MH4411 Thesis Project Syllabus:

MH4411 Thesis Project Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES

 To facilitate integration of the knowledge gained in the previous semesters with respect to issues/ tools of architectural design at a more advanced level.
 To enable understanding and identifying of issues appropriate to a particular project or area of architecture through independent thinking and to design in a manner appropriate to the project context.

CONTENT

The students will synthesise the areas of knowledge, skills and techniques acquired in the various courses of the previous semesters through a thesis project of their choice. This thesis project would be a design project with a strong research component. The scale of the project could extend from individual site to settlement levels.

The project can extend the knowledge/ critical position developed in the Dissertation or it can be a new area of exploration in designing. A Thesis Proposal has to be submitted for approval prior to the commencement of the semester. The design interventions will be at scales appropriate to the topic and the final project should manifest strong directions in terms of research/ study/ advanced practice. The project shall desirably have the potential to serve as a starting point for specific area of architectural practice/ consultancy and/ or further research. In this, a master’s degree thesis should be innately different from a bachelor’s degree thesis.

The progress of work will be reviewed periodically throughout the semester. At the end of the semester, students should submit the final thesis project for the viva voce exam. The final submission will comprise of study sheets, optional study models, design approach sheets, optional design process models, design presentation sheets, final model, detailed drawings based on the research component, project report summarising the entire thesis work and soft copy of all the work.

TOTAL:300 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO1 Ability to identify important, specific and unique aspects as informing the process of architectural design
CO2 Ability to study these aspects in depth and integrate them through methodologies/ techniques/ skills into the design project.

REFERENCES

1. Linda Grant and David Wang, ‘Architectural Research Methods’, John Wiley and Sons, 2013.
2. Igor Marjanović, Katerina Rüedi Ray, Lesley NaaNorleLokko, ‘The Portfolio – An Architecture Student’s Handbook’, Routledge, 2015.