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PMCA - ABIT Group

AJAY BINAY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - PILOO MODY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE is located on an enchanting landscaped setting characterized by its lustrous and pale green stretch of land on the bank of River Kathjori and is spread over 20 acres of land in Sector-1, C.D.A. of Cuttack. Piloo Mody College of Architecture is the only self financed institution in  eastern India, imparting architecture education.It is approved by Council of Architecture, New Delhi and affiliated to Biju Pattnaik University of Technology(BPUT), Rourkela.

Institutional Objectives:
  • To focus on the teaching learning process in imparting a meaningful  education to assess the contemporary needs of design and construction of buildings.
  • To educate students to design and develop socio-culturally acceptable, economically feasible and sustainable built-environment.
  • To finally use the knowledge and skills for the benefit of mankind.
 

Admissions 2012

Admission Procedure

UG PROGRAM:
The admissions to the Under Graduate program are as per the rules and regulations of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Orissa and Council of Architecture, New Delhi. The aspiring students need to clear NATA. The eligibility for the UG program is as per the norms of BPUT and COA. All the students taking admission into the Institute are registered with the BPUT.


ADMISSION CRITERIA TO B.ARCH:

Students having pass in (10+2) with 50% marks in aggregate or pass in 10+3 (any diploma) with 50% marks in aggregate and Mathematics as one of the subject. The candidates have to qualify in the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA), Pune, an academic unit of the Council of Architecture.

ABIT-PMCA is an approved NATA TEST CENTRE.

NATA 2012

NATA Test will start from 2nd April 2012.NATA forms are available at select branches of Axis Bank. Candidates may book dates for exam over phone in advance at 0671-2363014( between 8.30 A.M - 2.30 PM).

Documents required:

1.10th mark sheet and pass certificate(original and attested)

2.Attested and original copy of any document with photograph and signature of candidate(DL,Passport/ Std XII/AIEEE/JEE Admit Card)

3.Original copy of bank challan

Application forms along with the required documents have to be submitted at the college office in person or by post  

 

If candidate is unable to come for registration himself/ herself then he/she must send an authorisation letter to the nata-in-charge.


PG PROGRAM:
The admissions to the Post Graduate program are also governed by the rules and regulations of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Orissa and Council of Architecture, New Delhi. The procedure involves 
1. Advertisement for the PG program by BPUT.
2. Applications submitted by the aspiring candidates.
3. Interviews of candidates conducted by panel constituted by BPUT
Selection of candidates and admission through BPUT.

ADMISSION CRITERIA TO P.G.COURSE:

Students having passed B. Arch or its equivalent as approved by Council of Architecture is recognized qualification.
Diploma in Architectural Assistantship
Students with minimum 50% marks in aggregate in 10th standard examination of central/ state board or its equivalent can appear for an Aptitude Test conducted by the institution.


Special Aptitudes Required

  • Sketching Abitlity
  • Colour Sense
  • Perception and keen Sense of Observation
  • 3D space perception
  • Analytical and Reasoning Ability
  • Communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team

 

 

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SCHEDULED EVENTS IN FEB  FOR EVEN SEMESTER
Design/Basic Design Workshop -- 11th February to 16th February, 2013.
First year, Second semester – 2012-13 Faculty –Punita Mehta

Workshop schedule: Date

Morning

Afternoon

11th Feb
Monday

Ex.1 – Representing abstract concepts

Representing abstract concepts (contd)

 

12th Feb
Tuesday

Representing abstract concepts (contd)

Ex. 2 - Representing moving images (movie poster)

 

13th Feb
Wednesday

Representing moving images (movie poster) contd.

Representing moving images (movie poster) contd.

 

14th Feb
Thursday

Ex. 3 – Understanding Light

Understanding Light (contd)

 

15th Feb
Friday

Ex. 4- Understanding Form and Structure

Understanding Form and Structure (contd)

 

16th Feb
Saturday

Summing up and exhibition

Relax and reflect on what you have done!

Materials to bring to the class:
 Pottery clay (red) for making models. (for ex.4)
 Several sheets of cartridge paper/ivory paper, A1 size. (for ex.2)
 Water / poster, pastel, pencil colours/ Black water proof ink and brushes. ( (for ex.2)
 1m of wire (1mm dia) and wire mesh (1or 2mm square grid). (for ex.1)
 Thermocol sheet 12mm thick. (for ex.1)
 Buff board/model making cardboard white coloured. (for ex.3)

Note: It would be a good idea to get all this material and keep it in class at all times to be used as when needed. You may buy the wire and wire mesh in bulk for the class at about 2 sq. ft. per person.
The above schedule is based on the assumption that the students will be working the whole day beginning 9 am and extending as late as 7pm. With fewer hours we may be able to do three exercises.
INTENSIVE SEMINAR – IDEAS IN ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY – PROF. JAIMINI MEHTA
Day 1 Feb 11, 2013 (Monday)
Session 1 Introduction to course, The Idea of Architecture
 General explanations, methods and structure of course
 What is the nature of activity we call architecture?
 “Vita Activa” and architecture
 Building as embodiment of architecture
 Examples

Session 2 Building Vs. Architecture
 Are all buildings “Architecture”?
 When do buildings become architecture?
 Pre-rational notion of architecture as “Model of Nature”.
 Architecture as representation of reality.

Session 3 Early theoretical formulations
 From Artisan to Architect
 Vitruvious and Leon Batista Alberti
 Comparison of above with Vastu-Shashtra.
 18th. and 19 cent. Theories
 Qualities that characterize Architecture.

Order, A Place of well-being, A sense of place,

Day 2
Session 4 Vocabulary of Architecture
 Wall, The Primordial element
 Column.
 Ground plane

Session 5 Grammar of architecture
 Layering, Rhythm/repetition.
 Hierarchy, Axial, Linear, Branching
 Clustered, Centralized, Radial
 Nestled, Random, Symmetrical. Etc.
Session 6 Order I
 Order as a reflection of Man’s relation with Nature.
 Early Man and Nature’s domination
 Greek abstraction and “Strange making”.
 Eastern civilizations’ accommodation with Nature.

Day 3
Session 7 Order II
 Is Order a priory?
 Design as exploration and search for Order.
 Beethoven’s fifth symphony
 Kahn’s Center for Performing Arts.

Session 8 Order III
 Classical Order Vs open order
 Paul Klee
 Examples from music (Rolling Stones and Omkarnath)
 Berlin University

Session 9 Space I
 Perceptive space
 Mythical space
 Metric space

Day 4
Session 10 Haptic Space of Fatehpur Sikri
 Sikri as an example of pre-Euclidian space.
 Current representation of Sikri
 Feet on the ground and eyes to the face
 Alternate representation of Sikri

Session 11 Louis Kahn – Volume Zero
 Universal and eternal
 Shape and Form
 “Order is”

 

Session 12 Architecture as Representation of Reality and
Representation of Architecture.
§ The Mimetic theory of Art.
§ Musical notations as representation
§ Drawings as representation in architecture.
§ Orthogonal drawings, Analytical drawings and Perspectives.

Day 5
Session 13 Analysis
§ Alberti, St. Andrea, Mantua

Session 14 Analysis
§ Mies, German Pavilion

Session 15 Concluding remarks.
§ Discussion with students /faculty

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