CCA Chandigarh Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The college has Adequate accommodation is available for boys in separate hostel buildings. The boy's hostel, Corbu House, with accommodation for 99 students is located on the college campus.

The Architecture Girls Hostel, Sector 11 was set up in 1982 prior to which the students stayed in the hostels of Panjab University. It has 105 rooms (7 guest rooms & a reading room). The hostel has a residence of the Hostel Superintendent as well. The building is a 3 storied structure with adequate natural lighting & ventilation through 2 courtyards and terraces at various levels. Students from Chandigarh College of Architecture, Sector 12; Government College of Arts, Sector 10 and Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12 share the Girls Hostel facilities. There are year-round social and cultural activities by the residents of the hostel (Staff and Students) in which all participate with enthusiasm. The hostel offers several facilities to residents that include a mess and canteen, laundry facility, single occupancy rooms, sports and fitness facilities, badminton courts, and gym training equipment. The hostel also has a DG set for backup power, monthly magazine and newspaper subscriptions, WiFi facility. The hostel has adequate parking, and lawns for residents’ use, and is under CCTV surveillance. Several annual events and national festivals are celebrated in the hostel which serves as a ‘home away from home for students from all over India.

The college focuses on fitness as well and has the infrastructure for a gym as well as playing table tennis. The gymnasium is air-conditioned and has exercise equipment like the treadmill, bench press, cross trainer, and leg press machine to name a few. The college is equipped with a full-fledged Gymnasium having a fully automatic Treadmill, a seven-station gym, Pecdec Machine including gym balls and three weights. There is a walking trail along the boundary wall of the college campus.

The College Library is situated in the heart of the college campus. Consisting of two beautifully built reading halls, it provides comfortable seating for 80 students. The college has a centrally air-conditioned library with approx. 27165 titles in architecture & related fields and regular subscription to 53 national and international journals, 3 e-journals, and 1773 bound periodicals that provide adequate and sufficient reading material to the students. There is also an exclusive section where all the thesis reports are kept for record and consultation. Teaching aids like audio and video cassettes and CDs are also available. The library provides an internet facility to the students. It also offers a computerized circulation service, a reference service, and a book bank facility.

The College provides many sports facilities including Cricket, basketball and volleyball, Football, and Table Tennis.

The college has a well-equipped, air-conditioned Computer Center networked with a number of workstations supported by around 40 i-7 computers, 20 laptops, one Apple i-10, four A-0 size plotters, one A-0 size scanners, 20 Table Top Scanners, 20 inkjet & laserjet printers. The PCs are loaded with the latest CAD software like Auto CAD - 2009, Adobe Photoshop 7, 3D Studio Max, Coral Draw 10, Primavera Contractor Standard 2009, Revit Autocad Software 2012, and Archicad - 2017. As a result, students have been regularly presenting seminars and design proposals using the latest audio-visual presentation techniques. The entire college campus and hostels are WiFi-enabled. Besides this, each faculty member has been provided with a personal computer and laptop...

The college canteen block has seating indoors and on a raised deck outdoors, along with the landscaped portion. The spaces here are enlivened with murals regularly, designed and executed by students in large groups. Students see most of their informal culture here, under the shade in summer or soaking in the winter sun on the deck.

The college Assembly Hall with a 200-seat capacity has all modern facilities such as air conditioning, acoustic treatment, and a public address system and is frequently used for presentations, lectures, and student seminars.

Ever since the first batch of B.ARCH degree holders left its portals, CCA has produced about 1000 architects. Engaged in various fields of specialized endeavor in government establishments and semi-government organizations, as well as a private practice they have contributed significantly to the promotion and development of the profession of architecture both in India and abroad. Several among them have achieved international, national, and regional eminence thereby making their alma mater proud. Some of them have also made their mark in other fields such as management, computers, journalism, etc. If you are an alumnus of this college please contact us and let us know your latest particulars and also of others whom you know.

The college has a Wi-Fi facility for the students and staff.

The photographic laboratory has been equipped with darkroom facilities for B/W processing, five 35 mm(SLR) cameras, a medium format camera, enlargers, and developing & printing gadgets.

The college has a convenience store facility for students. (like, photocopying facility & stationery, etc.)

The college has a health center with a first aid facility for the students.

The college has a workshop facility for all students.