ARCHITECTURE APTITUDE TEST SYLLABUS

ARCHITECTURE APTITUDE TEST SYLLABUS

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Freehand drawing

This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion,surface texture,relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale.Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture,equipment,etc.,from memory.

Geometrical drawing Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines,angles,triangles,quadrilaterals,polygons,circles,etc.Study of plan(top view),elevation(font or side views)of simple solid objects like prisms,cones,cylinders,cubes,splayed surface holders,etc.

Three-dimensional perception Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements,colour,volume and orientation.Visualization through structuring objects in memory.

Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity Composition exercise with given elements.Context mapping.Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects.Sense of colour grouping or application.Architectural awareness General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations-both national and international,places and personalities(architects,designers,etc)in the related domain.

SYLLABUS FOR APTITUDE TEST B.ARCH/B.PLANNING

Part –I Awareness of persons,places,Buildings,Materials

Objects,Texture related to Architecture and build-environment.Visualising three dimensional objects from two dimensional drawings.Visualising,different sides of three dimensional objects,Analytical Reasoning Mental Ability(Visual,Numerical and Verbal)

Part-II Three dimensional-perception:Understanding and appreciation of scale and proporetion of objects,building forms and elements,colour texture,harmony and contrast.Design and drawing of geometrical or abstract shapes and atterns in pencil.Transformation of forms both 2D and 3D union,subtraction,rotation,development of surfaces and volumes,Generation of Plan,elevations and 3D views of objects.Creating two dimensional and three dimensional compositions using given shapes and forms.

Sketching of scenes and activities from memory of urbanscape(public space,market,festivals,street scenes,monuments,recreational spaces etc.),landscape(river fronts,jungles,gardens trees,plants etc.)and rural life.

Note:Candidates are advised to bring pencils,own geometry box set,erasers and colour pencils and crayons for the Aptitude Test.