L-3ff -11ARCH Date: 29/09/2022

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA

L-3/T-I B. ARCH Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: ARCH 331 (Architecture oflndian Sub-continent)

Full Marks: 140 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer Q. No. I' and any TWO (02) from the
rest.

1. Write short notes on any TWO of the following. (15x2=30)

(a) 'Durga Temple' as the adaption of a Chaitya Hall
(b) Great stupa at Sanchi
(c) Asokan Pillar

2. 'The temple becomes a fort and' the fort becomes a city' - explain in relation to the

planning layout of Madurai Temple complex. (20)

3. Explain m detail the architectural features of the Great Lingraja temple at

Bhubaneshwar as one of the finest examples of Orissan Temple Architecture. (20)

4. Briefly explainthe following statement with necessary sketchs - "Chalukyan adopted

Shantaghar for Hindu worship" (20)

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SECTION-B
There are ,FOUR questions in this section. Answer Question NO.5 and any TWO from the rest.

5. Write short notes on any TWO of the followings: (10x2=20)

(a) Khirki Mosque
(b) Panch Mahal of Fatehpur Sikri
(c) Buland Darwaza.

6. 'It was an! archaeological miscellany rather than a;chitecture' - briefly explain this
I

statement with regard to Quwwatul Islam Mosque. (25)

7. Draw the master plan of Fatehpur Sikri denoting significant buildings and describe the

salient features with respect to space articulation and experiential cohesion.

,
(25)

8. 'Tajmahal is a complete architectural experience' - explain through sketches. (25)

L-3ff-lIARCH Date: 25/10/2022
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-3/T-I B. Arch.Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: ARCH 351 (Landscape Design)

Full Marks: 140 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks

SECTION -A
There are SIX questions in this section.
Answer Question No. 01 and any FOUR form the rest.

1. What is landscape ecology? How the principles of landscape ecology have redefined

the approach toward landscape design? Use appropriate examples. (14)

2. How landscape perception and design principles have evolved over centuries? Prepare

a timeline showing the paradigm shifts. (14)

3. How do you learn about a plant community in a given context? Propose the plant

community of greater Dhaka in regard to its landscape systems. (14)

4. What is 'Ecological services'? Why we need to preserve Sundarbans (Mangrove

Forest)? (14)
5. Why architects should know about the soil ecosystem? What are the vitalities of 'Third

landscape'? (14)
6. What is a 'Healing garden' ? How Dhaka can be reimagined through the lens of a

'Healing garden'? (14)

SECTION-B
There are SIX questions in this section .
. Answer Question No. 07 and any FOUR form the rest.

7. How 'Green Infrastructure' could playa vital role in attaining resilience in our physical

environment? Refer to appropriate precedent studies. (14)

8. What are the principles of community placemaking through landscape design? How

would you initiate place-making for your hometown? (14)

9. Why is it critical to understand the river dynamics for the physical environment

designers like Architects and Engineers in Bangladesh? (14)

10. How the knowledge and implementation of 'Phytoremediation' can make a difference

in the urban areas of Bangladesh to mitigate environmental degradation? (14)

11. What is 'Foodscape' ? How can the process of 'Foodscaping' offer inclusive public

spaces addressing the issue of food security in a given urban context? (14)

12. Write short notes on the following topics (7x2=14)

(a) Bioswale (b) Roof-garden
L-3ff-lIARCH Date: 19/10/2022
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-3/T - I B. Arch. Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: ARCH 607 (Fire Safety Design)

Full Marks: 140 Time: 3 Hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks
USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE questions.

I. Critically, review fire prevention and fire protection strategies for high-rise buildings. (23 X)

2. Elaborately describe the causes of fire accidents and how accidents could be avoided. (23 X)

3. What is a SOP? Describe different parts ofa SOP document. (23 X)

4. What are: the factors that need to be considered during architectural design to make a

building fire safe for occupants? Narrate with sketches and diagrams. (23 X)

SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE questions.
Use sketches where necessary.

5. What is fire? Describe the processes ofheat dissemination. (23X)

6. How to use a fire extinguisher. Describe different types of portable fire extinguishers. (23X)

7. What is a fire alarm? Briefly describe the fire alarm and standpipe system. (23X)

8. What are the different types of safety signs? Describe with pictograms mentioning

colours and other features. (23X)

L-3/T-lIARCH Date: 15/10/2022
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-3/T -1 B. Arch. Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: CE 365 (Structure III: Reinforced Concrete Design)

Full Marks: 140 Time: 3 Hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION

SECTION -A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.
Assume reasonable values for missing data, if any.

1. A three storied building consists of 6.5" thick floor slabs. The rectangular floor slabs are
20'x24' and is supported by beams at all its edges. The beams are 12" wide and 24" deep
supported by 4 columns of cross-section 24"x36" at the comers. Determine the
concentrated factored load on columns at plinth level for the given gravity loads.
Assume, FF = 30 psf, PW = 25 psf, and LL = 40 psf, floor height = 12'. (2310

2. (a) Show five different types of floor systems commonly used in Bangladesh with neat
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(b) Briefly describe the earthquake design philosophy. (6)
(c) Determine the nominal and design axial compression capacity of a column 30"x48"
reinforced with 4 - #9 and 28 - #8 bars. Design the necessary ties. (12 YJ)
Assume f~ = 3 ksi and fy = 50 ksi.

3. (a) What is the significance of the factor a. in the design ofRC columns? (4)
(b) Show the relationship between compressive strength and age of concrete In a
qualitative graph. Also, show the effect of curing in the graph. (3)
(c) Design a square tied column to support an axial dead load of 750 kip and a live load
of 450 kip. Use f~ = 5 ksi, fy = 72.5 ksi and a steel ratio of about 2.5%. Design the

necessary ties. (16 YJ)

4 A three-storied shear wall is subjected to factored wind forces as shown in Figure I. The
wall is 12' long and 8" thick. Design reinforcement for the wall at first level. Assume
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compressive strength of concrete to be 3 ksi yield stress of steel to be 50 ksi. (23 YJ)
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SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

5. (a) Architectural considerations limit the height of an 18 ft long simple span beam to 15 in.
and width to 12 in. The following loads and material properties are given. W d = 0.75 kip/ft,

WI = 1.60 kip/ft, f~ = 4500 psi and fy = 60 ksi. Determine the reinforcement for the beam. (20)

(b) What are the sources of uncertainties in analysis, design and construction? (313')

6. A reinforced one-way concrete slab is built integrally with its supports and consists of
two equal spans, each with a clear span of 16 ft. The service live load is 110 psf, and
4500 psi concrete is specified for use with steel with a yield strength equal to 60 ksi.
Design the slab following the provisions of the ACI. (Use the table provided in
Appendix-A). (23 X)
7. (a) Find the cross-sectional and steel area required for a simply supported rectangular
beam with span of 15 ft that is to carry a computed dead load of 1.3 kip/ft and a service
live load of 2.1 kip/ft. Materials strength are f~ = 4500 psi and fy = 60 ksi. (20)

(b) What are the fundamental assumptions of reinforced concrete behavior? (313')

8. (a) Using the equivalent rectangular stress distribution, calculate the nominal strength of
2
a beam having b = 10 in., d = 23 in., As = 2.37 in , f~ = 4000 psi, fy = 60 ksi and ~I =

0.85. Also calculate the design moment capacity. (18)

(b) What are the fundamental assumptions related to flexure and flexural shear of
reinforced concrete beams? (513')
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Appendix-A

Po~itive moment
End spans I ,1
If discontinuous end is unrestrained TTw"'lI
1.W (2
If discontinuous end is integral with the support 14 ll' II

Interior spans -Iowj;

Negative moment al exte.nor facc' of lirst inlerior support
Two spans
More than two spans
Negative moment at other faces of interior supports
Negative moment at face of all supports for (I) slabs with spans not exceeding
10 fl and (2) beams and girders where ratio of sum of column stiffness to beam
stiffness exceeds 8 at each end of the span
Negative momenl at interior fuees of eXlerior supports for members buill inlegrally
wilh their supports
Where Ihe support is a spandrel beam or girder
Where the support is a column
Shellr in end members at first interior support

Shear at all other supports

, w. ~ loralfllClorcdload per unillength of beam or per unit area of slab.

l •• = clear span (or flO~itivt: moment and sheRr and the 3verage of the two. adjacent clear spans for negative
moment.
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L-3ff-l/ARCH Date: 24/0912022

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-3/T -I B. Arch. Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: EEE 373 (Basic Electrical Engineering for Architects)

Full Marks: 140 Time: 3 Hours

The figures in the margin indicate full marks
All the symbols have their usual meanings. Assume reasonable values for missing data.
USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE questions.

I. (a) Show that current through a capacitor leads voltage across it by 90°. (4)
(b) Draw the exact phasor diagram for the circuit given in figure for Q. I(b) showing

all the node voltages and branch currents. (12X)

4.7/lF

650 mH
120LOOV 'I",
470n
50Hz

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(c) Find the equivalent impedance of the circuit given in figure for Q. I(c) looking into

the terminals a-b. --- -- --- _-~-------

.. (7)
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2<>f:411 j2n In

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2.
.
(a) Mention four advantages of LED Technology for Lighting. (4)
(b) Suppose you need to design lighting for an office room. The length, width and
ceiling height of the room are 15 m, IS m and 3 m, respectively. The required
luminance in the room is 200 lux, utilization factor is 0.66 and light loss factor is 0.8.
Assume you are using 36 W fluorescent tube lights with tube fittings and each tube
light produces a flux level of 3050 lumens. Determine the number of fittings required

for this task.

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(c) For the given floor plan of an apartment in figure for Q. 2(c), draw the Fitting and
Fixture Layout Diagram. Your layout must contain the followings: (i) Wall Bracket
Lights, (ii) Switch Board, (iii) Fluorescent Tube Lights, (iv) Ceiling Fan, (v) Exhaust
Fan, (vi) Ceiling Light Fitting Type k, (vii) Meter board, (viii) 2-pin sockets (ix) 3 pin
sockets for exhaust fans. . (10)

Bathroom Kitchcn

Bedroom Dinning Room

Living Room

Figure for Q. 2(c)

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3. (a) Find the current I in the circuit given in figure for Q. 3(a) using node analysis. (10 X)

H2
-
)1 Q

I+
20 /-'10. V + -)2Q 21 4Q

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(b) Find the RMS value of the signal given in figure for Q. 3(b). Also find the average
power delivered to a 600 resistor ifv(t) is the voltage across it. (6)
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(c) Describe briefly different types of High Intensity discharge lamps. (7)
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4. (a) Given v(t) = 10 cos(1 0071t - 60

0

) and i(t) = 4 sin(IO071t + 50 0

), find the phase
difference between these two sinusoids and mention which one leads. (6)
(b) Draw the Conduit Layout and Switchboard Connection Diagram for the Fitting

and Fixture Layout given in Figure for Q. 4(b). (17 X)

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SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE questions.

5. (a) Calculate Vo and Find the power absorbed by each element in the circuit. (13 X)
'-1--'

1,Z-V . it-A
+ '-
••28V

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(b) Obtain the value of Vo the following circuit using source transformation thory. (10)

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6. (a) Obtain the Thevenin equivalent circuit at terminals a-b of the circuit in following

figure. (13X)
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(b) Obtain the equivalent resistance at terminal a-b for the following circuit. All

resistors have the same value of 60 ohm. (10)

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7. (a) For the circuit in following figure find VI! V2, V3 and current i using nodal

analysis. (10)
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(b) Using superposition, find Vx of the following circuit of Fig. for Q. 7(b) . (13X)

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8. (a) Use mesh analysis to find ill h, and b from the circuit offollowing Fig. for Q. 8(a). (13 X)

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(b) For the circuit in following figure. (10)

(i) Obtain the resistance RL that will absorb maximum power
(ii) Determine that maximum power

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