GATE 2023 AR — Planning – Question 29

Design and Graphics · Ergonomics, Ratio and proportion, Scales in design, Organization of space · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Match buildings P National Assembly, Dhaka; Q UNESCO Secretariat, Paris; R Palace complex, Fatehpur Sikri; S Shodhan House, Ahmedabad, with spatial organisations:1 centralized, 2 cluster, 3 radial, 4 linear, 5 grid.

P–1; Q–3; R–2; S–5
P–5; Q–3; R–1; S–4
P–3; Q–4; R–1; S–5
P–1; Q–4; R–2; S–3

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Correct answer: (A) P–1; Q–3; R–2; S–5

Explanation

Dhaka’s assembly centres its organisation on the assembly chamber (1); the UNESCO Secretariat has radial wings (3). Fatehpur Sikri groups differentiated palace spaces as a cluster (2), and Shodhan House uses a regulating structural grid (5). This gives A.

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