School of Architecture

About the School

CMR University’s School of Architecture focuses on inspiring the student community by imparting a wide range of professional skills, promoting collaborative learning, focussing on the latest curriculum, through a highly interactive teaching environment.

The School of Architecture provides high quality academic insights coupled with industry interfacing to groom students into a transformative group ready to take up challenges in the corporate world. In fact, the legacy of CMR Group in the field of education also compliments the unique learning journey at the School of Architecture.

Vision

To be a recognized maker-centred department where creative and competent professionals are honed to be socially and ecologically relevant, and become humane global citizens addressing the changing needs of the built environment.

Mission

• Create and facilitate an ambience for interdisciplinary engagement among students and faculty and an attitude of learning by doing.
• Develop and operate mutually beneficial programmes partnering with Architecture processionals and NGO’s.
• Engage with the building industry, civic bodies, and the general public to work towards addressing the civic issues of Bengaluru city and its environment.
• Create mechanisms to understand and address societal problems in order to make a positive impact in social, economic and ecological aspects..
• Create necessary online and offline information infrastructure.

How We Engage

Students are engaged in a variety of activities in the School. They include studio guidance for the main course of Architectural Design lectures and quizzes on knowledge based supportive courses like history and theory, hands-on work in the foundation studies and Mid-semester workshops, working with various digital media including the latest software, engaging in field work for surveying of sites, site visits and study tours. The idea is to make the student well rounded in all the gamut of activities related to the ecology and human habitat.

Student Clubs

Chingari

• We promote all round development of a student by organising a wide range of academic co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Students are given a platform to showcase their talents and skills to enhance their personalities.
• ‘Chingari’ is the annual student exhibition at the School of Architecture. Started in 2016, the event is a platform for students to showcase their work to industry representatives, interact with experts and gain exposure in the field of architecture. As evident from its name, the aim of the event is to kindle the motivation among students to keep learning and educating themselves about architecture. The School of Architecture has successfully organized three exhibitions.