TEACHING

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.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Anika Grobler facilitated an interior design intervention project for alternative solutions for compact living in collaboration with HDK – Academy of Design and Craft of the Universithy of Gothenburg. While at the NMMU, she was the programme representative for the Design Education Forum of South Africa (DEFSA), the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) and The African Institute of the Interior Design Professions (IID).   

RESEARCH

Anika Grobler served on the editorial board of the South African Journal of Art History (SAJAH) and has reviewed articles for SAJAH and Image and Text.  She is currently supervising 3 MInt(Prof) students and is reading towards her proposal for registeration for a PhD. 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.

Publications

1. Grobler, A.  2007.  Criteria for place-making:  architectural and urban inteirors of the Constutional Court, Johannesburg.  South African Journal of Art History, (22)2, 127-149.
2. Grobler, A., & Le Roux, S.  2006.  Criteria for spatial definition:  architectural and urban interiors of the Constitutional Court, Johannesburg.  South African Journal of Art History, 21(1), 47-69.

Lectures, conferences

and exhibition openings

1. Grobler, A.  2012.  The Interior Design treatise:  proposal writing and building selection.  Invited lecture presented for BTech degree programme at the NMMU, Port Elizabeth.
2. Grobler, A.  2011.  The Interior Design treatise: research proposal and methodology, design argument and philosophy.  Invited lecture presented for BTech degree programme at the NMMU, Port Elizabeth.
3. Grobler, A.  2007.  Alternative solutions for creative interior living environments.  Invited open lecture at the Department of Architecture, NMMU, Port Elizabeth.
4. Grobler, A.  2007.  New concepts for compact living wihin a high density-housing context in South Africa.  Paper presented at International Housing Conference, Communities:  the frontirers of housing, February 2007, NMMU, Port Elizabeth.
5. Grobler, A.  2006.  The Role of assessment in the design process. Paper presented at Design Education Forum of South Africa (DEFSA) Conference, September, NMMU, Port Elizabeth.
6. Grobler, A.  2005.  South African design culture. Invited open lecture at the University of Gothenburg, HDK – Academy of Design and Craft, Sweden.