What Chartier Dalix does

Chartier Dalix is a Paris-based architecture firm founded in 2008 by Pascale Dalix and Frédéric Chartier, operating as a private French SAS (capital €111,550) with a four-partner leadership structure and a workforce of 11-50. The firm delivers full-scope architectural and landscape design services across urban buildings, higher-education campuses, commercial towers, mixed-use developments, residential housing, and memorial landscapes, with a distinctive methodological focus on integrating living systems and biodiversity into architecture — including biodiverse concrete-block facades, rooftop prairie restoration, ecological renaturation, and low-carbon heritage rehabilitation.

Commercial revenue is generated exclusively through professional-services fees for architecture and landscape commissions, typically earned via two channels: the French public architecture competition process (mandated by loi MOP for qualifying public projects) and negotiated commissions from large private developers and institutional investors. Project scopes range from sub-€1M memorial gardens to multi-hundred-million-euro tower metamorphoses (Montparnasse €300M, Ariane), with active commissions across roughly a dozen sites at any given time. The firm operates in France, Germany, and Poland, with international development led by Partner Mickaël Hassani.

The firm's structure spans three entities: the core ChartierDalix SAS, the Nouvelle AOM joint venture with Franklin Azzi Architecture and Hardel Le Bihan Architectes for landmark consortium commissions, and serp (founded November 2024), an independent landscape studio spun out of the firm's landscape department and co-founded with Kevin Michels. Distribution is mostly competition-driven — the firm has won or been nominated for Équerre d'Argent, Mies van der Rohe (2015, 2022), SIMI Grand Prix (2023, 2024), and LILA 2025, and has codified its methodology through Park Books publications including 'Hosting Life: Architecture as an Ecosystem' (2019) and 'Built Work, Archives 2008-2022' (2023).

Name

Chartier Dalix

Legal name

ChartierDalix SAS

Website

https://chartier-dalix.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chartier Dalix is a Paris-based architecture firm founded in 2008 that designs buildings and landscapes integrating biodiversity and ecological systems, serving French public institutions, universities, large developers, and international clients across France, Germany, and Poland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Landscape Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscaping Services (561730)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Landscape architecture
• Urban planning
• Biodiversity integration
• Heritage rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Landscape Design Services: ChartierDalix generates revenue through professional services fees for architecture and landscape design projects. Revenue is derived from design and construction supervision missions on large-scale urban projects including university campuses, office buildings, residential complexes, memorial gardens, and tower transformations. Projects are billed on a fee basis for architectural services, with project costs typically ranging from €10M to €300M.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ChartierDalix is an architecture and landscape design firm providing professional services for urban buildings, higher education campuses, commercial towers, mixed-use complexes, residential projects, public facilities, and memorial gardens. Core work spans architectural design, landscape architecture, urban planning, and construction supervision, with distinctive expertise in biodiversity integration, low-carbon and passive rehabilitation, and heritage transformation.

Product overview

ChartierDalix is a Paris-based architecture firm founded in 2008 by Frédéric Chartier and Pascale Dalix, operating across architecture and landscape design. The core offering is architectural services spanning urban buildings, higher education campuses, commercial towers, mixed-use complexes, residential projects, and public facilities. The firm is structured around a sub-brand called serp (studio for experimentation, renaturation, and landscape), founded in 2024, which develops independent landscape projects. The firm also produces research publications including 'Hosting Life: Architecture as an Ecosystem' (Park Books, 2019), a two-volume monograph 'Built Work, Archives 2008-2022' (Park Books, 2023), and urban studies such as 'Making a System' for the La Défense district (2020). Through the Nouvelle AOM joint venture with Franklin Azzi Architecture and Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, the firm leads large-scale urban transformation projects. The firm's distinctive approach centers on integrating living systems and biodiversity into buildings, with published research and on-the-ground experimentation on ecological restoration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Full-service architectural and landscape design encompassing urban buildings, higher education campuses, commercial towers, mixed-use complexes, residential projects, and public facilities, with particular expertise in biodiversity integration, low-carbon construction, and heritage rehabilitation.
• serp (Studio for Experimentation, Renaturation, and Landscape) Independent landscape studio developing its own landscape projects including parks in Germany, gardens at Arkéa headquarters, Motul headquarters gardens in Aubervilliers, urban forests, Mediterranean gardens, and floodable gardens across France and Germany.
• Nouvelle AOM Collaborative Architecture Platform Collaborative architecture platform with Franklin Azzi Architecture and Hardel Le Bihan Architectes, responsible for major urban transformation projects including the Metamorphosis of the Montparnasse Tower and the Metamorphosis of the Ariane Tower in La Défense.

Quantifiable outcome

• Montparnasse Tower: 120,000 m² of infrastructure requalified with low-carbon, passive rehabilitation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• serp (Studio for Experimentation, Renaturation, and Landscape)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024serp is an independent landscape studio founded in November 2024 by Pascale Dalix, Frédéric Chartier, and Kevin Michels as a direct continuation of ChartierDalix's landscape department. serp develops its own landscape projects independently and provides continuous support from design through to completion. serp operates as a separate SAS with capital of €10,000 at the same Paris address. As of 2025, serp has around ten landscape projects underway including parks in Germany, gardens at Arkéa headquarters, and the Motul headquarters gardens in Aubervilliers.
• Franklin Azzi ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFranklin Azzi Architecture is a co-architect partner in the Nouvelle AOM consortium with ChartierDalix and Hardel Le Bihan Architectes. The consortium was formed to compete for and deliver the Montparnasse Tower metamorphosis project.
• Hardel Le Bihan ArchitectescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHardel Le Bihan Architectes joined ChartierDalix and Franklin Azzi Architecture in the Nouvelle AOM consortium to compete for and win the international competition for the transformation of the Montparnasse Tower.
• JMD Design (Australia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJMD Design served as the associated landscape architect alongside serp (France) for the Garden of Dreams, a Franco-Australian peace garden in Amiens. The collaboration brought together French and Australian landscape design expertise for the memorial project.
• Aurélien Huguet (AHE Écologie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAurélien Huguet is an ecologist and biologist with over 20 years of experience in biodiversity preservation. He is a long-term partner of both ChartierDalix and serp, providing ecological expertise for biodiversity integration in architecture projects including the Biodiversity School in Boulogne-Billancourt and ecological restoration experiments.
• Aurélien Huguet (Independent Consultant)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent ecological consultant to serp, contributing to landscape projects involving biodiversity preservation and ecological engineering.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Snøhetta: Norwegian-founded architecture and landscape architecture practice working on cultural, educational, and landscape projects globally. Directly comparable through its integrated architecture-plus-landscape model and emphasis on ecological design, similar to ChartierDalix's 'hosting life' philosophy.
• Jakob + MacFarlane: Paris-based architecture firm founded by Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane, known for innovative cultural and commercial buildings. Comparable size, French institutional client base, and similar engagement in design-research and digital fabrication.
• Franklin Azzi Architecture: Paris-based architecture firm co-founded by Franklin Azzi, direct partner of ChartierDalix in the Nouvelle AOM consortium for the Montparnasse Tower metamorphosis. Operates in the same French institutional and developer market with comparable size and project types.
• Hardel Le Bihan Architectes: Paris architecture firm and the third member of the Nouvelle AOM consortium with ChartierDalix and Franklin Azzi for the Montparnasse and Ariane Tower projects. Comparable scale, French institutional client base, and similar focus on large-scale urban transformation.
• Lacaton & Vassal: Award-winning French architecture firm (2021 Pritzker Prize) specializing in low-cost, low-carbon rehabilitation of social housing and public buildings. Closely comparable in mission and ethos to ChartierDalix's 'rehabilitation as reinvention' philosophy and French institutional focus.
• Michel Desvigne Paysagiste: Renowned French landscape architecture firm working on large-scale urban parks, public spaces, and landscape masterplans. Closely comparable to serp and ChartierDalix's landscape practice in scale, French institutional clients, and ecological-design approach.

Broad incumbents

• Atelier Jean Nouvel: Paris-based global architecture practice led by Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel, working on landmark cultural and commercial projects worldwide. Larger and broader in scope but competes in the same French and international landmark-project market as ChartierDalix.
• OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture): Rotterdam-headquartered global architecture firm working on landmark cultural, residential, and mixed-use projects. Competes with ChartierDalix for high-profile European commissions and shares an interest in innovative urban transformation.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Copenhagen/New York architecture practice working on landmark mixed-use, cultural, and masterplan projects globally. Larger and broader, but competes for the same kind of high-profile European and public-sector competitions that ChartierDalix targets.

Emerging players

• Studio Gang: Chicago-based architecture and urban-design practice led by Jeanne Gang, with a strong emphasis on ecology, biodiversity, and community integration. Comparable thematic positioning to ChartierDalix on nature-integrated architecture, though geographically distinct.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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