Public outreach programs
Thejus College of Architecture
Thejus College of Architecture, a project of Cheruvathur foundation was established in the year 2014. It is approved by Council of Architecture, New Delhi (COA) and affiliated to University of Calicut- Institutional Code KL 32. The college is a self-financing specialised institute having a holistic approach to architectural education.
Thejus College of Architecture aspires not only to train competent professionals but also to increase the student’s sensitivity to the emotional, spiritual and aesthetic dimensions. The supportive environment at the campus encourages students to achieve the highest standards and reach the potential. Our course teams can help students develop and push their creative boundaries.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to make the people associated with us to transform into a human mind with a notice and ethically sound rationale, who observes, understands, empathizes with the surroundings to use the knowledge gathered to serve the needs and demands of earth and earthlings with palpable and impalpable solutions.
To disseminate our vision into the course of study, we have made our learning environment barrier free where ideas and concepts are discussed and criticized frequently. True to our vision, we are updating our knowledge base to be able to criticize, analyze and use the collective knowledge we are left with by our predecessors. In the process, we have new insights about the process of design and how deeply it is associated with human life, a knowledge which we pass on to our successors.
We aspire to develop a national and global presence in the coming years, collaborating and developing with other institutions with like minds. We intend to create a knowledge resource shared and nurtured by minds like us who want to assess and modify themselves based on the shared knowledge pool. The shared knowledge pool will have a collection of ideologies, methodologies, technologies which will help to create a better learning environment and thus a sustainable life on earth.
As part of Social Service and Public outreach activities, college has formulated a research cell under the name Thejus Research and Architecture Consultancy Cell (T.R.A.C.C) and has taken up initiatives and coordinated many events both professionally and as student activities. Following are few such initiatives:
1. Revitalisation of a pedestrian bridge (unused railway over bridge) at Wadakkanchery, Thrissur, Kerala (2017)
2. CARe - Home project : as part of Life mission project of Government of Kerala, as a housing scheme for 2018 flood affected regions.
3. Heritage walk and Awareness program - Pazhayangadi (Old market at Kunnamkulam, Thrissur, Kerala (2022)
4. Revamping of Anganwadi using Wall Art - (3 Anganwadis’ in the neighbourhood of the college was revamped after COVID 19 restrictions were liberated) - the condition of one among them was in a dilapidated stage. (2022, 2023)
5. Revitalisation of a public space at Perumpilavu Junction, Thrissur, Kerala- a design proposal to enhance the spatial quality of the space adjacent to a traffic signal, for public to occupy and experience (in process for PWD permissions) (* 2022) and few place making exercises as part of academics inside the college premises as well.
1. Revitalisation of a pedestrian bridge (unused railway over bridge) at Wadakkanchery, Thrissur, Kerala (2017)
2. CARe - Home project : as part of Life mission project of Government of Kerala, as a housing scheme for 2018 flood affected regions.
The consultancy cell “TRACC” along with the sixth-semester students (2016-2021 batch) were involved in the "CARe Home" project organized by the Department of Co-operation, Government of Kerala. The project was organized in response to the massive floods and landslides that impacted the State during August 2018, the Government of Kerala took out a large-scale rehabilitation program. The State’s Cooperative Department with an extensive network of primary cooperatives joined the rehabilitation program through three initiatives, CARe Home being the housing project among them, which envisaged building safe and better homes for flood and landslide-affected families.
Our consultancy cell has been involved in the redevelopment of 3 houses affected by the flood in Aluva, which was assigned to the Keezhmad Service Co-operative Bank, Ernakulam District, Kerala. The scope of the project was to do initial site visits, provide design proposals and take up sanctioning procedures. The students were physically involved in the onsite landscape works of one of the floodaffected residences.
Interior Design - college lobby space
Interior Design - college gathering space Workshop - arch & Vault
Wall art in college canteen