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Kurt Schuessler

ADDRESS 8 Aspera Place - Noosaville - Qld - 4566 - Australia
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+61 (0) 7 54741829– MOBILE +61 (0) 4 2779 9743
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German
Australian Residency since 11/2008
Senior Architect, Senior Interior Designer, Art Director, Project Leader



EDUCATION

19811987 University of Applied Sciences – Rosenheim/Munich, Germany
Qualification: M. Eng. (Arch.)
19691980 Secondary School


PROFESSIONAL 
EXPERIENCE

2009 to present CONCEPT, DESIGN AND LAUNCH OF E-COMMERCE
www.thedesigngiftshop.com
Responsibilities
Director, concept development, web design, product selection

2003 to present SELFEMPLOYED ARCHITECT AND INTERIOR DESIGNER
Responsibilities
Architectural and interior design, planning permissions, detailed design, furniture design, outline specifications, quality specifications, tendering of the contract and site supervision

2001–2002  SEASIDE GROUP, GRAN CANARY, SPAIN
Senior Project Leader 5* Design Hotel Palm Beach (Project cost: 32 m €)
Responsibilities Setting up and management of the design team. Full responsibilty for planning, design, planning permission, coordination of related technical planners, detailed design, construction management, importation management of fitout material, outline specifications, quality specifications, tendering of the contract, cost control and one time delivery

2000–2001 ROUND THE WORLD TRIP (privat)

1998–2000 COMISSIONED BY EXPO2000, HANOVER, GERMANY
Art Director Thematic Area EXPO2000
(Project cost: 250 m €)
Responsibilities Coordination of exhibition designers, scenographers, architects, industrial partners, NGOs and general contractors for 11 expositions on 100.000 m2 according to the design guide lines fixed by the Art Direction

Senior Project Leader WWF-Pavilion designed by André Heller
Responsibilities: Coordination of pavilion design, exhibition design and construction management

1998 to present graphitecture

Architecture & Graphic Design office in association with Laurence Aubineau

1997–1998 COMMISIONED BY alphaBeth FRANCOIS CONFINO, FRANCE
Art Director Thematic Area EXPO2000
(Project cost: 250 m €, as above)
Responsibilities Design guide lines for the Thematic Area; consulting services for the content development of 11 expositions of the Thematic Area

Director alphaBeth, Hanover, Germany
Responsibilities: Setting up and management of Art Direction team

1995–1997 DOMINIQUE PERRAULT & PARTNER ARCHITECTS, BERLIN, GERMANY

Senior Project Leader Olympic Velodrome and Swimming-Pool (Project cost: 296 m €)
Responsibilities Project coordination between Dominique Perrault offices in Paris and Berlin; planning, design, planning permission for Swimming-Pool and Train Station; Urban Integration of sport complex

1993–1995 DOMINIQUE PERRAULT ARCHITECTS, PARIS FRANCE
Senior Project Leader Villa One, Holiday Home Perrault, St. Cast, France
Responsibilities Planning, design, details, quality specifications
Project Manager Competition Department
Responsibilities Designs and presentations for competition entries; coordination of external consultants; design and coordination of exposition contributions
Project Architect Urban Planning Bordeaux and Berlin
Responsibilities Development of Urban Design studies

1991–1993 ARRIOLA & FIOL ARCHITECTS, BARCELONA, SPAIN
Project Leader Roman Bath Museum, San Boi de Llobregat; Urban Planning, Barcelona and Girona; Private House Matorell
Responsibilities Design, planning permissions, detailed design, construction management

1990–1991 TTSP ARCHITECTS, LONDON, UK
Project Architect Office Development, St. James Square
Responsibilities Design, detailed design, construction management

1989 JESTICO & WHILES ARCHITECTS, LONDON, UK
Project Architect Office Developments
Responsibilities Feasibility studies, planning, design

1989 STICKLAND & HERMANN ARCHITECTS, LONDON, UK
Project Architect Housing
Responsibilities Design, detailed design, outline specifications, quality specifications

1988 BRUEBACH ARCHITECTS, KASSEL, GERMANY
Project Architect Shop Design
Responsibilities Customer care, interior design, planning permissions, detailed design

1986–1988 MSM, MUNICH, GERMANY
Project Architect Exhibition Design
Responsibilities Interior designs for several exhibitions and a Television Studio for Burda


1986 BREITUNG ARCHITECTS, WUERZBURG, GERMANY
Project Architect Housing
Responsibilities Design, detailed design

1984 SZYSZKOWITZ-KOWALSKI ARCHITECTS, GRAZ, AUSTRIA
Project Architect Collective housing; boarding school
Responsibilities Concept design, detaied designs, model building, site supervision


PERSONAL PROJECTS
MAIN PROJECTS

2008 to present

Private House W, Brisbane, Australie, (Project cost: 1.3 Mio AUD)

2007–2009 Private House CA, La Rochelle, France
Private House CJ, Anglet, France
Private House WA, Toulouse, France
2003–2007 Private House C, La Rochelle, France, (Project cost: 450000 Euro)
2003–2004 Appartement AS, Rosenheim, Germany, (Project cost: 330000 Euro)
2001 Private Houses A, La Rochelle, France
1999–2000 Facade Thematic Area, EXPO2000 Hanover, Germany, (Project cost: 1.2 m Euro)
1993–1994 Re-design of four private houses and a workshop, La Rochelle, France
1989 Exhibition “Neil Pryde”, Munich, Germany
1988 Chain of Toy Shops, Austria


COMPETITION ENTRIES
1997 BUGA 2001 Potsdam, Garden Exhibition, Potsdam, Germany, (selected)
Tradefair, Düsseldorf, Germany
Industial Museum, Chemnitz, Germany, (selected)
1996 EXPO2000 Hanover, World Exhibition, Germany, (selected)
1993–1994 Housing Estate, San Sebastian, Spain, (selected)
1993 Europan
Sports Centre, Barcelona, Spain
Berlin Spreebogen, new seat of government, Berlin, Germany
1992 Convention Hall and Opera, Bilbao, Spain
Convention Hall and Opera, Pontevedra, Spain
1991 Europan
A new museum for Scotland, (selected)
1990 The Royal National Eistedffod of Wales, arts and crafts pavilion, (2nd place)
1988 Toy Shop, Innsbruck, Austria, (1st place)


LANGUAGES
German native speaker
English excellent
French excellent
Spanish proficient


IT SKILLS

AutoCAD
ArchiCAD
Microstation
MS Office
Photoshop

Windows/MacOS