Biju Patnaik University of Technology 2008-8th Sem B.Arch Architecture Urban Design - Question Paper
Eighth Semester Examination - 2008 URBAN DESIGN Full Marks-70
Time: 3 Hours
Answer Question No. 1 which is compulsory
and any five from the rest. J
The figures in the right-hand margin indicate marks.
1. Answer the following questions : 2x10
(a) What are the three types of Urban Structures ?
(b) What are the ordering principles of Urban Structures ?
(c) What is (i) Forum
(ii) an Agora ?
(d) What is radio centric growth ? Discuss.
(e) Who was Leon Battista Alberti ?
(f) What are obelisks and what is their importance to urban designers ?
(g) Who introduced the Grid Iron pattern in town planning ? Give an example of a town that follows the pattern.
(h) To early town planners what were the advantages of a star shaped city ?
(i) What were the three types of towns established by the British ?
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(j) What is the contribution of Jane Jacobs to Urban Design ?
2. Discuss about the Urban Planning in India in the
(a) Vedic Period
(b) Mughal Period
with neat and relevant sketches wherever necessary. 10
3. What are the important characteristics of Urban Design in Renaissance Period. 10
4. Discuss the basic and generic urban forms.
10
5. Discuss the design principles associated with
(a) Republican Forum
(b) Imperial Forum. 10
6. Discuss Rossettis plans to rebuild Ferrara with a neat sketch. 10
7. What are Urban Plazas ? Write down the features of Urban Plaza in France and England.
10
8. Write notes on any two of the following :
5x2
(a) Acropolis
(b) Hadrians Villa
(c) Campidoglio.
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