NATA 2027 Syllabus: Complete Breakdown
Part A Syllabus: Drawing and Composition
1. Composition and Colour
- Creating compositions for given situations
- Color theory and harmony
- Rearranging shapes in visually appealing manner
- Understanding warm and cool colors
- Color psychology in architecture
2. Sketching & Composition (Black and White)
- Freehand drawing of buildings and architectural elements
- Human figures in proportion
- Understanding of scale and proportion
- Texture rendering (brick, wood, glass, concrete)
- Light and shadow studies
- One-point and two-point perspective
- Memory drawing
3. 3D Composition
- Creating 3D structures from given materials
- Understanding spatial relationships
- Form, volume, and mass
- Material exploration
Part B Syllabus: Aptitude Test
1. Visual Reasoning
- 2D and 3D composition reconstruction
- Orthographic projections
- Isometric views
- Mirror images and water images
- Paper folding and cutting
- Counting surfaces, edges, and vertices
- Shadow projections
2. Logical Derivation
- Decoding situations and contexts
- Drawing meaningful conclusions
- Understanding minute hidden information
- Pattern recognition
- Series completion
3. General Knowledge, Architecture & Design
- Famous architects and their works (Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, B.V. Doshi, Charles Correa, Laurie Baker)
- Important buildings in India and worldwide
- Historical progression of architecture
- Innovation in materials and construction technology
- Current issues in architecture and urban planning
- Sustainable architecture and green building concepts
4. Language Interpretation
- English grammar
- Sentence completion
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Reading comprehension
- Logical meaning of words and sentences
5. Design Sensitivity & Thinking
- Observation of people, spaces, and environments
- Critical thinking and reasoning
- Identifying subtle communications
- Semantics and metaphors
- Problem identification and definition
- Analysis of given situations
6. Numerical Ability
- Basic mathematics up to Class 10 level
- Geometry and spatial calculations
- Area, volume, and perimeter
- Creative thinking with numbers
