Alesia Architecture, P.C.

SAME SBC 2024 in NOLA was one for the books! We had a fantastic time connecting with our teaming partners, fostering new relationships, and learning where the future of the AEC industry will take us. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth and attended our networking event! Did we miss each other? Connect with us here on LinkedIn to set up an introduction between our firms. #SAMESBC2024

We’re at the SAME SBC ready to meet you! Stop by Booth 2128 to learn more about what we do at Alesia Architecture.

We will be at SAME Federal Small Business Conference! Come see us at our booth!

On this Veteran's Day, we celebrate those who work with us at Alesia, those we collaborate with, those we serve through our projects, and all others who dedicated their lives to protecting our freedom. Join us in thanking our Veterans - today, and every day.

We had a great time celebrating Halloween at the office with a costume contest, bingo, and a VERY competitive guess-the-pumpkin-weight competition!

The U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2024 ended on September 30th, and we were awarded projects right up to the last day. Our business development/marketing team has done fantastic! The included graphic is not simply where we are working, but where we've won projects in the past year. Our team is working on many locations where we've been invited for repeat work, including one VA where we have four projects currently in design. Thank you also to our teaming partners - your support is critical! We look forward to serving both new and existing clients across the country!

Post III of III for today...how appropriate that this last post was the longest of all requiring three posts! The most important message that we at Alesia Architecture take from Caesar’s success at Alesia is not the one of self-propaganda that he wanted all of Rome to hear at his triumph. Rather, we celebrate the fact that, for all of Caesar’s leadership qualities, all the dedication of his men and the prowess of his cavalry, Alesia was won by architecture. Without it, Caesar would never have been able to reach the highest levels of his society. Likewise, America’s military endeavors need to stand on solid foundations— we at Alesia, like the legionaries of old, work to build those foundations. Trust us; we are taking our cue from some pretty ancient, tried-and-true wisdom. Photo Credit: The Triumphs of Caesar IX: Julius Caesar by Andrea Mantegna

Post II of III Who knows what became of this particular legionary? He may have emerged from the battle, flush with hard-won virtus; he could have perished at Alesia, never to see his own lands again; he may even have been a part of the Legio XIII Gemina, and crossed the Rubicon with Caesar three years later. Just as with the soldiers of the United States military, the shape a fighter’s life may take inside of service and out is unpredictable. Perhaps it is best to imagine that our legionary went on one day to work on a farm, his own Roman version of a service disabled veteran owned small business. Regardless, as a result of this legionary’s actions (along with all of his compatriots) and Caesar’s leadership, the Gauls’ last great attack on the fortifications of Alesia failed. The relief force was utterly bested by the Romans. The hungry, beleaguered Gallic soldiers of Alesia realized that there was no more hope. The Roman defenses were too strong; Caesar’s use of bi-circumvallation had cowed every Gallic effort, inside the city and out.? Soon after the failed attack, Vercingetorix surrendered to Caesar. With his admission of defeat, Gaul itself admitted that it had been vanquished. Caesar would never again face mass organized resistance in Gaul. The rest of the Gallic Wars consisted of Caesar making his victory as sure and complete a thing as possible. The tales of his exploits were disseminated to the public via his commentarii; all of Rome knew that Caesar had done the impossible. This was essential for Caesar’s own public image. America’s own Colin Powell once said, “As successes come your way, remember that you didn’t do it alone. It is always we.” In the end, as much as Alesia was a personal victory for Caesar, he worked hard to make it a cultural one for Rome too. All of his legionaries, cavalrymen, and subjects were encouraged to celebrate Alesia. The Roman people knew the value of Caesar’s victory in the Gallic Wars even better when Caesar threw a quadruple triumph in 46 BCE. The first of these was for Gaul, and it was perhaps the grandest of them all. The star attraction was Vercingetorix, who had been imprisoned in Rome for years awaiting this day. There, in front of everyone, he was executed. The brutal symbology was apparent to any Roman: Caesar was at his triumph, positioned at the helm of the world. His old enemy was killed at his feet, unable to resist the power of Rome that Caesar had brought down on his head. The message from Caesar was clear: trust in me, and all your enemies will fall. No one, not even Vercingetorix and all his Gauls, could deny me at Alesia, and they will not now. Photo Credit: Vercingetorix Throwing down His Weapons at the feet of Julius Caesar by Lionel Royer

Our last post on our series on Alesia! This will be Post I of III. What was the outcome of Alesia? What became of Vercingetorix and Caesar? Here, for our last post, we return to the thoughts and experiences of a Roman legionary who stood on the battlements of Alesia. The fortifications run for near 25 miles— 23 redoubts are positioned to see any incoming Gallic attack, inside or out. You yourself hauled timber from miles away to help build this wonder. Across the way, on a hill, you can see the relief force Vercingetorix sent for milling about, tens of thousands strong. They have maintained sorties against your circumvallation but it is obvious that without Vercingetorix there to coordinate them, the Gauls are disorganized. What they wouldn’t give for a modern radio… You can feel desperation in the air, though— food is growing scarce inside of Alesia. Already, Vercingetorix has sent the old, sick, women, and children out of the city. Caesar had not permitted them to pass through your fortifications, so the Gauls starved to death in the gap. On the heels of this event, you sense that the conviction of the Gauls teeters on a desperate precipice. You adjust your gladius, short sword, at your side. Some of your cohort have taken to betting on whether the Gauls will starve themselves out or take one last run at the investments. You are firmly in the latter camp; it is hard to ignore the restlessness of the Gauls. They want a way out, not a city full of dead martyrs. Why else would they keep throwing themselves at the walls everyday, and sometimes even at night? Not even the arrival of Mark Antony and Gaius Trebonius with supplemental Roman forces have dissuaded them. The question is when they will come for you. Out of the corner of your eye, as you examine the tip of your pilum, javelin, in the noon sun, you see the Gauls outside begin to ride for the fortifications’ one great weak point, a hill where no fortifications could be erected. Damn, you think, as you hustle along the circumvallation to meet the force of 60,000 men, they might do us in. Overhead map of Alesia. The circle to the North indicates the break in fortifications that the Gauls tried to exploit. Credit to https://lnkd.in/gG52B9ya.

Our team continues to be blessed with fantastic young interns, such as Muminjon Mirzoev (head of the table) was for us again this summer. Today was not so much a goodbye but a sendoff for his year at school. We look forward to him continuing to work with us through the school year part time. Enjoy your master's degree!