MARKUS DOCHANTSCHI
Markus Dochantschi founded studioMDA in New York City in 2002. Trained in Germany, he received his Master of Architecture from Hochschule Darmstadt in 1995.
Prior to founding studioMDA, Dochantschi spent seven years with Zaha Hadid Architects, where he ran the New York office and served as Head Project Manager for the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati.
Alongside his professional practice, Dochantschi has maintained a longstanding involvement in architectural education. He taught an Advanced Studio at Yale University with Zaha Hadid, Stefan Behnisch, and Gerald Hines in 2003, and from 2008 to 2017 taught Advanced Studios at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). He also served as Director of GSAPP's Global Cities Architecture Program (GCAP).
Dochantschi has lectured at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD) and has been a guest critic at the Architectural Association, Cooper Union, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, ETH Zurich, and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
