Archipel Generalplanning

What Archipel Generalplanning does

Archipel Generalplanung AG is a Swiss architecture and construction project management firm that acts as a 100% general planner (Generalplaner), serving as the sole contractual partner of public-sector clients across all phases of large, complex building projects. Founded in 2018 as a spin-off from a predecessor project organisation established in 2014 after winning the international Inselspital BB12 competition, the company is headquartered in Bern with regional offices opened in Zürich (2019) and Basel (2020), employing 30+ staff and drawing on a project-peak network of 150+ architects, engineers and specialists. Its core offering, Generalplanung, is delivered alongside a tightly integrated Digitalisierung / BIM service line covering BIM management, BIM coordination, BIM data management, Bauherrenvertretung, Prozessoptimierung and Beratung & Strategie, with BIM used as the central 3D planning model across all phases and combined with Lean Construction / Last Planner System on flagship hospital projects.

The firm's customers are predominantly Swiss public-sector entities — university hospitals, cantonal hospitals, psychiatric clinics, cantonal and municipal building authorities, and universities — with notable mandates including the CHF 550 Mio Inselspital BB12 main building (82,000+ m², 18 storeys, first Minergie-P-Eco certified hospital of its size worldwide), the CHF 250 Mio BB07 Forschungszentrum Medizin Universität Bern (1st prize, completion 2028), Bern Uni Muesmatt M1 (CHF 180 Mio), Spital Lachen (CHF 150 Mio), Spitäler Schaffhausen (CHF 264 Mio), Kantonsspital Winterthur, and ETH Zürich HIC. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees as general planner and BIM service provider; pricing is bespoke per project, contracts run multi-year, and mandates are won via direct commissioning, selective procedures or anonymous project competitions (Projektwettbewerbe). Strategic architecture and engineering partnerships — including ASTOC, GRIMSHAW, GWJ, IAAG, dsp Ingenieure + Planer AG, eicher + pauli and refine Projects AG — are bundled into joint competition entries, and the firm maintains an IT collaboration partnership with isolutions AG to support flexible multidisciplinary project work.

Name

Archipel Generalplanning

Legal name

Archipel Generalplanung AG

Website

https://archipel-gp.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Archipel Generalplanung AG is a Swiss general planning firm acting as sole contractual partner to public-sector clients (university hospitals, cantonal hospitals, universities) on large, complex hospital and education construction projects, delivering BIM-based, Lean-Construction-supported planning services from offices in Bern, Zürich and Basel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and construction general planning services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Real Estate Development Asset Management (Project/Construction-to-Stabilization) (BPAJAMAL)

Keywords

• General planning services
• Building information modeling
• Construction project management
• Hospital construction planning
• BIM coordination services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Generalplanung (General Planning) fees: Project-based fee revenue as sole contractual partner of the client (Bauherr) across all project phases; full responsibility for cost, schedule and quality on large hospital, university and infrastructure builds.
2. BIM / Digitalization services: Standalone or add-on fees for BIM management, BIM coordination, BIM data management, client representation, and digital-process consulting across project phases.
3. Project and construction supervision (Projekt- und Bauleitung): Fee-based project and site management services bundled with general planning mandates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Archipel Generalplanung AG is a Swiss 100% general planner (Generalplaner) that acts as the sole contractual partner of the building owner across all project phases, leading and coordinating architects, specialist planners and experts on complex construction projects (hospitals, universities, infrastructure). Its core offering is tightly coupled with a Building Information Modeling (BIM) service line that includes BIM-Management, BIM-Gesamtkoordination, BIM-Datenmanagement, Bauherrenvertretung, Prozessoptimierung and Beratung & Strategie, with the Inselspital BB12 main hospital building as its flagship project.

Product overview

Archipel Generalplanung AG is a Swiss general planning (Generalplaner) firm offering a single integrated service architecture rather than a discrete SaaS product suite. The core offering, Generalplanung, positions Archipel as the sole contractual partner of the building owner across all project phases, leading architects, specialist planners and experts. This core service is tightly coupled with the second pillar, Digitalisierung / BIM, which provides Building Information Modeling capabilities — including the sub-modules BIM-Management, BIM-Datenmanagement, BIM-Gesamtkoordination, Prozessoptimierung & Digitale Exzellenz, Bauherrenvertretung and Beratung & Strategie — that are applied across all projects under the Generalplanung umbrella, from early planning through realization to facility operations handover.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Generalplanung (General Planning) End-to-end general planning service in which Archipel acts as the sole contractual partner of the building owner across all project phases, leading and coordinating architects, specialist planners and experts with a focus on innovation, sustainability, quality and BIM-based planning. Used by public-sector healthcare and higher-education clients on complex hospital and research builds.
• Digitalisierung / BIM Building Information Modeling (BIM) service covering 3D digital planning, model coordination, automated verification processes and BIM-to-FM data handover across planning, realisation and facility operations phases. Sold to construction clients as an add-on or standalone engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• BB12: 82,000+ m² gross floor area, 18 storeys, CHF 550 Mio construction cost (first Minergie-P-Eco hospital of this size and complexity worldwide).
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• ASTOC Architects and Planners GmbH (Köln, DE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint architecture partner for the BB07 Forschungszentrum Medizin Universität Bern (Inselareal). Together with GWJ Architektur AG and IAAG Architekten AG, ASTOC forms part of the winning general-planning team led by Archipel for the 1st-prize competition entry (CHF 250 Mio, completion 2028).
• GWJ Architektur AG (Bern)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner in multiple Archipel projects — co-architect for BB07 with ASTOC and IAAG; also architecture partner for Kantonsspital Winterthur test planning.
• IAAG Architekten AG (Bern)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner in BB07 Forschungszentrum Medizin Universität Bern and Spitalzentrum Oberwallis competition entries; also partner in the Sanierung Experimental Surgery Facility (ESF) project.
• GRIMSHAWcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint architecture partner in ARGE GRIMSHAW / ARCHIPEL for the Uni Muesmatt M1 project (University of Bern) — 1st prize in urban design and open space, CHF 180 Mio investment.
• LAND Suisse SaglsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanning partner (landscape/urban design) on the Uni Muesmatt M1 project alongside Archipel, GRIMSHAW and other specialists.
• dsp Ingenieure + Planer AGsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanning partner (engineering) on the Uni Muesmatt M1 project.
• eicher + pauli Bern AGsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHLKKS / GA planning partner on the Uni Muesmatt M1 project and overall technical infrastructure planning partner for PZM Psychiatriezentrum Münsingen AG (Strategie 2040).
• mtp Planungsgesellschaft für Medizintechnik mgHsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical-technology planning partner on the Uni Muesmatt M1 project.
• Emmer Pfenninger AGsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanning partner on the Uni Muesmatt M1 project.
• Amberg Loglay AGsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLogistics / planning partner on the Uni Muesmatt M1 project.
• ASTOC International GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational arm of ASTOC, jointly entered the Spitalzentrum Oberwallis competition with IAAG and GWJ.
• Ilg Santer Architekten (Zürich)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner for the Neubau HIC, Campus Hönggerberg (ETH Zürich) project competition entry.
• ASTOC Architects and Planners GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner for the Erneuerung Spitäler Schaffhausen (2nd prize, 2017, CHF 264 Mio) competition entry.
• refine Projects AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLean Construction / Last Planner System partner jointly implemented with the client and the Archipel planning team on the Inselspital BB12 main building (CHF 574 Mio).
• isolutions AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationIT collaboration partner – implemented IT infrastructure, Workplace as a Service (WaaS), and collaboration tools enabling flexible, multidisciplinary project work for Archipel.
• cubetech GmbHsupportingTechnology or IntegrationConcept, design and hosting partner for the Archipel website and corporate identity infrastructure (green hosting).
• Rolf Siegenthaler / Pascal Gugler (photography)supportingOthersLong-standing photography partners credited in the website impressum for project and corporate imagery.
• Designalltag Rinderer GmbHsupportingOthersDesign partner credited in the website impressum.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HPP Architekten: German architecture firm with a strong international track record in hospital and complex healthcare construction. Comparable to Archipel in healthcare vertical specialisation and large-scale project methodology, though operating as a broader incumbent across multiple geographies.
• Arcadis NV: Global design and consultancy firm offering project management, cost consulting and design services for large infrastructure and buildings. Comparable to Archipel in its end-to-end general-planning/value-engineering value proposition, though operating at much larger scale and across geographies.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm in engineering, planning and project management with strong healthcare and public-sector practices. Overlaps with Archipel in large, complex building and infrastructure project advisory, though as a broad incumbent rather than a specialist general planner.

Direct peers

• Burckhardt+Partner: Swiss architecture and general planning firm with a similar interdisciplinary model and a strong track record in complex hospital, university and infrastructure projects. Directly comparable to Archipel in scope (sole-contractor general planning), Swiss geography and customer base.
• GWJ Architektur AG: Bern-based architecture firm that partners with Archipel on multiple BB07, KSW and other public-sector projects. Comparable in Swiss healthcare/education architecture practice and frequently co-bids with Archipel in competitions.
• Rapp Architekten AG: Swiss general planner combining architecture, engineering and project management across complex public-sector buildings. Overlaps directly with Archipel in Swiss healthcare/education general planning and BIM-enabled delivery.
• Amstein + Walthert AG: Swiss engineering services firm covering building services, energy and sustainability consulting with deep involvement in Swiss hospital and university construction. Comparable to Archipel's technical-infrastructure partner role (e.g., eicher+pauli on Uni Muesmatt) and overall Swiss large-project focus.
• IAAG Architekten AG: Bern-based architecture firm partnering with Archipel on BB07, ESF and Spitalzentrum Oberwallis. Comparable Swiss healthcare/education architecture specialisation with overlapping project pipeline and competition consortia.
• Hunziker Partner Architekten AG: Swiss general planning and architecture firm active in complex public and healthcare construction. Comparable to Archipel in size, Swiss footprint and full-phase general planner mandate.
• WaltGalmarini AG: Swiss engineering and planning consultancy covering structural and infrastructure projects, often collaborating with or competing against general planners on major public builds. Comparable to Archipel in Swiss large-project delivery and technical specialisation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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