Founded in 2023, AC Studio is an architecture practice based in the Dominican Republic. Our work is guided by a simple and contextual approach to design, with careful attention to climate, materials, and the way spaces are experienced. We aim to create architecture that feels grounded, comfortable, and connected to its environment.
Founding Partner & Architect
Tanguy Avanthay
Graduated from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris in 2020, Tanguy gained experience at Bruneau Ghezzi Architectes in St. Barthélemy, contributing to residential and hospitality projects within a demanding Caribbean context. His background has given him a strong understanding of tropical climates, local construction constraints, and resilient architectural design, before co-founding AC Studio in the Dominican Republic.
Founding Partner & Architect
Julien Chalançon
After graduating from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris in 2020, Julien spent three years at Atelier Frank Salama, contributing to residential and hospitality projects across multiple scales. This experience shaped a design approach driven by sensitive architectural thinking and a strong attention to human experience, before co-founding AC Studio in the Dominican Republic.
Our Vision
We aim to design spaces that engage the senses and celebrate natural elements. Shaped by climate and everyday life, our architecture seeks to create moments and atmospheres connected to their surroundings through light, texture, and geometry.
Radicality
One idea, carried through.
Every project turns on a single decision. Our work is to find it, then to hold it against everything that would soften it.
Sensitivity
A place is felt before it is understood.
We design for moments rather than images: a stair taken slowly, a framing that stops you, air moving through a screen. What connects you to a place is never visible on a plan.
Locality
A place already knows how to build.
Materials, craft, the way people live with the climate: we learn from what is made here rather than reproduce it.
Our Services
Our services cover the full architectural process, from concept design to construction follow-up, with careful attention to context, detail, and the way spaces are ultimately lived.
Architectural Design
Starting from the client’s program and local planning constraints, we design residential, hospitality, and commercial spaces through a contextual and climate-responsive approach.
Technical & Administrative Coordination
Preparation of technical documentation, construction drawings, permitting processes, and coordination with consultants and local authorities.
Construction Supervision
Site follow-up and coordination throughout the construction process to ensure quality, consistency, and respect for the architectural vision.
