B. Architecture

Overview

Welcome to our esteemed architecture school, where creativity, innovation, and design excellence converge to shape the architects of tomorrow. Our Bachelor of Architecture Design program, accredited by the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (PCATP), offers a transformative educational experience that prepares you to redefine the built environment with visionary ideas and impeccable design skills. The program focuses not only on design principles but also on interdisciplinary collaboration, sustainability, social awareness, and digital and emerging technologies. This degree is suited for those who aspire to contribute to the shaping of the living and human environment. The desired attributes expected from a graduate of this program are achieved through a well-designed academic program supplemented by the ethos of SDAAT, which emphasizes skill development and social responsibility.

In today’s world, architects play an essential role in addressing various global challenges, including urbanization, climate change, and social inequality. At our school, the design studio is a sanctuary where students are encouraged to push the boundaries of conventional thinking. Here, students and faculty embark on a journey of reframing, exploring the depths of creativity and learning to shape spaces that breathe life. Guided by experienced mentors and engaged in hands-on projects, the Bachelor in Architecture program infuses a unique artistic flair into the built environment and infrastructure.

Why Study at PAF IAST?

Location and Ambience

PAF IAST is nestled in natural mountains that flank its campus from all sides, offering one even the ravishing view of snow-capped peaks of Nathiagali and natural winding trails. To its north-west is Tarbela Lake, a journey of only a few kilometers from the campus. Set in the middle of the campus is a natural lake, fed by the springs of surrounding mountains. The campus is just a 3-kilometer drive from the Hazara Motorway. The ideal setting equally conducive to academic activity and aesthetic sensibilities of the human eye is a serene island of its own kind, far from the chaos, congestion, and cacophony of metropolitan culture. The major cities like Islamabad, Abbottabad, are just an hour’s drive, while small towns like Wah, Hasanabadal, Taxila, and Swabi can be reached in just half an hour.

Technology Advancement and Foreign Partnership

This institute is an emerging center of excellences, with its own technology park. All faculty members hold PhD degrees in appropriate disciplines. By virtue of its wide array of facilities and the facilitation for its students to learn and benefit both from classroom teaching and faculty trained at premier Austrian universities/institutions, the institution is ideally cut out for imparting state-of–the-art engineering and allied education in Pakistan. The institute enjoys close linkages with top ranking universities in Austria and China. We have already concluded with them formal agreements regarding student and faculty exchange programs, provision of dual degrees in certain areas, and the training support from foreign faculty. cities like Islamabad, Abbottabad, are just an hour’s drive, while small towns like Wah, Hasanabadal, Taxila and Swabi can be reached in just half an hour.

Academia-Industry Relationship

There is a strong synergetic relationship between academia and industry which paves the way for job opportunities for students even in the midst of their studies. PAF IAST will serve as a welcome platform for the industry to share their requirements for a skilled workforce. This will enable the institute to incorporate their valuable inputs in practical vocational training and expose the students to industrial perspectives

On-Spot Industry Internship

It will be a mandatory requirement for every student to do an internship every semester in an appropriate industry. This will garner them practical experience related to their respective degree programs. To crown it all, Technology Park will afford them rare opportunities to apply themselves innovatively and become promising entrepreneurs.

Need and Merit-based Scholarships

Different types of local and foreign scholarship opportunities are available on need and merit base.

Employment Opportunities

The bachelor degree in architecture provide students a great opportunity to develop both technical skills and creative ones. And because of the broad range of skills involved in this degree, students studying architecture can find career opportunities in many industries including interior design, urban planning and construction management.

Here are some of the many fields where you can use your architecture degree:

Architectural technologist
Interior and spatial designer
Building surveyor
Town planner

Production designer
Historic buildings inspector
Structural engineer
Conservationist

Course Curriculum

SDAAT Foundation - 1st Semester

Code	Course	Credit
SS- 102	English Language & Communication Skills	3(3-0)
SS-112	Pakistan Studies (2)	2(2-0)
COMP-102	Introduction to ICT	3(2-1)
DAA-101	Foundation Drawing	3(0-3)
DAA-151	History of Art & Design-I	2(2-0)
DAA-121	Introduction to Digital Tools	2(0-2)
DAA-102	Object in 3D	2(0-2)
	Total Credit	17(9-8)

SDAAT Foundation - 2nd Semester

Code	Course	Credit
SS-111	Islamic Studies	2(2-0)
MGT-262	Entrepreneurship	3(3-0)
DAA –141	Introduction to Digital Media	2(2-0)
DAA-132	Design Thinking	2(2-0)
DAA – 103	Drawing-I	2(0-2)
DAA – 122	Digital Tools-I	3(0-3)
DAA – 104	Introduction to Drafting	2(0-2)
	Total Credit	18(11- 5)

Semester 3

Code	Course	Credit
MTH-101	Technical and Business Writing	3(3-0)
DAA – 201	Mathematics for Art & Design	3(3-0)
ARC – 213	Architecture Studio – I	5(0-5)
DAA-241	Fundamentals of Photography	2(0-2)
AID – 214	Building Materials and Concepts – I	2(1-1)
AID-221	Computer Modelling	2(0-2)
AID-232	Visualization and Representation	2(0-2)
	Total	19(7-12)

Semester 4

Code	Course	Credit
COMP-111	Programming Fundamentals	4(3-1)
DAA -205	Project Management	3(3-0)
ARC – 214	Architecture Studio – II	6(1-5)
AID – 215	Building Materials and Concepts – II	2(1-1)
ARC – 217	Structural Design and Construction	2(1-1)
ARC-251	History & Theory of Architecture – I	2(2-0)
	Total	19(10-9)

Semester 5

Code	Course	Credit
DAA-305	Research Methods & Report Writing	2 (2-0)
ARC – 311	Architecture Studio – III	6 (0-6)
ARC – 215	Building Services and Systems	2 (2-0)
AID – 341	Computational Design and Application	2 (0-2)
ARC – 351	History & Theory of Architecture – II	2 (2-0)
	Elective	2(2-0)
	Total	16 (8–8)

Semester 6

Code	Course	Credit
DAA-206	Marketing	2 (2-0)
SS-322	Professional Ethics	3 (3-0)
ARC – 313	Architecture Studio – IV	6 (0-6)
ARC – 352	History & Theory of Urbanism – I	2 (2-0)
ARC – 353	Understanding Nanotecture	3 (3-0)
	Elective	2(2-0)
	Total	18(10-8)

Semester 7

Code	Course	Credit
DAA-221	Organizational Behavior	3 (3-0)
ARC – 411	Architecture Studio V	8 (0-8)
ARC – 451	History & Theory of Urbanism – II	2 (2-0)
AID – 421	Lighting and Acoustics Design	2 (2-0)
ARC – 452	Advanced Building Technologies	2 (2-0)
	Elective	2 (2-0)
	Total	19(11–8)

Semester 8

Code	Course	Credit
ARC – 412	Architecture Studio – VI	10 (2-8)
ARC – 413	Urban Design and Planning	2 (2-0)
ARC-453	Disaster Resilience and Development	2 (2-0)
	Elective	3(3-0)
	Total	17 (9-8)

Semester 9

Code	Course	Credit
ARC – 512	Professional Practice	2 (2-0)
ARC – 561	Architecture Thesis – I	10 (2-8)
	Elective	2(2-0)
	Total	14 (6-8)

Semester 10

Code	Course	Credit
ARC – 562	Architecture Thesis – II	12 (0-12)
ARC-513	Thesis Report	2 (2-0)
	Total	14 (2-12)

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