Singh

Mrs Sangeeta Bagga

Mr Sujay Sengupta

A Study Of Tree As Elements Of Design In The Urban Environment With Special Reference To Sector 22 &
17 by Prof Rajnish Wattas

A thesis submitted for the degree of M. Arch, University of Queensland , 1985

This thesis is concerned with the study and evaluation of tree plantation in Chandigarh that was
undertaken as part of its planned landscaping. The study has two purposes: firstly, to assess the validity of the
tree plantation concepts as evolved at the inception of the city; secondly, to examine the tree plantation as
presently developed and evaluate its usefulness in shaping the city’s outdoor environment.

The criteria for evaluating the tree plantation is broadly its: I) micro-environmental values; ii) functional
value. Iii) Interrelationship with architecture and iv) aesthetic value. The trees are studied in relation to their
built-up surroundings and not as individual elements in isolation.

The structure of the thesis has four major sections. Section one covers the I) original landscape character of
the Chandigarh site ii) resume on Chandigarh iii) early concepts and policies regarding tree plantation in
Chandigarh  and iv) value of urban trees a review.
Sections two and three of the thesis consist of case studies of tree plantations in selective and representative
areas of sectors 22 and 17. These case studies cover the typically divergent urban situations in Chandigarh ,
where tree plantation is of significance. Sector 22 the oldest and one of the most densely populated residential
areas in the city with its intimate scale of buildings, streets and open spaces, contrasts with the urban design
characteristics of the monumental City Centre, Sector 17.
Section four of the thesis contains the conclusion and recommendations based on the evaluation made in the
detailed case studies, regarding the usefulness of the existing tree plantation, in the context of the criteria
established for examining it.
The thesis concludes that tree plantation in Chandigarh barring a few positive results mostly fails to fulfill its
potential role of; ameliorating the adverse micro-climatic conditions, establishing interrelationship with
architecture an affecting a better use of the city'’ streets and civic spaces. Undue stress on the aesthetic value
of the trees at the expense of other essential purposes undermines their contribution in improving the city’s
outdoor environment. They remain, at best ornamental embellishments and counterfoils to the ambient brick
and concrete architecture of the city.

Recommendations are made regarding possible improvements in the selection, arrangement and management
of trees in different locations, to produce better results than a t present. The lessons from Chandigarh tree
plantation can be easily applied to the development of human settlements elsewhere in India , with similar
physical, climatic and socio-economic conditions.

Spatial structure of modernist cities: A critique through redesign in Chandigarh by Mrs Harkirat R. Singh

M.Arch Urban Design Thesis ,S.P.A.Delhi.

The thesis entitled “Spatial Structure of Modernist cities: A Critique through redesign in Chandigarh ” in an
effort to prepare a design guidelines for the city of Chandigarh to reinterpret its built form open space
relationship. No doubt the city provides reasonably good services and utility like water supply, drainage,
sewerage, excess of greens, wide roads. But it lacks the intrinsic quality of the Indian environment-- like
quality of enclosure, density, sense of coherence, and a meaningful figure-ground relationship, with little
regard to distinction between inside and outside.
The suburban kind of an environment resulted in lack of satisfaction on the part of the users as regards to
character, coherence and imageability aspects.  The author assumed the city to be an example of modernist
movement as it was designed by one of the pioneers of the movement – Le Corbusier.  The intention was to
retain the city as such along with attaining the qualities mentioned above, which it lacks in.

The attempt to do so was demonstrated by redesigning a new sector in the third phase of Chandigarh ,
consisting of four neighborhoods that would form an urban extension to the city. 

Identifiable Structure For Chandigarh Through Integrated Recreational Places by Mrs Sangeeta Bagga

M.Arch Urban Design Thesis , S.P.A.Delhi.

The contemporary city unlike its monofunctional limited sized traditional counterpart must fulfill a variety of
functions in response to its peoples’ needs. The contemporary city may thus be perceived as a series of
opportunities for its people. The parts of the city are the physical manifestations of these opportunities.
A major part of the city, which qualifies for attention, is its matrix of Open Spaces with an activity, which is
predominantly recreational in nature. Very often these vital lungs of the city are prone to misuse, disuse and
overuse. In some instances, the open spaces are taken over by other city functions regardless of their
compatibility to functions existing in the vicinity. Eventually the verdure of the city is replaced by a masonry
jungle. The open space matrix is a vital component of today’s city from physical and non-physical
standpoints:

As the lungs of the city, open spaces fulfill physical as well as psychological needs of the people.
The visual blight and adverse microclimatic effects produced by masonry jungle seal the fate of the city’s
verdure.
Open spaces through their form, use and location posses the inherent potential of providing ‘identifiability’ to
the contemporary city, which is otherwise, criticized for its anonymity.
In light of the above premises, it is time of examine Chandigarh . A brainchild of Le Corbusier and Pandit
Nehru and a ‘symbol of India ’s new found freedom..’ Chandigarh is a bold experiment and one of the fine
examples of post independence cities.  Fifty years since its inception, if Chandigarh is to continue to fulfill the
aspirations of its people, it needs an in-built system of review and revision of its existing framework in light
of the city’s peoples changing needs. People associate themselves with the variety of open spaces in
Chandigarh . As crucibles of activity, these open spaces can become highpoint identity builders on the
otherwise flat canvas of the city. The recreational places of the first phase of city development are evaluated
for their performance vis-à-vis a large user base. Further their inter dynamics with other city parts is analysed
to generate an urban form which could aim towards evolving an Identifiable city structure.

Urban Renewal of Oriya Bazar, Cuttack , Orissa by Sujay Sen Gupta

M .T .R.P .Thesis, Calcutta University .

The 1000 years old silver city of Cuttack is the former capital of Orissa. But, it has achieved the status of
multi-functional centre for administration. It is the most important regional commercial and transportation
made in the entire state. Due to its geographical location, the city has expanded horizontally to accommodate
residential areas, while the C.B.D. has got restricted within the hub of the old city, covering areas like Buxi
Bazar, Oriya Bazar, etc. The main problem with Cuttack is the limitation of roads. The existing ones are
extremely narrow and congested, with practically no breathing space within the city.

The main objectives of the thesis is to revitalize the urban spaces by improving circulation pattern, providing
utilities and services for future, generating more floor space under different uses and provide a proper
guideline for future growth in an orderly direction and organized manner.

The process of renewal is not a simple task. The first phase of redevelopment can only start from a public
land, which can demonstrate the willingness of the Development Authority to actually revitalize the city.

  Publications on Chandigarh :

● Trees of Chandigarh
●   Chandigarh Informograph
● Documenting Chandigarh – Volume I

Trees of Chandigarh :
A book authored by Chhatar Singh, Rajnish Wattas,  & Harjit Singh Dhillon
Published by B. R. Publishing Corporation , Delhi .
 
Chandigarh , one of the greatest experiments in urban planning of the 20th
century, is today as much famous for its landscaping, as it is for its architecture. 
An important feature of its planning was the recognition accorded to
landscaping as an integral component of its master plan from the very inception. 
Today, Chandigarh presents a visual delight of a harmonious blend of
buildings, trees and other landscape elements embellishing the skyline.

Thus, it was significant that the valuable lessons obtained from the tree plantation
experience of Chandigarh , be recorded and preserved for posterity. 
Therefore this book is an attempt to bring together in a single volume basic
information about the tree plantation of Chandigarh .The book is broadly divided
into two components comprises critical essays on the inception, planning and the
actual results as visible today, of Chandigarh’s tree plantation; as visible today and the second component is a
directory of major tree species growing in Chandigarh, to enable their easy identification in the city.  Nearly
200 color pictures supplement the text to make the book more useful.

It has been designed primarily for the lay reader with a keen interest in: where, why and what trees exist in
Chandigarh ; and how they integrate with its overall landscape.  It is in fact, a user-friendly reference book for
all tree loving people of Chandigarh and elsewhere.

The publication is available at Capital Book Depot, SCO –3, Sector 17-E, Chandigarh , Phone # 2702554,
2702260.

Chandigarh Informograph   

Address purchase enquiries to:

The Principal,
Chandigarh College of Architecture,
Sector 12,
Chandigarh : 160 012 ( INDIA )
Fax No.0091-172-2746260
E-mail:[email protected]
 

Documenting Chandigarh – Volume I: The Indian Architecture of Pierre Jeanneret, E. Maxwell Fry and Jane
Drew

Concept and Text by Kiran Joshi.  Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, in association with Chandigarh College of
Architecture, Chandigarh , 1999, 286 pp., with 317 photographs and 327 drawings.  Rs.2,000/-  

About The Book

Chandigarh is valued universally as a landmark

construction of Modernism and a pacesetter for
post-independence architecture in India .  In contrast to the
undifferentiated sprawl of contemporary Indian towns,
Chandigarh is endowed with a specific identity -- given
by its picturesque setting, the well-ordered, orthogonal matrix
and, above all, a distinctive architectural vocabulary.

This book, coming 50 years after the city’s conception, is an

attempt to record various built elements that created the city’s urban image.  Foremost among these are works
of Pierre Jeanneret, E. Maxwell Fry and Jane B. Drew – the three associates of Le Corbusier who, with true
pioneering spirit, braved the desolate plains of Chandigarh and ushered the city towards civilization.  Their
creations were a large stock of ‘people’s architecture’ – places for living, work and play -- whose low-rise,
low-density cubic forms and experimental constructions in local brick and stone, were to form the vocabulary
of the “Chandigarh Style”.

Part of a two-volume series, this book is the first comprehensive documentation of the original form and
present-day status of ninety individual and type – designs created by the three architects between 1951-1965. 
Each design is covered through detailed drawings, photographs and analytical text.  Also included are details
of the fourteen “Heritage Zones” – the key- areas signifying the historicity and cultural content of Chandigarh
’s image.The book aims to bridge an existing gap in the recorded history of Post-independence Indian
Architecture.  It will, in the process, serve as a useful database for a more intensive investigation of the social
history of the city and, more importantly, for deliberating on issues of its conservation, development and
change.

Address purchase enquiries to:

The Principal,
Chandigarh College of Architecture,
Sector 12,
CHANDIGARH : 160 012 ( INDIA )
FAX NO.0091-172-746260
E-mail:[email protected]

Mr. Bipin Shah

Mapin Publishing (P) Ltd.,
31, Somnath Road,
 Usmanpura, Ahmedabad – 380 013 (INDIA)
FAX NO.0091-79-7550955
E-mail:[email protected]

Corbusier’s concrete: Concerning Modern Heritage of Chandigarh – Proceedings of Seminar on Conservation

of Le Corbusier’s work in concrete Chandigarh 11-13 February, 2002.

Appreciation of Modern Heritage has also directed attention to technical aesthetic and philosophical issues of
conserving historic concrete.  What kind of methods can be applied to restore these structures, ensuring their
long life as well as cultural significance?  Are the dictums of ‘minimum intervention’ and ‘reversibility’ any
less relevant for modern constructions, especially so for monolithic concrete?  These were some of the
questions addressed during the seminar “Conservation of Le Corbusier’s Work in Concrete” organized in
Chandigarh by the Chandigarh Administration and the “Foundation Le Corbusier”.

Citing key examples, this publication highlights the rich diversity of exposed concrete IN Modern Heritage,
lists its common failures, the difficulties of conserving its structural and design authenticity, and compares the
usefulness of available options for repair.  Case studies of Le Corbusier’s work in Chandigarh and France put
across practical problems of restoring ‘Corbusier’s Concrete’ and outline a cost-effective and non-destructive
repair system that can be carried out without loss of visual character or material integrity. Round-table
discussions reveal conservation dilemmas confronting Chandigarh , including limitations of its experimental’
constructions, changing functional requirements, outmoded urban controls, and users’ disenchantment with its
social ideology as well as the all-pervading aesthetic simplification.  Though emerging from Chandigarh ,
many of these issues would interest custodians of Modern Heritage the world over and find universal
application.

Documenting Chandigarh , Volume II: Currently Ms Kiran Joshi is working on the 2nd volume of the book
which shall contain detailed information on drawings of the complete works of Corbusier- realized and
unrealized -in Chandigarh . 

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