Portfolio Alexander Goessler
Professional Experience BOKA Powell Architects Dallas, TX Summer 2013, 2014; January-August 2015, May-July 2016 Intern Architect Education Alexander Goessler Born: Dallas, Texas on August 2 nd, 1991 Address: 7420A Maple Street, New Orleans, LA 70118 Telephone: (972)-765-4757 E-mail: algoessler@gmail.com Tulane University School of Architecture New Orleans, LA Master of Architecture, Candidate 2017 Graduate Research Assistant, Fall 2015, Summer 2016 School of Architecture Mentor Program, Fall 2016-Spring 2017 2015 - present Worked on the documentation drawings for a hospital, senior living centers, hotels, and office-retail buildings, each in one or more of the design phases. Assisted with the 3D modelling for the schematic design phase for renovations to the Tarleton State University football complex. Participated in a competition in Downtown Dallas for a mix-use residential and commercial complex. Independent Experience Rebel Run Obstacle Build Christian Architecture Leaders College Station, TX Fall 2013, 2014 Project Coordinator Led a team in building obstacles two years in a row for a local church s charity running event. Oversawa and coordinated the design with the design team and the local church. Managed the collection of materials and tools, the construction process, and the transportation to the site. Texas A&M University College of Architecture College Station, TX 2011-2014 Bachelor of Environmental Design, Dec. 2014 Minor in Urban Planning Santa Chiara Study Abroad Center, Spring 2013 Unversity of Kentucky College of Design Lexington, KY 2010-2011 YWAM Outdoor Activity Complex Christian Architecture Leaders Tyler, TX Spring 2014 Design Participant Participated in the designing of a masterplan for an outdoor activity and sports complex for a missions organization. Collaborated on the outdoor sports pavilion design. Skills Extracurricular Activities Revit, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Hand Modeling, Hand Drafting, Sketching, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office Christian Architecture Leaders, 2012-2013 Co-Director, Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Missions Co-Leader, Fall 2012 AIAS, University of Kentucky Axiom Newspaper Staff, College of Architecture Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout
Maggie s Center of Dallas Dallas, Texas 4 th Year Undergraduate Studio Above all, what matters is to not lose the joy of living in the fear of dying. - Maggie Keswick Jencks A Maggie s Center is a place of refuge from the outside world and all of it s troubles. These centers are where cancer patients and their loved ones can be among an understanding community that provides support and brings hope. The concept for this center revolved around Maggie Jencks quote about finding and keeping the joy of living. Where can the joy of living be found? It can be found in community, in our daily interactions. By focusing on this idea of community and blocking out the outside world this Maggie s Center is a place of solitude and peace for its users.
Tanzhaus Akadamie New Orleans, Louisiana 1 st Year Graduate Studio The Tanzhaus Akadamie is a collective dance and performance center for the New Orleans area. Intended to bring together the different dance centers it focuses on the connection of public to dancers. The formal identity of the center comes from a dancing ballerina. The thin and light weight steel structure of the building portrays the sense of lift and weightlessness. This initial lift is then counteracted with a heavier costume that covers all of the inner workings of the building. Finally, the movement of the top, more rigid than the bottom, but also showing movement and flow just as the ballerina s arms and head move. The connection to the public happens in multiple ways. First, the public courtyard acts as an extension of the street where passersby can stop in and continue on their way or enter. Second, a central staircase that allows each user to dance their way up to the top. Finally, the rooftop terrace gives a whole floor to public interaction and dance performance spaces.
MECHANICAL CIRCULATION
Ozanam Inn Day Space New Orleans, Louisiana 2 nd Year Graduate Studio Ozanam Inn is a men s homeless shelter, food kitchen and public day space for the New Orleans area. Located in downtown it is central to the surrounding homeless population. As a day space, however, its infrastructure is not fully satisfied as the clients are uncomfortable, get rained on and are not given the dignity they deserve. Taking these three critera we began to look at how the clients would be enabled to have their dignity recognized. Through the concept of lift our main goal became to lift their spirits and lift their dignity to the place they deserved. Our first step was to lift them off the ground and out of the running water when it rained. Next we lifted the canopy higher, and through conscious material choices we make the canopy feel light and airy.
McKinnon Street Development Proposal Dallas, Texas Professional Work A plan for a developer this proposal was driven by the concept of transparency and lightness. With possible retail space and restaurant on the first floor it looks to activate the street which is mainly controlled by the passing vehicles. To keep with the transparent moves the parking garage is to be treated with a custom fabricated screen that allows for as much transparency as code will allow. Finally the office spaces above and rooftop garden are all open and give views to the surrounding Dallas skyline. What connects these is the front protrusion of glass, also transparent, that takes one s eye from ground to rooftop.