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{{Short description|Architecture School in Tamil Nadu, India}}

{{Infobox university
| name = Crescent School of Architecture
| image = Crescent School of Architecture (CSA) Logo.png
| image_size = 120px
| other_name = CSA
| type = [[Private university|Private Architecture School]]
| established = {{start date and age|2010|05|11}}
| parent = [[B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology]]
| accreditation = {{hlist|[[Council of Architecture|COA]]|[[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]]}}
| affiliation = {{hlist|[[Indian Institute of Architects|IIA]]}}
| dean = {{Abbr|Prof.|Professor}} G. Jayalakshmi
| academic_staff = 48 (2024)<ref name="NIRF A&P Data 2024">{{Citation |last=B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology |title=National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 Data for Architecture and Planning Category |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2.-ARCHITECTURE.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916152854/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2.-ARCHITECTURE.pdf|archive-date=2024-09-16 |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]], [[Government of India]]}}</ref>
| students = 326 (2024)<ref name="NIRF A&P Data 2024" />
| undergrad = 314 (2024)<ref name="NIRF A&P Data 2024" />
| postgrad = 12 (2024)<ref name="NIRF A&P Data 2024" />
| address = 120, Seethakathi Estate, [[Grand Southern Trunk Road|GST Road]]
| city = [[Vandalur]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|12|52|31|N|80|5|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| campus_type = [[Suburb|Suburban Campus]]
| logo = Crescent School of Architecture (CSA) Logo with Text.png
| website = {{URL|https://www.crescentschoolofarchitecture.com/|Official Website}}
}}
The '''Crescent School of Architecture (CSA)''' is one of the constituent professional schools of [[B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology]], Tamil Nadu, India. The CSA awards the degrees of [[Bachelor of Architecture|Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)]], [[Bachelor of Design|Bachelor of Design (B.Des)]] in [[Interior architecture|Interior Architecture]], and [[Master of Architecture|Master of Architecture (M.Arch)]], with the approval of [[Council of Architecture|Council of Architecture (COA)]] and [[All India Council for Technical Education|All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)]]. The CSA is affiliated with [[Indian Institute of Architects]], the national professional association for architects.

The CSA building has won the [[ArchDaily|Archdaily]] Building of the Year award in the [[educational architecture]] category.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=ArchDaily |author-link=ArchDaily |title=Building of the Year 2020: Educational Architecture |url=https://boty.archdaily.com/us/2020/candidates/129197/school-of-architecture-crescent-university-slash-architecturered |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917044038/https://boty.archdaily.com/us/2020/candidates/129197/school-of-architecture-crescent-university-slash-architecturered |archive-date=2024-09-17 |access-date= |website=Building of the Year 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
The CSA was established in 2010 as a constituent professional school of [[B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology]], offering architectural and design education. The [[Council of Architecture]] has approved the CSA's 5-year [[Bachelor of Architecture|Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)]] program as meeting the standards for architectural qualification required to register as an architect with the council.<ref name="COA B.Arch 2010">{{Citation |last=Council of Architecture |title=Approval Letter (B.Arch) |date=2010-06-11|url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoA-approval-B.Arch-2010-112011-12-and-2012-13.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626063807/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoA-approval-B.Arch-2010-112011-12-and-2012-13.pdf|archive-date=2023-06-26}}</ref> In 2013, the Council of Architecture further expanded the approval for an additional 40 students, bringing the intake capacity of the CSA to 80 students per academic year.<ref name="COA B.Arch 2013">{{Citation |last=Council of Architecture |title=Approval Letter (B.Arch) |date=2013-05-21 |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoA-approval-B.Arch-2013-16.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626063644/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoA-approval-B.Arch-2013-16.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-26}}</ref>

In 2017, the CSA started offering 4-year [[Bachelor of Design]] in [[Interior architecture|Interior Architecture]].<ref>{{Citation |last=B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology |title=B.Des (Interior Architecture) Regulation 2017 |publication-date=2017 |url=https://www.crescentschoolofarchitecture.com/admin/pdf/66618631742020%20-%20B.Des%20syllabus%20revised%202020%20-%20TO%20UPLOAD.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914130957/https://www.crescentschoolofarchitecture.com/admin/pdf/66618631742020%20-%20B.Des%20syllabus%20revised%202020%20-%20TO%20UPLOAD.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-14}}</ref> The programme has been accredited by [[All India Council for Technical Education|All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)]] since 2019.<ref name="AICTE B.Des 2019">{{Citation |last=All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) |title=Extension of Approval |date=2019-04-30 |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AICTE-EOA-Approval-Certificate-for-the-AY-2019-20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908044550/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoA-approval-M.Arch-2018-19.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-08}}</ref>

In 2018, the CSA started offering 2-year [[Master of Architecture|Master of Architecture (M.Arch)]] programme with approval of Council of Architecture.<ref name="COA M.Arch 2018">{{Citation |last=Council of Architecture |title=Approval Letter (M.Arch) |date=2018-06-27 |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoA-approval-M.Arch-2018-19.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908044550/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CoA-approval-M.Arch-2018-19.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-08}}</ref>

== Campus ==
The CSA is housed in a building designed by Architects Biju Kuriakose and Kishore Panikkar. The architects stated that they wanted CSA to be different from a typical school, which would house endless corridors with rooms on either side. They wanted to create spaces offering opportunities for discussions and chance encounters.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Pintos |first=Paula |date=2019-12-25 |title=School of Architecture, Crescent University by architectureRED |url=https://www.archdaily.com/930867/school-of-architecture-crescent-university-architecturered |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610172858/https://www.archdaily.com/930867/school-of-architecture-crescent-university-architecturered |archive-date=2023-06-10 |access-date= |website=[[ArchDaily]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The building features a design in which the ground plane is multiplied and staggered at each level, creating a new ground at every floor level within the building. This design creates a continuous, stepped void that acts as a diagonal courtyard and serves as the school's key congregational and social space.<ref name=":1" /> The building won the [[ArchDaily]] Building of the Year award in 2020 for the [[educational architecture]] category.<ref name=":0" />

== Organization and administration ==
The CSA is a constituent school of [[B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology]], which is also known as Crescent. The CSA is under the governance of the Crescent Board of Management, and its academic policy is supervised by the Crescent Academic Council. A [[Dean (education)|Dean]] heads the CSA. The CSA Board of Studies reviews and formulates the school's academic policy and submits it to the Crescent Academic Council for approval.<ref name=":10">{{Citation |title=The Structure of the Governance |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CRESCENT-IQAC-6.2.2-FUNCTIONING-OF-THE-INSTITUTIONAL-BODIES.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913145141/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CRESCENT-IQAC-6.2.2-FUNCTIONING-OF-THE-INSTITUTIONAL-BODIES.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-13 |publisher=B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Citation |title=Memorandum of Association: Modified in Accordance with UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2019. |date=2022-01-12 |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MOA-Aligned-in-Accordance-with-UGC-13.01.2022.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626064431/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MOA-Aligned-in-Accordance-with-UGC-13.01.2022.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-26 |publisher=B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology}}</ref>

=== Administration ===

==== Dean ====
The Dean is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic vision and goals, managing financial and academic affairs, overseeing governance, and promoting the overall quality of the degree programmes. The Dean serves as chairperson of the CSA Board of Studies, overseeing and coordinating the periodic review of curriculum, including teaching and evaluation methodology. The Dean serves as a selection committee member, recruiting academic staff for the school. The Dean supervises the performance of academic and administrative staff and coordinates their professional development.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /><ref name="Dean">{{Citation |title=Job Description: School Deans |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/6.Job-Description-for-Deans-1.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |publisher=B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology}}</ref>

==== Design Chair ====
The Design Chair continuously supervises the teaching and evaluation of courses with studio courses and theory-studio integrated courses. The Design Chair regularly recommends improvement in teaching and evaluation methods of these courses to the Dean.<ref name="B.Arch 2016 Regulations">{{Citation |last=B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology |title=B.Arch. Degree Programme: Regulations 2016 |date=2016 |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/B.Arch-Regulations-2016-Updated-upto-December-2020_29.01.21.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626064212/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/B.Arch-Regulations-2016-Updated-upto-December-2020_29.01.21.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-26}}</ref><ref name="B.Des 2017 Regulations">{{Citation |last=B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology |title=B.Des. Degree Programme: Regulations 2017 |date=2017 |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/B.-Des.-Regulations-2017-Amended-upto-December2020-28.01.21.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626064212/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/B.Arch-Regulations-2016-Updated-upto-December-2020_29.01.21.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-26}}</ref>

==== Board of Studies ====
The CSA Board of Studies is chaired by the Dean and consists of the academic staffs of the school and practicing architects. The Board periodically reviews the curriculum based on current market requirements and projections, emerging teaching and evaluation methodology and regulatory and policy changes.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" />

=== Audit ===

==== Department Academic Audit Committee ====
Each semester, the Department Academic Audit Committee is constituted to ensure students' attainment of course outcomes. The Committee audits the teaching, learning, and evaluation process of each course taught during that semester, by reviewing the teaching materials and aids, assessment methods, and coursework evaluation. If necessary, it recommends corrective measures to the course tutor.<ref name="NAAC 2024">{{Citation |last=B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology |title=Self Study Report |year=2020 |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NAAC-SSR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626064018/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NAAC-SSR.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-26 |publisher=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]]}}</ref><ref name="DAAC">{{Citation |last=B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology |title=Department Academic Audit Committee Forms |url=https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DAAC.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005133122/https://crescent.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DAAC.pdf |archive-date=2024-10-05 |publisher=[[B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology]]}}</ref>

==== Class Committee ====
Each semester, a Class Committee is constituted for each class. The Committee of each class is composed of all its course tutors for that semester and two of its students. The Committee is chaired by an academic staff who does not teach any courses to the class. The Committee serves as a forum for receiving in-depth and periodic feedback from the students on the teaching, learning, and evaluation process of each course taught during that semester.<ref name="NAAC 2024" />

== Academics ==
=== Accreditation and affiliation ===
The CSA is an affiliated institute of [[Indian Institute of Architects]], the national professional association for architects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) |title=Affiliated Colleges and Institutes |url=https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/colleges-institutes-affiliated-with-iia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813224511/https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/colleges-institutes-affiliated-with-iia/ |archive-date=2021-08-13 |access-date= |website= |publisher=[[Indian Institute of Architects]]}}</ref>

The CSA is approved by [[Council of Architecture]] to offer 5-year [[Bachelor of Architecture|Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)]] programme and 2-year [[Master of Architecture|Master of Architecture (M.Arch).]]<ref name="COA B.Arch 2010" /><ref name="COA B.Arch 2013" /><ref name="COA M.Arch 2018" /> The CSA is approved by [[All India Council for Technical Education|All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)]] to offer 4-year [[Bachelor of Design|Bachelor of Design (B.Des)]] in [[Interior architecture|Interior Architecture]].<ref name="AICTE B.Des 2019" />

=== Reputation and rankings ===
{{Infobox India university ranking
|type= College
|NIRF_A_2024 = 40}}
In 2024, the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] ranked CSA as 5th best Architecture and Planning institute in Tamil Nadu, and 40th in India.<ref name="Rankings_NIRF_A_2024" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.crescentschoolofarchitecture.com/}}

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