ANNA UNIVERSITY B.ARCH 1ST SEMESTER SYLLABUS
REGULATION 2013
AR6103 BUILDING MATERIALS - I
OBJECTIVES: To have an understanding of the properties, characteristics, strength, manufacture,
processing and application of materials such as soil, lime, rocks and stones.
To inform the properties, characteristics and use of bamboo, palm, straw, etc. and
methods of preservation and treatment.
To sensitize the students to the use of these naturally occurring materials in the context
of creating a green architecture.
UNIT I SOILS
Fundamentals of Soil Science, Types of soils, Principles of Soil Stabilization, Characteristics
of core, Types of Stabilizers, Requirements and Types of mudwall building and surface
protection.
UNIT II LIME
Types of lime, Classification of lime, comparison between fat lime and hydraulic lime,
Manufacturing process slaking, Hardening – Testing and Storage, Lime putty, Precautions in
handling and uses of lime.
UNIT III BAMBOO AND OTHER MATERIALS
Bamboo – Bamboo as plant classification, species, geographical distribution, Anatomy of
Bamboo, Properties, strength, processing, harvesting, working of Bamboo tools – Treatment
and preservation of Bamboo and uses of Bamboo.
Cane, gate, coir, coconut - Growth, Form, Shape, Leaves, Flowering, Propagation Roofing
materials – Thatch, grass, Bamboo, reeds – Basics – Case studies and applications.
UNIT IV STRAW BALES
Straw as a building material-physical aspects - Basics, Fire, moisture, insects and pests
proof. Plastering straw bale walls, straw bale roof.
UNIT V ROCKS AND STONES
Classification of rocks, Sources, Seasoning, Quarrying of stones, Dressing, Characteristics
of stones, Testing of stones, Common building stones and their uses. Masonary and paving.
Stone veneering, preservation of stones Deterioration of stones, Durability, Preservation,
Selection of stones, Artificial stones.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READINGS:
1. Varghese P.C., Building Materials, Prentice Hall of India put Ltd New Delhi 110001,
2005.
2. Dunkelberg (K), Bambus – Bamboo, Bamboo as a Building Material, Karl Kramer Verlag
Stuttgart, 2000.
3. Building with straw - Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture Gernot
Minke and Friedemann Mahlke Birkhauser – Publisher for Architecture Berlin – Bostan,
2005.
REFERENCES:
1. Duggal S.K., Building materials, Oxford and IBH publishing Co, put, Ltd, New Delhi
110001, 1997.
2. Spencke R. F. and Cook D.J. Building Materials in Developing Countries – John Wiley
and sons 1983.
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