Lecturer
Department of ArchitectureÂ
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Anika Grobler recently joined the Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria. She was the coordinator for the Interior Design programme at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth for nearly 7 years and was also responsible for the BTech Interior Design offering. She currently co-ordinates and lectures in the third year design studio, while also teaching third year design threory. She has been an external examiner at the University of Johannesburg and the NMMU.
Her main research interest is the relational condition between social production of space and its cultural significance in interiors, especially the interface between the tangible and intangible. She is particularly interested in the dynamic model of space and place creation and the meanings and connotations people assign to these experiences which are layered and rich with opportunities for interpretation.