Founding partner
Lijo John Mathew

Lijo John Mathew is an artist and architect based in Cochin, Kerala. He is the co-founder of the award winning architecture and design practice, Cochin Creative Collective established in 2016. Lijo’s work has won IIA awards at the state and national levels since 2018 and most recently, his practice was honoured among Emerging Design Firms felicitated by ID Honours 2023. After completing his Bachelors in Architecture from TKM College of Engineering in Kollam, he pursued his Masters from Politecnico di Milano. Lijo has a deep research interest in drawing as a design tool and explored methods of deconstructive mapping as part of his thesis at Politecnico. His current work transcends the limitations of conventional hyper-realistic imagery and focuses instead on complex, layered and multifarious renderings of places real and imagined. Fields of Muziris is an ongoing work on the erstwhile port city and its future visualisation that Lijo is currently working on.