Renier holds a master’s degree in architecture at the University of the Free State and joined NSA in early 2026. He is originally from Malawi and moved to Bloemfontein at the age of 12. Renier believes "Architecture is the backdrop in which life happens so a design should allow for lived experiences to take place. A successful design is not one that proclaims itself to the world but rather one that draws the world into it, allowing life to write its own story in a design."