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NAME:
Daniella Salgueiro
SCHOOL:
Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge
YEAR:
2010
CURRENT CAREER:
Interior Architect
You’re an overachiever, aren’t you?
Why do you say that?
Well, not only were you a stellar scholar at school, you
also won some awards at Tuks too. Please, tell us about
that.
I received three awards for my last year of my Interior
Architecture degree (Honours). They were: best design
student in the Interior Architecture Honours programme;
best housing project at Honours level; and best product
design in all programmes.
That’s fantastic! When did you decide you wanted to
go into interior architecture?
I always wanted to be an architect, but at an open day
at the University of Pretoria, I chatted to a student who
told me about the Interior Architecture programme and
I changed my mind.
What’s the difference between architecture and
interior architecture?
Interior architects aren’t only involved in the spaceplanning
and design of interior spaces, we’re also
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