Interior Architect strives for awareness

Masinki's design
Masinki's design

Upcoming interior architect, Tebogo Masinki is of the opinion that Batswana are yet to understand and appreciate his line of work.

The young man said that Interior Architecture is a new concept in Botswana that can still be tapped into.  Masinki pointed out that interior architecture is different from interior design in that the latter deals with space planning inside the house while architecture does for both the inside and out.  He further added that the architecture deals more with where to place the service and systems of the house such as where to place a bathtub or the perfect place to put up an aircon.

In addition Masinki said: “Interior architecture is more of how you place items around the house and if the space goes hand-in-hand with the daily household activities.”

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