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GATE Urban Design and Conservation: Theories, principles, tools and techniques of urban design – Previous Year Questions

11 GATE previous year questions on Theories, principles, tools and techniques of urban design (Urban Design and Conservation, Architecture and Planning) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AR Q17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In Gordon Cullen’s urban-design terminology, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, is the example asked for under which concept?
  2. GATE 2022 AR — Planning Q34 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match P vertical theory of urban design, Q responsive environments, R serial vision, S winter urbanism with 1 Ian Bentley, 2 Gordon Cullen, 3 Norman…
  3. GATE 2022 AR — Architecture Q34 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match P vertical theory of urban design, Q responsive environments, R serial vision, S winter urbanism with 1 Ian Bentley, 2 Gordon Cullen, 3 Norman…
  4. GATE 2024 AR — Planning Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Who wrote Human Aspects of Urban Form?
  5. GATE 2024 AR — Planning Q31 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match P NIMBY, Q form-based code, R tactical urbanism, S suburbanisation with 1 waterfront view through abutting street, 2 regulation primarily by…
  6. GATE 2024 AR — Architecture Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Who wrote Human Aspects of Urban Form?
  7. GATE 2024 AR — Architecture Q31 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match P NIMBY, Q form-based code, R tactical urbanism, S suburbanisation with 1 waterfront view through abutting street, 2 regulation primarily by…
  8. GATE 2025 AR — Planning Q33 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match P Cities for People, Q Architecture:Form, Space, and Order, R The Death and Life of Great American Cities, S The Image of the City with 1…
  9. GATE 2025 AR — Architecture Q33 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match P Cities for People, Q Architecture:Form, Space, and Order, R The Death and Life of Great American Cities, S The Image of the City with 1…
  10. GATE 2026 AR — Planning Q35 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match Kevin Lynch concepts P legibility, Q imageability, R structure, S identity with 1 complex reality perceived as one interrelated identity, 2 an…
  11. GATE 2026 AR — Architecture Q35 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match Kevin Lynch concepts P legibility, Q imageability, R structure, S identity with 1 complex reality perceived as one interrelated identity, 2 an…