studioMDA - Space for Art

studioMDA is a multidisciplinary architecture and design fi rm, based in New York and Frankfurt, founded by Markus Dochantschi, who previously worked for Zaha Hadid Architects. He has dedicated his design approach to examine how we see and display art throughout the world. As an authority on cultural buildings, the studio has worked extensively with renowned art collectors, artists and gallerists to design art galleries, art booths, and exhibitions. The publication highlights the relationship between art and architecture focusing on the diff erent scales of art and display. Conversations between artists, architects, gallerists, art dealers and art fair directors explore the correlation of space and scale. Diff erent relationships are found in the parallel practices of art and architecture embodied in diff erent formats of display from concept to construction.