Not only the Best Architecture College in Gurgaon, Sushant School of Art and Architecture at Ansal University takes pride in being the Best Architecture School in India. Sushant School of Art and Architecture is a School with long standing experience of more than two decades and rated one of the best private schools in India and among the best in Asia. Highly qualified faculty with foreign exposure; State-of-the-art equipments and infrastructure that facilitate dynamic and innovative way of learning with focus on learning by doing: Well-equipped labs & studios, field study trips (throughout the academic year), Integrated campus facilities including experimentation laboratory & outdoor spaces, construction technology yard, in-house 3-D/Laser printer for modelling, workshop areas for material & construction study; Regular interaction with industry leaders, renowned architects and engineers from National and International practices, student exchange/ joint workshops with International Institutions; Highly successful Alumni who have worked on prestigious global projects; Emphasis is on vocational and professional skills, which particularly in architecture means not only spatial manipulation, but also the ability to concretize ideas in to build form; Emphasis on liberal thinking and ethical values; Using new design pedagogy and emerging technologies: A predominantly studio-based academic delivery to make the education process simulative, interactive, reflective and creative - that in a way sums up the School.

1. 1989 - FOUNDATION OF SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE
…this was a place where design based pursuits and idea-oriented thinking fostered a
‘learning-by-doing’ process, where ‘each one-teach-one’ in a pretence-free
environment began at the beginning.
- Brijender S Dua

2. Pioneers were encouraged to grow wings and take off towards the unexplored corners
of their thought processes. Each problem tackled with a spirit of looking for answers
within the problem itself.
Sushant had ‘… given us the responsibility to make our own creative contribution
towards a better society and environment and made us worthy individuals’.
1994- GRADUATION OF FIRST BATCH OF SSAA

3. Fellow of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Padma Shri MM Rana, our Founder Dean,
envisioned SSAA not as a factory to produce architects but as a workshop for moulding
aesthetic sensibilities.
FOUNDER DEAN - PROF SHRI MM RANA

4. LEARNING CURVE AT SSAA: THE HANDS ON METHOD

5. 2001- SHIFT TO THE NEW CAMPUS

6. LEARNING BY DOING

7. LEARNING BY DOING

8. EXPLORATION OF FORM THROUGH CLAY

9. TENSEGRITY WORKSHOP BY PROF SATSANGI

10. TENSEGRITY WORKSHOP BY PROF SATSANGI

11. WOVEN DOME WORKSHOP

12. WOVEN DOME WITH PVC CONDUITS

13. SSAA has a significant place in my career
spanning over 50 years, both as an
academician and architect. When I joined it in
1990, the School was still in its formative
stage and Professor MM Rana was the
guiding force behind every new venture.
That year, as part of the School’s first festival,
a12 feet diameter hemisphere or Great-circle
was constructed with intersecting plywood
strips that divided the surface into 60 equal
right-angled triangles.
The project was completed by first year
students under the most challenging
circumstances, with a nominal budget of Rs.
2000 and a tight deadline of 48 hours, in spite
of the fact that at that point there was no
workshop facility on campus.
- Prof. M S Satsangi

14. OPEN STUDIO BY EMINENT POTTER DIPALEE DAROZ

15. OPEN STUDIO BY EMINENT POTTER DIPALEE DAROZ

16. MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES & PROCESSES STUDIO WORK

17. MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES & PROCESSES STUDIO WORK

18. MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES & PROCESSES STUDIO WORK

19. MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES & PROCESSES STUDIO WORK

20. CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP (CARPENTRY)

21. CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP (MASONRY)

22. THEATRE WORKSHOP BY IMRAN KHAN

23. RAKHIGARHI WORKSHOP IN COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS OF IFT, MACAU

24. RAKHIGARHI WORKSHOP IN COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS OF IFT, MACAU

25. iDiDe WORKSHOP

26. iDiDe WORKSHOP

27. In line with the belief of Professor Rana, the course of art in SSAA was aimed at developing the
inner faculties of the students, with skill development addressed as a subservient to the main
thrust. It involved many exercises in abstract thinking that also helped improve drawing skills and
techniques of expression along with inculcating an understanding of form space relationship.
- Prof. M R Renjen
ART AS INTEGRAL TO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

28. ART AS INTEGRAL TO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

29. PAINTING WALLS OF CAMPUS AS MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION DURING FEST

30. IN AMPHITHEATRE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE STUDENTS AT SSAA

31. EXPLORATIONS IN CLAY

32. SITE VISITS

33. VISIT TO CONSTRUCTION SITES

34. VISIT TO CONSTRUCTION SITES

35. FIRST YEAR DESIGN STUDIO

36. SECOND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO

37. FOURTH YEAR URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

38. FOURTH YEAR URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

39. FINAL YEAR THESIS JURY

40. PONSHANKAR & EKAM SINGH (SEMI FINALISTS) AT GROHE ARCHUMEN 1617

41. LEARNING FROM HISTORY AND HERITAGE

42. STUDY TRIP TO BOMBAY

43. STUDY TRIP TO PUNE

44. STUDY TRIP TO JAPAN

45. STUDY TRIP TO JAPAN

46. STUDY TRIP TO SRILANKA

47. STUDY TRIP TO AMSTERDAM

48. STUDY TRIP TO SPAIN

49. IGBC STUDENT CHAPTER LAUNCH AT ANSAL UNIVERSITY

50. FOUNDERS DAY - 1st SEPTEMBER

51. FOUNDERS DAY - 1st SEPTEMBER

52. FOUNDERS DAY - 1st SEPTEMBER

53. GUEST LECTURES AT SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE

54. ‘DESIGN CONFLICT & CHANDIGARH’ BY JOHN BASS

55. SPECIAL LECTURE BY FERNANDO MENIS

56. ‘CONSTRUCTING MODERN INDIA’ BY PETER SCRIVER & AMIT SRIVASTAVA

57. ‘STRATEGY FOR FUTURE CITIES IN ASIA’ BY ROMI KHOSLA & VIKRAM SONI

58. MANTHAN - ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE ON BUILT HERITAGE

59. MANTHAN - ‘LEARNING AND TEACHING ARCHITECTURE IN 21STCENTURY’

60. PANEL DISCUSSION 'DIALOGUE ON ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION‘

61. ALUMNI MEET AT SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE

62. ALUMNI MEET AT SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE

63. As an alumni, the most important part of
becoming an architect at SSAA was the
manner in which this institution moulded
and helped us in our personal and
intellectual growth . From learning how to
draw a straight line on paper to a dream of
designing an actual building , this institute
provided us the perfect infrastructure for the
dream run. More than the culture , the
teachers at this institute were a mixture of
young and experienced architects , giving us
a dual perspective learning at the same time.
SANCHIT ARORA
ALUMNI SPEAK

64. I believe design cannot be taught, but under
the guidance of eminent professors at SSAA,
one can always push boundaries and explore
new dimensions. Each day has been a new
learning experience for me; whether in
studios, field tours or during campus
activities, from seniors or from juniors. From
a naive designer to an architect, the years in
Sushant have moulded me into a responsible
citizen and I am working towards building a
better environment.
ANANYA VIJ
ALUMNI SPEAK

65. ALUMNI WORK
Canopy over outdoor waiting area at Rosa Parks Transit center,
Detroit. Urban plaza with skin as water collector designed by
FTL Design Engineering Studio
ASHISH SONI
Batch 1991- 1996
Principal of FTL Design Engineering
Studio, New York

66. ALUMNI WORK
SHEETAL RAKHEJA
Batch 1993- 1998
Managing Director, Design &
Development India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
- Shunya, a model home created on
the concept of zero waste, zero water
and zero energy. Redundant cargo
containers and other waste materials
been transformed in to India’s first
working model of a zero energy
home.
- Green Boulevard, Noida, one of
World’s ten Largest Platinum rated
LEED certified Green Buildings from
USGBC in the Core & Shell category.

67. ALUMNI WORK
SUSHANT VERMA
Batch 2005- 2010
Architect at Zaha Hadid
Architects, London, UK and co-
founder and researcher at
Research in Architecture &
Technology or rat[LAB], London.

68. ALUMNI WORK
SUBHASHISH MANDAL
Batch 1991- 1996
Bin Mattar Museum,
Bahrain, a restoration project
of the well known Bin Mattar
House into a café, museum
and office for the cultural
minister, housing permanent
and travelling exhibitions.

69. ALUMNI WORK
ADITYA KUMAR
Batch 1995- 2000
Deputy Director, NGO, Community Organisation Resource Center (CORC),
Former Head of Design and Planning unit, United Nations Relief and
Works Agency
-The reconstruction of Nahr El Bared Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon
- Upgrading of informal settlement Mashiniwami, SASDI alliance, Cape
Town, South Africa

70. ALUMNI WORK
PRYAS GUPTA
Batch 1995- 2000
Creative Director and filmmaker
Siddharth, The Prisoner’, a feature film produced and directed
by Pryas Gupta. The film won jury Grand Prize at the Asia
Pacific Screen Awards held in Gold Coast , Australia.

71. ALUMNI WORK
SUMEET SACHDEV
Batch 1994- 1999
Telivision actor and filmmaker
‘Rehmaan Sahab ko phone karna hai’, a short film by Sumeet
Sachdev that has been screened at nine film festivals and
won three awards including the jury mention award at the
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala.

72. 2017- SSAA TODAY

73. RANKED TOP PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA

74. PROGRAMMES AT SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE
GRADUATE
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
POST-GRADUATE
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (URBAN DESIGN)
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (BUILT HERITAGE)
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE)
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE)
MASTER OF PLANNING (URBAN)
DOCTORAL PROGRAMME
PhD Programme for committed researchers especially in fields of Sustainable Built Environment, Heritage,
Design, Architecture Pedagogy, Innovative Construction Technology, Urban and Regional Planning etc.

75. CERTIFICATE COURSES AT SSAA

76. COLLABORATIONS