PRAXYS

What PRAXYS does

PRAXYS SARL is an independent landscape-architecture and urban-planning studio founded in 2007 by Thomas Boucher in Montreuil, near Paris, and registered in France as a Société à Responsabilité Limitée with €12,000 of share capital. The firm employs approximately 11 professionals — landscape architects, architect-urbanists, designers, and administrative and communications staff — and delivers three integrated service lines: Public Spaces Design (parks, shores, city centers, neighborhoods, and transport infrastructure), Territories & Urban Planning (urban studies, neighborhood renewal, and grand-landscape master plans), and Garden Design (historical and leisure gardens including heritage restoration). Its work emphasizes ecological connectivity, climate adaptation, "archipelago city" integration of regenerated nature into the urban fabric, and co-design with inhabitants.

The firm has completed over 150 projects since founding across ten French régions (Île-de-France, Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Normandie, Bretagne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Centre-Val de Loire, PACA, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie) and internationally in Russia (Saint Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk), Belgium (Brussels), and Switzerland. Notable clients include municipalities such as Agen, Sancerre, Massy, Bonneuil-sur-Marne and metropolitan/regional authorities such as Métropole Européenne de Lille, Société du Grand Paris, and the Agence des Espaces Verts d'Île-de-France, alongside an international competition win for the Tuchkov Buyan Park in Saint Petersburg.

PRAXYS generates revenue exclusively through professional-services fees for design studies, urban master plans, competition entries, and full maîtrise d'œuvre mandates, with individual project budgets ranging from approximately €1.2M to €80M depending on scale. Go-to-market is entirely B2G/B2B, won through French public-sector concours, direct municipal commissions, and invited international competitions; the firm has no consumer-facing or commercial channels, no proprietary software platform, no external investment, and no parent or subsidiary entities. Principal recognition is the Albums des Jeunes Architectes et Paysagistes (AJAP) 2009-2010 award from the French Ministry of Culture.

Name

PRAXYS

Legal name

PRAXYS SARL

Website

https://praxys-paysage.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PRAXYS is a French landscape-architecture and urban-planning studio of approximately 11 professionals, founded in 2007 in Montreuil, delivering public-space, territorial, and garden design services exclusively to government, municipal, and metropolitan authorities in France and across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE), Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban planning design
• Public space design
• Master plan studies
• Historical garden restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreuil

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Urban planning and landscape architecture services: Revenue is generated through professional service fees for urban studies, public space master planning, competition entries, and full project management mandates (maîtrise d'œuvre). Projects range from plan guides and pre-operational studies to complete project delivery, billed as one-time professional service engagements rather than recurring contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PRAXYS is a landscape and urban planning firm that designs and transforms public spaces, parks, urban districts, and historical gardens. Its services span three areas: Public Spaces Design (parks, shores, city centers, neighborhoods, transport hubs), Territories & Urban Planning (urban studies, neighborhood development, grand landscape master plans), and Garden Design (historical and leisure gardens). Deliverables include plan guides, pre-operational studies, full project management (maîtrise d'œuvre), and master plans, billed as professional service engagements for public sector clients.

Product overview

PRAXYS is a landscape and urban planning firm offering integrated services for the design and transformation of cities and territories. The company's portfolio comprises three interconnected service areas: Public Spaces Design (parks, shores, city centers, neighborhoods, and transport infrastructure), Territories & Urban Planning (urban studies, neighborhood development, and grand landscape master plans), and Garden Design (historical and leisure gardens). Since its founding in 2007, the firm has completed over 150 projects spanning urban studies, public space master planning, and historical garden restoration, operating from Paris to Saint Petersburg and Brussels to Milan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Spaces Design
• Territories & Urban Planning
• Garden Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 150 projects completed across France and internationally since founding in 2007

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• OLIN: Major US landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with comparable public-space, park, and master planning engagements; broader scale and US-centric delivery make it a broader incumbent rather than direct French-concours peer.
• Snøhetta: International multidisciplinary firm with strong landscape architecture and urbanism practices delivering master plans and public realm projects at scale — broader portfolio but overlapping target projects and B2G/government clients.
• Gustafson Porter + Bowman: Internationally recognized landscape architecture firm with prestige public-park and urban realm portfolio, sharing the concours/bid-driven business model at flagship scale.
• West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture: Larger Dutch landscape architecture and urban design firm with deep public-sector credentials and international concours experience — competes with Praxys for flagship European projects but at materially greater scale.

Direct peers

• Topotek 1: Berlin-based landscape architecture firm working across European public-sector competitions on urban parks and public spaces of the same typology as Praxys's core offering.
• TN+ (formerly Agence Nicolas Michelin): French landscape and urban planning practice with a parallel offering in public realm master planning, ecological urbanism, and metropolitan-scale parks, often bidding against Praxys in concours.
• Agence TER: Leading French landscape and urban planning agency active in the same concours landscape as Praxys — public space master planning, ecological renaturation, and large metropolitan park commissions for French municipalities and European clients.
• Michel Desvigne Paysagiste: Paris-based landscape architecture studio founded by a renowned paysagiste DPLG, comparable in scale, prestige, and French B2G client base; competes for similar concours in urban parks and public space transformation.

Emerging players

• Atelier WALA (formerly WALA Atelier) / Phytolab: Smaller French landscape and urban planning studios sharing the B2G public-tender model and AJAP-era pedigree; partial overlap with Praxys in the French municipal ecosystem though more focused on specific ecological niches.

Regional players

• Vogt Landschaft: Swiss landscape architecture studio with comparable scale, design philosophy, and concours experience — overlapping in Switzerland but generally not competing head-to-head for French municipal tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/praxys-paysagiste-urbaniste
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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