PortfolioAlexander Goessler

BOKA Powell Architects | Dallas, TX Summer 2013, 2014; January-August 2015, May-July 2016Intern Architect

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.

Rebel Run Obstacle Build | Christian Architecture Leaders | College Station, TX Fall 2013, 2014Project 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.

YWAM Outdoor Activity Complex | Christian Architecture Leaders | Tyler, TX Spring 2014Design Participant

Participated in the designing of a masterplan for an outdoor activity and sports complex for a missions organi-zation. Collaborated on the outdoor sports pavilion design.

Education

Tulane University School of Architecture | New Orleans, LA 2015 - presentMaster of Architecture, Candidate 2017 Graduate Research Assistant, Fall 2015, Summer 2016 School of Architecture Mentor Program, Fall 2016-Spring 2017

Texas A&M University College of Architecture | College Station, TX 2011- 2014Bachelor 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

Alexander Goessler

Born: Dallas, Texas on August 2nd, 1991Address: 7420A Maple Street, New Orleans, LA 70118Telephone: (972)-765-4757E-mail: algoessler@gmail.com

Skills

Revit, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Hand Modeling, Hand Drafting, Sketching, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDe-sign, Microsoft Office

Professional Experience

Independent Experience

Extracurricular Activities

Christian Architecture Leaders, 2012-2013 Co-Director, Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Missions Co-Leader, Fall 2012AIAS, University of KentuckyAxiom Newspaper Staff, College of ArchitectureBoy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout

Maggie’s Center of DallasDallas, Texas | 4th 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 | 1st 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 | 2nd 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.