Department Summary

No of Programmes Offered:
UG 1 ; and PhD
No of faculty members 7+ 2 adhoc faculty +5 Visiting
faculty
Number of supporting staff - 2
Areas of specialization:
Architectural and Structural Design of Buildings, Urban
planning, Building Performance studies, Architectural
Conservation, Coastal zone Planning and Management,
Environmental Planning and Impact assessment, Green
buildings, Urban Design, Remote Sensing and GIS applications
in Planning, Conservation planning & management,
Traditional materials and maintenance
Department Summary
Doctoral students Produced 1
Ongoing Ph.D (as on Winter semester 2012) 9
Number of completed Consultancy Projects 4 and
Value of the completed Consultancy projects 10 crores
Value of the ongoing projects 7crores
Total number of publications (journal and 62
Conferences)
 Name of faculty Area of Major Areas of research
specializatio
n

City planning, Urban Planning, Settlement planning, Coastal

Coastal cities zone Planning and Management, Environmental
Planning and Impact Assessment, Green
Dr. Anilkumar.P.P buildings, Landuse studies

Architecture conservation, conservation planning

Building & management, traditional materials and
Technology, maintenance
Dr. Kasthurba.A.K Architectural
Conservation

Urban Planning, Transportation Planning,

City planning, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Urban
Transportation Planning, Building Science, Thermal Studies in
Dr. Naseer.M.A Planning Buildings

Urban Landuse Studies, Urban Design

Ar. Bimal.P Planning
 Name of faculty Area of Major Areas of research
specializati
on

Urban Landuse Impacts, Coastal zone planning, Green

Ar. Chithra.K Planning Buildings

Environment Environmental Impact Studies, Infrastructure

Ar. Muhammed Firoz.C al Planning Planning

Urban Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Water

Planning Supply, Landscape Urbanism, Environmental
Impact Assessment, Building Acoustics
Ar. Smitha.G

Housing Disaster Management, Climatology

Er. Shyni.K Planning
 Major Consultancy Projects 1
Architectural and Structural Design of a Student Facilitation Center for the
University of Calicut at a cost of Rs. 5 crores.
Revenue earned -10 lakhs Dr. P.P. Anilkumar and Dr. Naseer.M.A (completed)

Layout/Masterplan preparation and Typology detailing of Total Habitat

development (THDP) for Attappady Hill Area Development Society (AHADS)
for 3 settlements at an approximate cost of Rs. 7 crores. The project constituted
the tasks of Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation, Typology
development and the total project implementation.
Revenue earned-40 lakhs- Ongoing- Dr. P.P. Anilkumar(Coordinator),
Dr.Naseer.M.A, Ms.Chithra.K, Mr.Bimal.P, and Mr. Mohammed Firoz and
Ms.Shyni.K(Member consultants)

Consultancy project on Restoration of Miskal Mosque, sponsored by ONGC,

Government of India December 2007.
Revenue earned 2 lakhs Dr. A.K.Kasturba (completed)
 Major Consultancy Projects 2

Consultancy project on Renovation of Tali Temple sponsored by ONGC,

Government of India December 2007
Revenue earned 2 lakhs Dr.Kasturba.A.K (completed)

Architectural Design of the DTPC office building-

Revenue earned -2 lakhs Dr. Naseer.M.A and Ms. Chithra.K (completed)

Architectural Design of the Townhall and Dining hall complex at a cost of Rs.
2 crores for Mahe Municipality, Pondicherry .
Revenue earned 2 lakhs- Dr. P.P. Anilkumar and Dr.T.P. Somasundaram
(Completed)
Major Infrastructure in the Department

Sl. No Name of Laboratory

1 Building Science Lab

2 Creative Arts Lab

3 Interactive Media Design Lab

4 Computer Aided Architectural Design Lab

(CAAD)

5 Construction Workshop
 Facilities available in
Building Science Laboratory

Building Performance studies using Architectural Evaluation

System (AES)
Air/Wind velocity measurement. (indoor/ outdoor)
Sound Level measurement. (indoor/ outdoor)
Illumination and all other lighting related measurements.
(indoor/ outdoor)
Non - Distructive Test for concrete.
Indoor/ outdoor Temperature/Humidity measurements\
Shading device studies
 Creative Arts Laboratory
Creativity Building exercises for the students and
Design aspirants
Model making facility

Interactive Media Design Laboratory

Media development facility, both visual and audio

Creative dimension of Media like laying out, Editing,
Organization of Information etc. are trained.
 CAAD Laboratory

Short term training in Computer aided Design and

Drafting
3 D Visualization
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