Dr Nikolina Bobic

Position

Lecturer in Architecture

BA History, Theory and Critical Context Stream Leader

Head BA (Hons) Architecture Admissions and Marketing

Biography

Nikolina Bobic is an academic and architect. At the broad level, her research delves into the historical and theoretical concepts to do with politics and space; the ways in which architecture and urban space operate within or are constructed by politics. Likewise, the ways through which architecture and urban space can be transformed to enact and construct alternative political realities. At a specific level, Nikolina's research addresses balkanization (geopolitical fragmentation), borders, and (post)conflict - how these notions manifest at the complex intersection of architecture, urbanism, military, media, economics, technology, literature and film. 

At present, Nikolina is working on the co-edited The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics, Vol I: Violence, Spectacle and Data (forthcoming in late 2021); and, The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics, Vol II: Ecology, Social Participation and Marginalities (forthcoming mid-2022). She is the co-editor of the peer-reviewed Interstices: A Journal of Architecture and Related Arts thematic issue 20 'Political Matters' (December 2020). Her authored Balkanization and Global Politics: Remaking Cities and Architecture was published in 2019 by Routledge. In the same year, she co-convened the international conference Political Matters: Spatial Thinking of the Alternative in Auckland, NZ.

Nikolina holds a PhD in Architecture from The University of Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining the University of Plymouth in November 2014 as a Lecturer in Architecture, Nikolina taught in Architecture and Sociology at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales and the University of Technology in Australia. Currently, she is the module leader for Architectural History and Theory at HKU Space Architecture. In July 2019 she was invited to support teaching in Architecture at the University of Auckland, NZ. Her industry experience is in residential architecture. The predominant concentration while working as an architect was on exploring and exploiting the interface between internal and external spaces, the means by which were addressed through materiality and close consideration of the context.

Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice. 

The University of Plymouth, UK, 2015.

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy (Architecture). 

The University of Sydney, Australia, 2014

Bachelor of Architecture – Honours Class 1.

Bachelor of Arts – Major in Sociology. 

The University of New South Wales, Australia, 2005.         

Awards & Funding   

Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) to support PhD studies.

The University of Sydney Top-up Grant.

The University of New South Wales U/G Entry Scholarship.

Qualifications

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA), since 2015.            

Registered Architect, New South Wales, Australia - since 2008 (NSWARB 8077).

Professional Experience    

Project and Assistant Architect in residential architecture. Virginia Kerridge Architect (VKA), Sydney.

Project Architect:      

New 3 storey House in Bondi (2004 – 08); Alteration / Addition to a Heritage Terrace in Elizabeth Bay (2006 – 08); Alteration / Addition to a House in Bronte Beach (2006 – 08).

Assistant Architect:      

Alteration/ Addition to a House in Bronte (2005 – 08); New House in Kingscliff (2006 – 08); New Cottage and Farmhouse in Hunter Valley (2007 – 08); Alteration / Addition to a House in Coogee (2006 – 07); New House in Bronte (2005 – 06); Alteration /Addition to Kerridge House + Apartment (2004).

Membership

European Architectural History Network (EAHN).

Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA).

Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ).

Australian Institute of Architects (AIA).

New South Wales Architects Registration Board (NSWARB).