His ‘Soft White Cube’ Is Conquering TriBeCa - New York Times

Dochantschi has cultivated a loyal following by gradually weaning the art world off its addiction to harsh lighting, frosted windows and architecture that intimidates people rather than welcoming them. He is best known for the 2021 renovation of the Phillips auction house at 432 Park Avenue, where he dropped the main concourse into the basement and upset the classic image of a “behind closed doors” auction with large windows that allowed the public to watch sales from the street.

His philosophy of what he calls the “soft white cube” has grown popular in TriBeCa, where he is the unofficial planner of New York City’s new arts district growing between Walker Street and White Street, some 50 galleries strong, according to neighborhood real estate brokers.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/arts/design/tribeca-art-gallery-markus-dochantschi-architect.html

Months After Opening in SoHo, Dealer Nino Mier Plans Second New York Outpost in Tribeca - ARTnews

“Tribeca is the center of New York’s art world right now,” Mier said in an emailed interview with ARTnews. “I wanted to find a space more suited to intimately scaled exhibitions, so that we could present our full roster of artists in a more versatile way.”

Located at 380 Broadway, on the corner of White Street and a block away from Artists Space, Mier’s Tribeca location is 2,600 square feet spread across two floors, 1,200 of which will be dedicated to exhibition space. The location will also include a viewing room and administrative offices. As with his SoHo space studioMDA will also be overseeing the space’s design.

Source: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/nino-mier-gallery-tribeca-location-1234661615/

Timothy Taylor goes big in New York - FINANCIAL TIMES

Gallerist Timothy Taylor wants to make his presence felt when he opens his 6,000 sq ft space in Tribeca, New York, on April 20. “I want to show the ambition of the new gallery with an exciting new artist,” he says, and has chosen his latest charge, Turkish-born Hayal Pozanti (b1983). Taylor, who opened his original London space in 1996, says he discovered Pozanti’s work through Jessica Silverman gallery, with whom he now shares representation.

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/6a17087c-707d-40a3-86fd-4852a4aa9049

Collector and dealer Lio Malca joins New York gallery migration from Chelsea to Tribeca - THE ART NEWSPAPER

With about 5,000 sq. ft, the new space will give Malca room to display a “broader scope” of art. The new exhibition space will open in May with an exhibition by the Spanish painter Rafa The new location is being renovated by studioMDA, that has worked with a number of other art galleries relocating to Tribeca including Alexander Gray and Marian Goodman.

Source: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alexander-gray-associates-leaves-chelsea-moves-tribeca-1234658429/

Marian Goodman Joins TriBeCa Gallery Throng - NY TIMES

The new location at 385 Broadway, a 30,000-square-foot rental, is almost twice as big as the current headquarters at 24 West 57th Street (where the lease ends in June 2024). The TriBeCa gallery will include a basement and five floors, two of which will host exhibition spaces. A renovation by the design firm studioMDA, estimated at several million dollars, will include viewing rooms, a library and archive, art storage and administrative offices. It is expected to open in the second half of 2024.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/arts/marian-goodman-gallery-tribeca.html

New York’s Alexander Gray Associates to Leave Chelsea After 17 Years for Tribeca - ART NEWS

The new gallery will be about 7,500 square feet and is set to feature multiple exhibition spaces. Jonathan Travis of Redwood Property Group brokered the deal; StudioMDA will serve as the space’s architect.

Dealer Alexander Gray said in a statement, “The Gallery, and our remarkable team, are invigorated as we enter this critical new chapter in the Gallery’s development, serving artists whose practices expand conversations about form, art history, and cultural contexts. Our new facility will provide memorable exhibitions, research resources, and programmatic experiences to our community of artists, academics, and audiences.”

Source: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alexander-gray-associates-leaves-chelsea-moves-tribeca-1234658429/

StudioMDA’s Latest Ping Pod Outpost Opens in Downtown Brooklyn - AIA NY

The latest outpost of Ping Pod, designed by studioMDA, has opened in Downtown Brooklyn on the ground floor of the New York Hotel Trades and Hotel Council and Hotel Association of NYC’s Brooklyn Health Center at 620 Fulton Street. Founded in 2020, Ping Pod is a fully automated table tennis space that’s open 24/7 and welcomes players of all levels.

The company has been collaborating with studioMDA to transform existing retail into recreational spaces for table tennis. All their locations are designed to meet professional standards while also serving as social spaces with lounge areas for people to socialize, relax, and watch the games.

Source: https://www.aiany.org/news/in-the-news-215/

Gallerist Nino Mier Is Betting on a Revival of New York’s SoHo Arts District - GALERIE MAGAZINE

Having successfully designed the gallery spaces for the High Line Nine, Kasmin, Lisson and Templon in Chelsea; Bortolami, Andrew Kreps, Luhring Augustine and PPOW in Tribeca; and Anton Kern in Midtown, Dochantschi understands how to make the proportions perfect and how to get the work done professionally and done on schedule. He also designed the Park Avenue headquarters for the auction powerhouse Phillips, and has six more galleries underway, including Timothy Taylor’s new space in Tribeca.

Source: https://galeriemagazine.com/gallerist-nino-meir-betting-revival-new-yorks-soho-arts-district/

Zu Ende gedacht ... Markus Dochantschi - WETTBEWERBE AKTUELL

Das Beste an meinem Beruf ist …
… dass die Herausforderungen neuer Projekte neue Ideen provozieren, durch welche man am Ende des Projektes tatsächlich laufen kann.

Der wichtigste Rat für meine berufliche Karriere war …
… mit voller Energie geduldig zu bleiben.

Erst kürzlich entdeckt habe ich …
… dass die Kartäusermönche bereits 1335 Wein produzierten!

Source: https://50jahre.wettbewerbe-aktuell.de/artikel/zu-ende-gedacht-markus-dochantschi

StudioMDA Completes Center for Advanced Mobility at Aachen University of Applied Sciences - AIA NEW YORK

studioMDA has completed the Center for Advanced Mobility at Aachen University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule Aachen), one of Germany’s top universities in applied sciences. The building houses the Departments of Electrical Engineering/Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering/Mechatronics, and Aerospace Engineering. The over 80,000-square-foot center is composed of two volumes. A cube that appears to hover over the ground level contains the academic departments, which are arranged around a central atrium that functions as an interior piazza.

Source: https://www.aiany.org/news/in-the-news-212/

Kompetenzzentrum Mobilität der Fachhochschule Aachen - WETTBEWERBE AKTUELL

Das aerodynamische Design von studioMDA wurde durch die schlanken Linien und die technische Leistung von Sportwagen inspiriert und ist das Ergebnis intensiver Windstudien. Die Form und die Lage des Zentrums unterstützen die Frischluftschneise in Aachen, die die Belüftung des Kompetenzzentrums und der umliegenden Stadt maximiert, statt diese zu behindern. Die natürlich belüfteten Räume gewährleisten die Nachhaltigkeitsleistung des Gebäudes, die durch die hochentwickelte Metallfassade unterstützt wird. Die flexible Fassade kombiniert geschlossene Paneele, perforierte Elemente und bewegliche Lamellen, wodurch eine Reihe unterschiedlicher Anforderungen an Licht- und Luftströmungen ermöglicht wird. Das Gebäude wird durch Fernwärme geheizt.

Source: https://www.wettbewerbe-aktuell.de/ergebnis/kompetenzzentrum-mobilitat-15167

Prints Make Themselves Seen (and Heard) Again - NY TIMES

Art experts can agree on one point: that the definition of a print is continuing to expand and change. And nowhere is this more evident than at the former International Print Center New York, which, after temporarily closing in March, reopened on Oct. 8 in a new ground-floor space with a shorter name (just Print Center New York) and a broader mission.

“We’re doubling our exhibition space and tripling our wall space,” Judy Hecker, the center’s executive director, said during a tour in September of the unfinished premises. Designed by studioMDA in Manhattan, the 4,100-square-foot nonprofit Print Center, at 535 West 24th Street in Chelsea, functions more like a museum than a gallery, offering exhibitions, informational resources and multiple programs for the public and artists. Admission is also free.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/arts/design/printmaking-exhibition-new-york.html?referringSource=articleShare

The Center for Advanced Mobility (KMAC) - GOOOOD

As part of the largest and most prestigious technical university in the country, the Center for Advanced Mobility strengthens Germany’s position as a driver of technical innovation. The 7.500 square-meter Center for Advanced Mobility creates new connections to the surrounding city, and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration between the university’s mechanical, aerospace, and electrical engineering and information technology departments. Dedicated to the research and development of future mobility solutions, the center contains state-of-the-art testing laboratories for high-performance engines, collaborative workspaces, faculty offices, lecture halls, and a public canteen.

Source: https://www.gooood.cn/the-center-for-advanced-mobility-kmac-by-studiomda.htm

Center for Advanced Mobility at Aachen University of Applied Sciences - AASARCHITECTURE

As part of the largest and most prestigious technical university in the country, the Center for Advanced Mobility strengthens Germany’s position as a driver of technical innovation. The 7.500 square-meter Center for Advanced Mobility creates new connections to the surrounding city, and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration between the university’s mechanical, aerospace, and electrical engineering and information technology departments.

Dedicated to the research and development of future mobility solutions, the center contains state-of-the-art testing laboratories for high-performance engines, collaborative workspaces, faculty offices, lecture halls, and a public canteen. studioMDA won the first prize of an international competition declared by the Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb Nordrhein- Westfalen.

Source: https://aasarchitecture.com/2022/10/center-for-advanced-mobility-at-aachen-university-of-applied-sciences-by-studiomda/

Center for Advanced Mobility - ARCHELLO

Dedicated to the research and development of future mobility solutions, the center contains state-of-the-art testing laboratories for high-performance engines, collaborative workspaces, faculty offices, lecture halls, and a public canteen. studioMDA won the first prize of an international competition declared by the Bauund Liegenschaftsbetrieb Nordrhein- Westfalen.

Source: https://archello.com/project/center-for-advanced-mobility

Center for Advanced Mobility - ARCHINECT

The Center for Advanced Mobility is a groundbreaking symbiosis between nature and technology, functionality and dynamic form, as it combines high performance laboratories within the urban environment. Designed by studioMDA for the University of Applied Sciences – The Center for Advanced Mobility considers the academic environment thoughtfully and provides a space that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration. The studioMDA designed building connects seamlessly into the existing campus, establishing itself as the epicenter of the surrounding academic community.

Source: https://archinect.com/studioMDA/project/center-for-advanced-mobility

Hochschulgebäude mit Leitungsdämmung aus Steinwolle - BAUNETZ_WISSEN

Je nach Bauaufgabe kann die Dämmung von Leitungen zu einer komplexen Planungsaufgabe werden. Sinnvoll ist daher gerade bei größeren Projekten der Rückgriff auf ein System, das flexibel an die verschiedenen Leitungsarten sowie ihre ausgeprägte Formenvielfalt anpassbar ist. Im Neubau des Kompetenzzentrums Mobilität (KMAC) der Fachhochschule Aachen wurde die Dämmung der Wasser- und Wärmeversorgung, der Klimatisierung sowie die brandschutztechnische Abschottung von Leitungen in Wänden und Decken mit Steinwolle-Systemen des Herstellers Rockwool ausgeführt. Auf rund 5.000 m² Nutzfläche finden sich Hörsäle, Seminarräume, Werkstätten und Labore für die FH Aachen. Entworfen wurde der Neubau vom New Yorker Planungsbüro StudioMDA.

Source: https://www.baunetzwissen.de/daemmstoffe/tipps/news-produkte/hochschulgebaeude-mit-leitungsdaemmung-aus-steinwolle-7518982

A Window unto Technological Innovations - WORLD-ARCHITECTS

“the epicenter of the surrounding academic community”

The Center was designed by studioMDA, the New York office founded by Markus Dochantschi in 2002. In Aachen, the task was more mundane than in New York, since academic buildings need a certain robustness to survive generations of students, with their posters, graffiti, dirty shoes, and chewing gum. Still, Dochantschi managed to give his black-and-white building a dose of American elegance: “Fluid dynamics shape the building — in order to maximize the fresh air corridor for the city of Aachen.”

Source: https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/insight/a-window-onto-technological-innovations

"Center for Advanced Mobility is a celebration of technical innovation" - WALLPAPER

“The idea was to bring students and professors together to think about the future of mobility” recounts Markus Dochantschi, director of StudioMDA.

The 7,500 square foot education architecture building appropriately reflects Germany’s position as a leader in technical innovation by holding interdisciplinary collaboration at its core. From housing state-of-the-art testing laboratories, collaborative workspaces and lecture halls, to faculty offices and the largest dining hall on the university’s campus, the dynamic building is dedicated to forging new connections beyond the mechanical, aerospace, electrical engineering and information technology departments that it directly serves.

Source: https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/center-for-advanced-mobility-studio-mda-aachen-germany