Exam Details

Subject Culture And Built Forms-I
Paper
Exam / Course Bachelor Of Architecture (B.ARCH)
Department School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Match any five of the following:

Bhimbhetka Buddhist Art
Ishtar Gate Babylon
Choga-Zanbil Nebuchad-nezzar
Terra Amata City of the Incas
Machu Picchu Ziggurat
Gandhara Prehistoric
cave paintings
(g)Hanging Gardens Among earliest human settlements

2. Draw labelled sketches only for any three of the following:

Schematic plan of an Egyptian temple

A Greek column of the Ionic Order

The difference between a ziggurat and a pyramid

A simple rain-water harvesting system

3. What were the defining characteristics of man's earliest settlements? Explain with examples.

4. How do art and architecture define culture and vice versa? Explain your view with examples.

5. Write short notes on any three of the following:

Inca Settlements

Town Planning as seen in the Indus Valley Civilization

Cave Dwellings

Effect of Globalization on Architecture

6. Choosing a suitable example or examples, show how religious beliefs of a society can determine the layout and architecture of its settlement.

7. Using suitable examples, show how local building material, climate and lifestyle determine the architecture in pre-industrial settlements.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • (Urban Designing) (Elective - 2)
  • Advanced Building Services (Elective 1)
  • Architectural Sciences & Services - Iv (Energy Systems And Hvac)
  • Architectural Sciences And Services - I (Climatology)
  • Architectural Sciences And Services - Ii (Illumination And Acoustics)
  • Architectural Sciences And Services - Iii (Water Supply And Sanitation)
  • Culture And Built Forms - Iii
  • Culture And Built Forms-I
  • Culture And Built Forms-Ii
  • Culture And Built Forms-Iv
  • CULTURE AND BUILT FORMS-V
  • Culture And Built Forms-Vi
  • Disaster Management (Elective - 2)
  • Earthquake Resistant Structures (Elective 1)
  • Estimating And Costing
  • Green Architecture And Environmental Planning (Elective - 2)
  • Intelligent Building Systems (Elective - 2)
  • Interior Design (Elective - 1)
  • Professional Practice And Building Bye Laws
  • Project Management
  • Site Planning (Elective 1)
  • Theory Of Structures - I
  • Theory Of Structures - Ii
  • Theory Of Structures - Iii
  • Theory Of Structures-Iv
  • Theory Of Structures-V
  • Topographic Systems
  • Town Planning