His work includes high-end and affordable residential, cultural, commercial, institutional, mixed-use, non-profit, and educational projects.
Dochantschi is known for his work on cultural institutions, showing a sensitivity to proportion, light, and, flexibility of space.
In 2017, Artsy magazine featured him in the article, “These Architects Are Transforming the Way We Experience Art” listing studioMDA as one of the firms “behind some of the most inventive and influential cultural spaces today.”[1] Dochantschi's style has been described as “airy,” “minimalist,” and “both modern and functional”.
[2] In 2003 Dochantschi taught an Advanced Studio at Yale University with Zaha Hadid, Stefan Behnisch, and Gerald Hines.
Dochantschi served as the director of the Global Cities Architecture Program at Columbia GSAPP from 2013–2015 as well as Adjunct Professor for Planning and Preservation Advanced Studio from 2008–2017.