SWAP Architektur

What SWAP Architektur does

SWAP Architektur ZT GmbH is a privately held Vienna-based architecture firm founded in 2008 that designs healthcare, laboratory, education, residential, and public-administration buildings, with a distinctive specialization in climate-responsible timber and timber-hybrid construction. Its portfolio of roughly 55 projects includes the BOKU Ilse Wallentin Haus (timber library storing ~1,000 tons of CO₂), the Bezirkshauptmannschaft Salzburg Umgebung (klimaaktiv Gold), the Klinik Favoriten Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics, and the Zentralklinik Ottakring central hospital (GFA 144,724 m², planned 2026–2040). The firm operates two proprietary digital design tools: IVAN, a WebVR/headset visualization platform that lets clients and users navigate 3D CAD data during early design, and EVA Rapid Layouting, an early-phase spatial layout software that won the Austrian State Prize for Architecture 2021 (Special Award – Digitalization).

SWAP generates revenue as a professional services firm through commissioned architectural design work for public and private clients, primarily acquired via winning architectural competitions and invited bids. Its go-to-market is event-driven — competing in public tenders and leveraging its AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects consortium (co-founded 2022 with Architects Collective and F+P Architekten) to access large-scale healthcare infrastructure projects that exceed single-firm capacity. Distribution is direct, with no resellers or external productization of its software tools. Customers are dominated by government and quasi-government entities (Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft, Land Salzburg, Robert Koch-Institut, Leibniz-Zentrum, BOKU University), with a smaller private tail (SAN Venture, AME International, Jaruslav Sternberg). The firm is headquartered at Schottenfeldgasse 65/10 in Vienna's 7th district, employs 25 people as of June 2026, and has been ClimatePartner-certified since July 2023.

Name

SWAP Architektur

Legal name

SWAP Architekten ZT GmbH

Website

https://architektur.swap-zt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SWAP Architektur is a Vienna-based architecture firm designing healthcare, laboratory, education, and public-sector buildings with climate-responsible timber construction, serving government and private clients across Austria, Germany, and Indonesia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

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. Architectural Design Services: SWAP Architektur generates revenue through commissioned architectural design services for public and private sector clients. Projects span healthcare, laboratory, education, and residential buildings, typically awarded through design competitions or direct commissions. Revenue is project-based and depends on project scale and complexity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SWAP Architektur delivers commissioned architectural design services for healthcare (hospitals, laboratories, diagnostic centers), education (university libraries, research facilities), public administration, and residential projects, with a particular specialization in climate-responsible timber-hybrid construction and Healing Architecture. Projects are typically acquired via architectural competitions or direct commissions and supported internally by proprietary digital tools (EVA Rapid Layouting, IVAN VR) and BIM-based workflows that enable early-phase spatial planning and immersive client coordination.

Product overview

SWAP Architektur ZT GmbH is an Austrian architecture firm (founded 2008, headquartered in Vienna) specializing in healthcare, laboratory, education, and residential architecture with a focus on timber construction and climate-responsible building. The firm operates two proprietary design computation tools: IVAN (a VR-based 3D visualization platform) and EVA Rapid Layouting (early-phase spatial planning software awarded the 2021 Staatspreis Architektur). Through the AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects partnership with Architects Collective and F+P Architekten, SWAP delivers integrated healthcare architecture services. The portfolio includes hospital buildings, laboratory facilities, educational campuses, and timber-based office/administrative buildings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects: A healthcare architecture cooperation founded in 2022 by SWAP Architektur, Architects Collective, and F+P Architekten, combining expertise for planning healthcare buildings.

Products and services

• IVAN VR Platform Proprietary VR (Virtual Reality) application developed by SWAP that allows 3D data from CAD software to be uploaded to ivanize.com and viewed via Web VR or VR headset, enabling clients and users to experience and navigate through designs during the design phase.
• EVA Rapid Layouting Proprietary software tool developed by SWAP Architekten that supports the early architectural design phase by enabling rapid layouting of architectural spaces. Winner of the Austrian State Prize for Architecture 2021 (Special Award – Digitalization).
• AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects Strategic partnership/consortium between SWAP Architektur, Architects Collective, and F+P Architekten established in 2022 that bundles expertise for healthcare architecture projects including hospitals, laboratories, and medical facilities.
• Architectural Design Services Commissioned architectural design services for public and private sector clients, spanning healthcare (hospitals, laboratories, clinics), education (university libraries, research buildings), public administration, and residential buildings. Projects are typically awarded through architectural competitions or direct commissions.

Quantifiable outcome

• BOKU Ilse Wallentin Haus stores ~1,000 tons of CO₂ long-term through timber construction with 78% wood material share; construction is ultimately CO₂-neutral.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AME InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024AME International commissioned SWAP for an interior design study of an infectious diseases clinic in Jakarta, Indonesia, which has been successfully realized. SWAP developed the healing architecture-based design concept.
• ClimatePartnerminorOthers · 1 January 2023SWAP has been ClimatePartner-certified since July 2023. The certification involves calculating corporate carbon footprint, setting reduction targets, implementing reductions, financing climate protection projects, and transparent communication. SWAP's corporate carbon footprint for 2022 was 28.2 t CO₂ equivalents.
• AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects (Architects Collective + F+P Architekten + SWAP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022In 2022, SWAP Architektur jointly founded AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects with Architects Collective ZT GmbH and F+P Architekten ZT GmbH. This partnership pools their expertise for healthcare architecture planning, creating synergies across projects and establishing a leading Healthcare Architecture brand. AHA has already been awarded major projects including the new Central Hospital Ottakring (GFA 144,724 m²) and Klinik Favoriten.
• F+P Architekten ZT GmbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2022F+P Architekten acted as the general planner for the Klinik Favoriten New Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics project. F+P is also a co-founder of the AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects partnership.
• iC consulenten Ziviltechniker GesmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2020Civil engineering consultancy partner for the SAN Biotech Park project in Herzogenburg.
• DELTAminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2017DELTA has been a long-standing structural engineering partner on SWAP projects, including the Ilse Wallentin Haus (BOKU Vienna), IFA Tulln, and others.
• Bollinger + GrohmannminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2017Structural engineering partner for the BOKU Ilse Wallentin Haus project.
• caramel ArchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Collaboration partner in the development of EVA Rapid Layouting software, with funding from Wirtschaftsagentur Wien.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Architects Collective: Vienna-based architecture firm and co-founder of the AHA Austrian Healthcare Architects consortium alongside SWAP and F+P Architekten. Operates in the same healthcare, education, and public-building verticals and shares joint liability on flagship Austrian healthcare tenders.
• PPAG architects: Vienna-based practice of similar size focused on public, education, and healthcare buildings. Comparable in scale, project type, and Austrian/DACH competition-driven go-to-market.
• Delugan Meissl Associated Architects: Vienna-based firm of comparable size with strong competition-winning track record across cultural, public, and mobility buildings. Comparable on team scale, design-competition GTM, and international ambitions from an Austrian base.
• AllesWirdGut: Austrian architecture firm of comparable size working across public, education, and residential projects with an emphasis on contextual design. Similar competitive set for Austrian public tenders and design-competition awards.
• Baumschlager Eberle: Austrian/European architecture firm with a comparable sustainability and timber-driven portfolio, including health, education, and research facilities. Closest peer for benchmark on sustainability premium positioning within the Austrian market.
• Caramel Architekten: Vienna-based architecture firm of similar size and digital-design orientation, and SWAP's co-development partner on the EVA Rapid Layouting software. Highly comparable on team scale, design-tech stance, and Austrian market footprint.
• F+P Architekten: Austrian architecture practice and the third AHA co-founder, serving as general planner on Klinik Favoriten alongside SWAP. Direct collaborator on large healthcare builds and natural peer for comparison on project economics and capability.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Internationally established architecture practice with a strong sustainability and timber-driven portfolio. Comparable on timber/carbon-aware design philosophy and on competition-led acquisition, but at significantly larger scale and global reach.
• Coop Himmelb(l)au: Vienna-headquartered international architecture practice with a broad cultural, public, and institutional portfolio. Comparable as an Austrian firm competing for landmark public commissions, though at substantially larger scale and wider typology mix.
• Henn Architekten: Larger German architecture practice with deep healthcare, laboratory, and research-building portfolio. Highly relevant peer for laboratory and research commissions like RKI Berlin and ZMT Bremen, where SWAP is competing in a broader incumbent set.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance17 records

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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