Top 30 Interesting Thesis Topics In Architecture

A thesis is the very last step in the completion of graduation. It offers an

opportunity to the students to explore a particular issue relevant to the
field they are working in. These kinds of investigations are based on
conceptual beliefs and values. Students working on the thesis have to
define their interest and solve questions on the topic chosen by them.
Thesis assignment is given in almost all departments of a school or
college. An architectural thesis is one of them which require the student
to question about architecture and define concepts like a theme, site and
a program. Such projects are intellectual pieces of work which need to be
advanced. It is a combination of discussion and reasoning.
Form of architectural projects:
Programmatic
Socio cultural
Historic
Typological
Contextual response
Theoretical
Preservation
Adaptive
Architectural projects are classified into the following famous categories:
Urban planning and infrastructure
Cultural facilities
Leisure and fun facilities
Public offices, buildings and institutions

 Houses
Some popular topics which can be selected for an architectural thesis
are:
Development of waterfront property
Creation of low cost housing
Heritage museums
Designing of an airport
Airport functioning
Cinema and theatre architecture
Skyscraper design
Suburban homes for multifamily
Aquarium-Aqua design and display
Gaming and Animation studio
Multimedia film city
Lightning excellence centre
Marine park design
MTRS study and station
Convention centre
Modern art museum
Automobile training centre
Archaeological survey institute
School of art and design

 Bus terminal cum commercial complex

Luxury beach facing apartments
Bio climatic buildings
Cruise terminal design
Cricket stadium display
Media centre
Resort design
Disaster management institute
Television and film institute
Polo retreat
Educational institute for rural children
A thesis is the most difficult and important piece of writing one performs
in his career.
Picking and choosing a topic for any project or dissertation is very
important. The best way to succeed and complete the assignment within
the due date is by selecting the right topic. Once this is done, then the
research work can start on time. It is better to spend a little extra time on
deciding the topic as it saves time being wasted by changing the topic
later.

Urban Design and City/Town Planning

1.

Advanced Trauma Center and Hospital

2.

Aquarium -Aqua display and Research Center

3.

Mass Rapid Transit System (MTRS) Study and Station

4.

Institute and Studios for Gaming and Animation, Multimedia Film

City

5.
6.

Center of Excellence for Lighting

Waterfront Development Beach Convention and Exhibition
Center

7.

Integrated Transformational Node

8.

Architecture For Hills: A Site Responsive Settlement

9.

Forest Research and Training Institute

10.

Urban Entertainment Center

11.

Cancer Hospital and Research Center

12.

Aqua Marine Park

13.

Archaeological Survey of India Research and Training Institute

14.
15.

Low Cost Housing

Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation Center

16.

Auto mobile Research and Training Institute

17.

Fashion Technology Park

18.
19.

Tribal Heritage Museum

Digital Morphogenesis and Its Implementation

20.

School of Art, Design and Technology

21.
22.

Center for Art, Culture and Tourism Promotion

Museum of Modern Art

23.

Bus Terminal Cum Commercial Complex

24.

Film and Research Institute

25.

International Cruise terminal

26.

Bio-climatic Tower

27.
28.

Sea-front Apartments
The Book Mall

Interesting Master and Doctorate level topics:

1.

Structural Design Approaches within the Scope of Theory and

Application

2.
3.

Thought and Architectural Practices in the Tourism Sector

Concept of Equilibrium and Its Effects of Change from Static to
Dynamic on Architectural End-Products

4.

The Peculiarities of Light as a Quality in Architecture

5.

Color Design of Exterior Surfaces as an Expression of Architectural

Thought
6.
Development of a design evaluation tool primary school projects
7.

An Analytic Approach to the Concept of Topography in

Architecture

8.

The Construction of Modern Architecture in Architectural History

Writing

9.

Study On Temporary Post-Disaster Housing Unit Constructed

With Light Gauge Steel Framing

10.

Perception of Space through Representation Media

11.

Architecture of Societies in Multicultural Region

12.

Residential Satisfaction in High-Rise Buildings

13.

An Evaluation of Non-Classroom Spaces of Private Elementary

Schools

14.

Between De constructivist Architecture and Hyper-Historicism

15.

Retrofitting Existing Mass Housing for Energy Efficiency

16.

An Evaluation of Junction Details with Transparent Sheets in

Furniture Design

17.

Day lighting Evaluation in Office Buildings

18.
19.

A Study on the Interactions between Life Styles

Scheduling Problems in Architectural Design Process

20. The interaction of reinforced concrete skeleton systems and

architectural form subjected to earthquake effects
21.

A Method to Design Kinetic Planar Surface with Mathematical

Tessellation Techniques

22.

Bio-inspired design of a kinetic node for adaptable structures

23.
24.

Design of Ruled Surfaces

Construction of Time Conception in Architectural Realm

25.

A Critical view of Sustainable Architecture

26. Determination of Place Concept in the Reproduction Process of

Built Environment
27.

Analytical Study of the Design Potentials in Kinetic Architecture

28.

Transformation of Meaning of Architectural Space

29. Installation Art, the Contemporary Residence, and the Critique of

Subjectivity
30.

Method of Morphological Analysis of Urban Housing Pattern

31.

Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Doubly Curved Surfaces

So, Friends main reasons of writing this kind of article here, is that in
academic era of architect students, Thesis is very important and precious
time of exploration. I wish to my Architects and Designers have no much
trouble to find out different Architectural Design Research Topics and
west their time for this kind of exercise.
But actually main work in after this selection of Architectural Design
Research Topics is started. so I wish this is some base provide for their
starting of brain storming for Architectural Design Research Topics for
Thesis.
These are some of the introductory Architectural Design Research Topics
as per my current knowledge. You can find some more
interesting Architectural Design Research Topics on this basis and create
a new subject. Which suitable for your requirements and give a space for
your exploration.

Topic
Business cum Recreational Centre, Goa .
Centre for Performing & Visual Arts, Chandigarh .
5-Star Deluxe Hotel at Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida.
Toy Museum aand Research Centre, Greater Noida.
5-Star Deluxe Hotel at Gurgaon.
Multiplex at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
DLFs Ready Built Office at Chandigarh Technology Park ,Kishangarh.

Convention and Exhibition Center ,

Bandra Kurla Complex,Mumbai.
Meditation Space Savitri Bhawan, AurovilleVenue for international Film Festival
of India, Bambolim (Panaji), GoaWorkspace Picnic- Office Headquarters for
Godrej Mumbai.

National Aerospace Museum Complex, New Delhi .

Sultan Ghari Sanskritik Kendra, New Delhi .
Quark Infocity, MohaliMarine Archeological Museum at Panaji, GoaIndian
Embassy in Muscat .
Delhi Public School , Faridabad .
A Slum Rehabilitation Scheme at Molarband, Delhi .
Interpretation Centre for Bhoj Wetlands, BhopalMuseum on 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
referenceto the Secretariat Building .
Sports Complex, SirsaRecreation-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 NoidaISBT, 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,
GurgaonInfosys 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 Gardens
Masha Simrat Kaur Lucknow Race course
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