# StudioMDA

studioMDA is a full-service design firm offering services from zoning analysis, programming through full technical documentation and project implementation with the mission of challenging the boundaries of design.
Our work includes a wide range of typologies including cultural, commercial, institutional, mixed use and both affordable and high-end residential projects.
Over the past 20 years, the studio has become the catalyst for the revitalization of two art districts in New York, designing and building over 30 galleries in Chelsea and Tribeca, where the office has emerged as the unofficial planner of New York City’s new arts district growing between Walker Street and White Street. StudioMDA has emerged an authority on art spaces and other cultural buildings working extensively with renowned art collectors, artists, and gallerists like Marian Goodman Gallery, Alexander Gray Gallery and Karma Gallery, among many others.
The largest projects to date for the office are the 55,000 sqft Phillips Auction House Headquarters in New York City completed in 2021, the 80,000 sqft Center for Advanced Mobility in Aachen, Germany, completed in 2022, the new 35,000 sqft Marian Goodman Gallery in Tribeca, completed in the Fall of 2024, and a 100,000 sqft private contemporary art museum in Thailand starting construction in 2025.
The office has worked extensively in major historic districts in Manhattan and has worked closely with the Landmarks Preservation Commission to obtain approvals for a range of projects at different scales and complexities. With a sensitivity towards preservation and incorporating historic elements of each building to modern building techniques, the office has been able to add unique and notable characteristics to many galleries in Tribeca and Chelsea, highlighting their respective identities.
studioMDA has also worked with large developers and has performed zoning analysis for potential sites and projects across Manhattan. Working closely with Related Companies, the office has studied the second phase of Hudson Yards, west side lots in Chelsea and Midtown as well as areas of Brooklyn.
Within the art world, studioMDA has designed over 300 art fair booths at global art fairs like Art Basel, TEFAF and Frieze for Helly Nahmad Gallery, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, David Nolan Gallery and Nahmad Contemporary, among several others. Working closely with gallery clients to design their booths has added a very important scale to the portfolio of the office, providing a deeper understanding on circulation, lighting and the way art is viewed at its most optimal environment.
Before starting studioMDA, Markus Dochantschi ran the office of Zaha Hadid Architects for seven years and was Head Project Manager on the Rosenthal Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. He has taught an Advanced Studio at Yale University with Zaha Hadid, Stefan Behnisch and Gerald Hines (2003), and an Advanced Studio at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) from 2008 until 2017. Dochantschi has also served as the director of the Global Cities Architecture Program (GCAP) at GSAPP. He has lectured at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) and has been a guest critic at the Architectural Association, the Cooper Union, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, ETH Zurich, and the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna.

## Selected Projects
### Completed
#### Cultural

* 2024 Marian Goodman Gallery, Tribeca, New York
* 2024 Karma Gallery, Chelsea, New York
* 2024 Matthew Brown Gallery, Tribeca, New York
* 2024 Alexander Gray Gallery, Tribeca, New York
* 2023 Schoelkopf Gallery, Tribeca, New York
* 2023 Nino Mier Gallery, Tribeca, New York
* 2023 60 White, New York
* 2023 Timothy Taylor Gallery, New York
* 2023 Nino Mier Gallery, Soho, New York
* 2022 Esther Schipper Gallery, Seoul, Korea
* 2022 Judith Whitney Godwin Foundation, New York
* 2022 Templon Gallery, New York
* 2022 Print Center New York, New York
* 2022 PPOW Gallery expansion, New York
* 2021 Harper's Gallery, New York
* 2021 George Adams Gallery, New York
* 2020 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
* 2020 PPOW Gallery, New York
* 2020 Phillips Headquarters, New York
* 2019 Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
* 2019 Faurschou Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
* 2018 High Line Nine, New York
* 2018 Kasmin Gallery (27th St), New York
* 2017 Anton Kern Gallery, New York
* 2017 Bortolami Gallery, NY
* 2016 Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York
* 2016 Dirimart Gallery, Turkey
* 2016 Lisson Gallery, New York
* 2015 Paul Kasmin Gallery (297 10th Avenue), New York
* 2015 Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York
* 2014 Paul Kasmin Gallery Shop, New York
* 2014 Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York
* 2013 303 Gallery, New York
* 2013 Nahmad Contemporary, New York
* 2012 Collectorspace Istanbul Gallery, Turkey
* 2011 Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
* 2008 David Nolan Gallery, New York

#### Residential

* 2024 Upper East Side Apartment, New York
* 2024 Wellness Spa, Upper East Side Residence
* 2022 West Village Townhouse, New York
* 2022 Upper East Side Townhouse, New York
* 2021 Waverly Avenue Residence, Brooklyn, New York
* 2020 Water's Edge Residence, New York
* 2020 Watertower Penthouse, New York
* 2020 Franklin St. Residences and Gallery, New York
* 2020 West Village Carriage House, New York
* 2018 East 78th Street Townhouse, New York
* 2018 Pool Pavilion, Bridgehampton, New York
* 2018 Southampton Residence, Long Island, New York
* 2018 Sagaponack Beach House II, Long Island, New York
* 2017 East 71st Street Townhouse, New York
* 2014 Sur Lago Residence, Tuxedo Park, New York
* 2014 UES Townhouse, New York
* 2014 Fort Greene Townhouse, Brooklyn, New York
* 2014 Fifth Avenue Penthouse, New York
* 2013 West Village Carriage House, New York
* 2013 137 Franklin Street, New York
* 2012 Detiger Loft, New York
* 2012 Sagaponack Barn, Sagaponack, New York
* 2009 Tuxedo Park Residence, New York
* 2009 Showtime House, New York
* 2008 Anchorage Residence, Alaska
* 2007 Stockholm Penthouse, Sweden
* 2007 740 Park Avenue, New York
* 2007 Noho Loft, New York, NY
* 2007 Greenwich Street Residence, New York
* 2007 Governor’s Road Residence, Bronxville
* 2007 Park Avenue Penthouse, New York,
* 2006 Maplewood Residence, New Jersey
* 2006 Chappaqua Residence, Chappaqua, New York
* 2006 Central Park West Residence, New York
* 2005 Chile Beach House, Chile
* 2005 Lima Beach House, Lima, Peru
* 2005 Bronxville Residence, Bronxville, New York

#### Institutional

* 2022 Center for Advanced Mobility, Aachen, Germany

#### Commercial

* 2024 Liberty City Ventures HQ, Gramercy, New York
* 2022 Ping Pod Fort Lee, New York
* 2022 Ping Pod Lexington, New York
* 2022 PingPod Upper East Side, New York
* 2022 PingPod Astoria, New York
* 2022 PingPod, Philadelphia
* 2022 Harper's Books, New York
* 2021 Phillips Headquarters offices, New York
* 2020 West 13 St. Lobby, New York
* 2020 PingPod, New York
* 2019 House of Bumble, New York
* 2011 Exerblast, New York
* 2010 Gumulira Clinic, Malawi
* 2009 High Line Office, New York
* 2008 McIntosh Townhouse
* 2007 Audi Showroom, New York
* 2007 Tracy Anderson Dance Studio, New York
* 2005 WhatIF, New York.

#### Exhibitions

* 2024 "Johnny Depp: A Bunch of Stuff", Chelsea, New York
* 2024 "Sarah Morris: All Systems Fail", Bern, Switzerland
* 2024 "Sarah Morris: All Systems Fail", Stuttgart, Germany
* 2024 "Sarah Morris: All Systems Fail", Krefeld, Germany
* 2024 "Walton Ford: Lion of God", Venice Biennale, Italy
* 2024 "Tomokazu Matsuyama: Mythologies", Venice Biennale, Italy
* 2024 "Dubuffet x Giacometti", Nahmad Contemporary, New York
* 2023 "Richard Prince: Freaks", Nahmad Contemporary, New York
* 2023 "Korea Week: Origin, Emergence, Return", Rockefeller Center, New York
* 2023 "Sarah Morris: All Systems Fail", Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
* 2023 "Key Sage and Yves Tanguy: Ring of Iron, Ring of Wool", New York
* 2022 "Jean-Michel Basquiat", Nahmad Contemporary, New York
* 2022 "Picasso and the Process of Creation", Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York
* 2019 "Beverly Pepper Cor-Ten", Marlborough Contemporary, New York
* 2018 "TIME SPACE EXISTENCE", Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
* 2017 Les Lalanne, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
* 2016 Ed Ruscha's Ribbon Words, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York
* 2016 Drawing Room, David Nolan Gallery, New York (curated and designed by studioMDA's founder, Markus Dochantschi)
* 2016 – 2017 IMPASSE RONSIN, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
* 2015 Max Ernst PARAMYTHS: SCULPTURE, 1934–1967, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
* 2015 Robert Motherwell, Works on paper 1951–1991, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
* 2015 Mnemosyne, de Chirico and Antiquity, Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), New York
* 2014 Still Life, Nahmad Contemporary, New York
* 2014 Le Chant de La Grenouille The Surrealists in Conversation, Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), New York
* 2013 Brancusi in New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
* 2011 National Arts Club Installation, New York
* 2011 Soutine-Bacon, Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), New York

#### Art Fairs

* Independent Art Fair, Spring Studio, New York (2023)
* Independent 20th Century Art Fair, New York (2022-2023)
* 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Masterplan, New York
David Nolan Gallery, NY
* Art Basel (2005–2007, 2009–2019, 2022)
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2005–2019, 2022-2024)
* Frieze Art Fair, New York (2017)
Dirimart Gallery Istanbul
* Art Basel Hong Kong (2016–2017)
* Armory Show, NY (2017)
* Art Basel (2018)
* CI Istanbul (2016)
Helly Nahmad (New York art collector), NY
* Art Basel (2010–2019, 2021-2024)
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2007–2019, 2021-2024)
* FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris (2012,2016)
* The European Fine Art Fair, NY (2011, 2017-2020, 2022)
Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art
* TEFAF, NY (2023-2024)
* Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi (2011,2014)
* Armory Show, NY (2011,2017)
* Art Basel (2009–2019, 2021-2024)
* Art Basel Hong Kong (2015,2016)
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2010–2019, 2021-2024)
* Frieze Art Fair, London (2012,2013)
* The Seattle Art Fair, Seattle (2016)
* The European Fine Art Fair, NY (2017-2019, 2022)
* FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris (2017)
* ARCO, Madrid (2019, 2020)
Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY
* Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi (2014)
* Armory Show, NY (2016-2018)
* Art Basel (2012,2015–2021)
* Art Basel Hong Kong (2014–2019)
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2011,2013–2018,2021-2022)
* American Art Dealer Association, NY (2015–2018)
* Art Stage Singapore, Singapore (2015)
* EXPO Chicago, Chicago (2016, 2017)
* Frieze Art Fair, London (2011)
* Frieze Art Fair, New York (2014–2016,2018,2019,2022)
* The European Fine Art Fair, Maastricht (2014,2015)
* The European Fine Art Fair, NY (2014,2017,2018)
* Zona Maco Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico (2015–2017)
Nahmad Contemporary, NY
* FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris (2014-2019,2021)
* Frieze Art Fair, London (2017,2019,2021)
* Independent Art Fair (2022)
* Paris+ Art Basel (2022-2024)
Richard Taittinger, NY
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2018)
* Paris Photo (2018)
* Armory Show, NY (2018,2019)
* Art 1-54, New York (2019)
Malborough Gallery, NY
* Art Basel (2019)
* Art Basel Hong Kong (2018,2020)
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2018)
* Frieze Art Fair, London (2019)
Anton Kern, NY
* Art Basel (2017-2022)
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2017,2018,2020)
* FIAC /Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris (2018,2019)
* Frieze Art Fair, New York (2018)
Van de Weghe, New York
* The European Fine Art Fair, NY (2017)
Johyun Gallery, South Korea
* Art Basel (2021)
Hammer Galleries, New York
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2017)
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, NY
* Art Basel Miami Beach (2011)
Fine Sound Group
* Munich High End (2015)
Gary Nader Art Center, New York
* Art Rio (2016)

#### Conceptual

* Urban Mobility Fleet Center, West Side Manhattan, 2022, New York
* Phillips Headquarters, 2021, Hong Kong
* Governors Island Climate Center, 2021, New York
* Hudson Yards Phase II Towers, 2019, New York
* FARROC, 2013, Queens, New York
* Condominiums, 2013, Tanzania
* Osnabrück Comprehensive School, 2011, Germany
* ARC Competition, 2010, Colorado
* Munich Olympics, 2010, Germany
* Raising Malawi, 2009, Malawi
* Tempelhof Competition, 2008, Berlin, Germany
* Bam Tower, 2007, New York
* Governors Island Biomass Park, 2006, New York City
* Harbor Park Pavilion, 2005
* Forsythe Dance Studio, 2004, Vermont
* U2 Tower Competition, 2003, Dublin, Ireland

### In Progress

* Private Art Museum, Thailand
* West Village Townhouse, New York
* Upper East Side Gallery, New York

## Selected Awards

* 2025 German Design Award - Center for Advanced Mobility, Aachen, Germany
* 2024 IF Design Award - Center for Advanced Mobility, Aachen, Germany
* 2019 Architizer Awards, Cultural-Gallery Category - Kasmin Gallery, New York