Ar.TM Cyriac serves as the Dean of Academics at DC School of Architecture and Design. Prior to this, he has been engaged with architectural practice and academics, and had been part of the teaching faculty at TKM College of Engineering Kollam and College of Engineering Trivandrum till 1998.
TM Cyriac is the founder and principal architect of Environmental Creations. The firm is a prominent pioneer of hospitality projects in Kerala. Environmental sensitivity, heritage conservation, landscape conservation and regional sensitivity are the firm's trademark.
He was selected as the one of 20 future talents of Kerala by India Today magazine. Architect and Interiors India magazine designated him as one of the top 50 Architects and 15 green architects in India. He was awarded the Designer of the Year by Inside Outside magazine in 2004 and won the debut NDTV design award in 2014.
The research and documentation of regional architecture is an area of focus for T M Cyriac. In 2019, he curated the first edition of ‘SPACES’, Kerala Architecture Festival. He was a panelist in Iberian Heritage Biennale, Spain 2018. His areas of interest are history, cultural studies, travel and photography.
After his Bachelors degree in Architecture from College of Engineering, Trivandrum, he did his Masters in Landscape Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He is also a guest lecturer at the University of Valladolid, Spain.
Every epoch of human life and history has an expression in Architecture. We literally build our civilisations. And always, these buildings and physical structures exceed their immediate material needs and take diverse forms of cultural identity and aesthetics. A deep understanding of the regional and local ethos is the key to find our unique place in a globalising world.
Architecture education has the twofold objectives; to equip the future architects with skills and resources to achieve quality in design and to impart the values and perspective for a better understanding of society, aesthetics and environment.
The academic approach in DC School of Architecture and Design is designed to train the students to be skilled professionals and responsible human beings. Instructions in theory, technology, graphics and communication, history, architectural design of building typologies, complexity of urbanity and environment, focus towards the fist goal.
Social and art projects, guest lectures, talks, events, tours, rural immersion programmes, and nature related activities aim towards making the future architect to meet the society as responsible citizens.
The team of academicians and operations professionals of DC School of Architecture and Design is continuously on the process of structuring and improving the academic content and its effective delivery. Our course plan reflects the the consistent effort of updating the knowledge base and innovative delivery modes. Our goal towards better design and society is sure to come alive with a sustained response and hard work from our students.
T M Cyriac
Dean, D C School of Architecture and Design