STRATES

What STRATES does

STRATES (legal entity STUDIO STRATES, SAS) is a French urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture studio founded in 2025 by three urbanists — Mathilde Adam, Julien Béneyt, and Paul Lacaze — who previously co-directed the urban planning and public space pole at the established French agency Leclercq Associés. The studio operates from 28 boulevard de la Liberté in Les Lilas (near Paris) and is registered as a SAS in Paris under RCS 989 652 664 00016. Each founding partner brings over twelve years of professional experience and a dual background spanning architecture and urbanism or landscape architecture and urbanism, which the studio packages as a single integrated practice rather than separate disciplines.

The studio delivers four interconnected service lines: urban and territorial studies (strategic planning, urban design, project coordination), landscape architecture and public space design, owner assistance including citizen participation (concertation) and health-promoting urban planning, and architecture consulting for local authorities. It engages exclusively with French public sector clients — municipalities, métropoles, inter-municipal authorities, and public administrations — winning mandates through public procurement and direct commissions. Named mandates include the pedestrianization of Rue du Gros Horloge in Rouen, requalification of 2 km of Seine riverbanks in Athis-Mons, renovation of Place Pierre et Marie Curie in Fresnes, the Val-Fourré NPNRU urban renewal in Mantes-la-Jolie (part of France's National Program for Urban Renewal), and Technopôle studies at Plateau de Brabois.

Revenue is project-based professional services income, with fees negotiated per mandate through public tenders or direct commissions; pricing is not publicly disclosed and no productized or recurring revenue model exists. The studio operates as a delivery consortium, partnering with engineering and consulting firms (Artelia, Base, Citec, Empreinte, TPFi, RR&A, Alphaville, Ville en Œuvre, EPPC) to assemble interdisciplinary teams capable of bidding on large public urban regeneration programs. Ownership is entirely held by the three founding partners with €1,000 share capital, no external investors, no subsidiaries, and no patents, trademarks, or proprietary technology assets. The studio is technology-agnostic in delivery, with no AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or software products; its differentiation rests on human expertise, integrated urban-landscape methodology, and reputation in the French public procurement market.

Name

STRATES

Legal name

STUDIO STRATES, SAS

Website

https://strates.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

STRATES is a French urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture studio founded in 2025 by three former Leclercq Associés urbanists, serving French municipalities and public administrations through integrated urban studies, landscape design, citizen participation, and architecture consulting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Urban Planning and Design Services: Project-based professional services revenue from urban studies, territorial strategy, public space master planning, and architectural design services for public sector clients. Revenue is earned through public procurement contracts, direct commissions, and consulting engagements with municipalities and public administrations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

STRATES is a French studio offering integrated urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture services to French municipalities and public administrations. Its core offering spans urban and territorial studies, landscape architecture and public space design, owner assistance (including citizen participation and public communication), and architecture consulting for local authorities. The studio leads interdisciplinary teams to deliver strategic planning, project development, operational monitoring, and construction supervision for urban renewal, public realm transformation, and landscape projects across metropolitan France.

Product overview

STRATES is a studio of urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture offering integrated services through four interconnected practice areas: urban and territorial studies, landscape architecture, owner assistance, and architecture consulting. The studio functions as a unified practice where these service lines work collaboratively without separation, integrating landscape expertise directly into urban approaches and combining them with public engagement and built environment advisory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Études urbaines & territoriales (Urban and Territorial Studies) Urban and territorial studies service encompassing strategic planning, urban design, and project coordination, for French municipalities and public administrations seeking territorial strategy and urban project leadership. The studio leads interdisciplinary teams to conduct analysis, evaluation, project development, and operational monitoring.
• Architecture du paysage (Landscape Architecture) Landscape architecture and public space design service including public space programming and vegetation expertise, delivered to French municipalities and public administrations from concept through delivery.
• Assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage (Owner Assistance) Owner assistance service for French public sector clients including citizen participation (concertation), pre-project participation support, health-promoting urban planning, public communication, and urban programming.
• Conseil en architecture (Architecture Consulting) Architecture consulting service for local authorities including urban planning prescriptions, AUPE interfaces, feasibility studies, and urban integration assessments.

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CitecminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Engineering consultancy partner for the Technopôle Plateau de Brabois project (580 hectares), providing technical expertise within the interdisciplinary project team.
• ArteliacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Engineering and consultancy firm collaborating on multiple urban development projects including La Grande-Motte (Ville-Port), Mantes-la-Jolie (Val-Fourré NPNRU), and Nice (Grand Arénas). Provides technical engineering expertise in interdisciplinary project teams led by Strates.
• Ville en ŒuvreminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Urban development consultancy partner for Mantes-la-Jolie Val-Fourré NPNRU urban renewal project, contributing to interdisciplinary project delivery.
• BasecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Landscape architecture firm collaborating on major urban design projects including Nice Grand Arénas (49 hectares, €51M) and Reims Voie des Sacres (5 hectares, €35M), contributing to interdisciplinary project teams.
• EmpreinteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Urban planning consultancy partner for the Nancy Centre Gare & Grand Cœur project (55 hectares), collaborating on urban MOE and public space programming.
• TPFiminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Technical consultancy partner appearing across Nancy and Reims projects, contributing to urban engineering and public space coordination.
• RR&AminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Consultancy partner for Nancy and Reims urban projects, providing specialized expertise within interdisciplinary project teams.
• AlphavilleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Urban planning partner for Mantes-la-Jolie Val-Fourré NPNRU (34 hectares) and Reims Voie des Sacres projects, contributing to urban MOE and programming.
• EPPCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Consultancy partner appearing on Nancy Centre Gare and Technopôle projects, providing specialized planning expertise within interdisciplinary teams.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TN+: Paris-based landscape architecture and urban design studio; competes for the same municipal/metropolitan public space and urban renewal commissions in France.
• BASE: Paris-based landscape architecture and urban design studio; recurring Strates co-development partner on Nice Grand Arénas and Reims Voie des Sacres, and a direct French landscape-architecture competitor for the same municipal and metropolitan clients.
• Agence TER: Paris-based urban planning, landscape architecture and development strategy studio with a national French footprint; direct competitor for metropolitan and municipal urban planning and public realm commissions.
• Jacqueline Osty & Associés: Established French landscape architecture studio; former employer of co-founder Paul Lacaze and a direct competitor in landscape-led public space and urban renewal commissions.
• Atelier Roland Schweitzer: Long-established French landscape architecture and urban planning studio; direct competitor in landscape-led public space design for French municipalities and metropolitan authorities.
• Agence TVK: Paris-based urban planning and architecture studio working on French metropolitan public-space and urban renewal projects; operates in the same public procurement space and on similar project typologies (urban MOE, public space programming).
• CoBe Landscape and Urban Design: Paris-based landscape architecture and urban design firm; former employer of Strates co-founder Paul Lacaze and a direct competitor in the French landscape architecture and public space market.

Emerging players

• LIN (Finnish Urban Planning & Architecture): European urban planning and architecture firm with selective French public-sector commissions; comparable in scale and approach (integrated urbanism + landscape), though with different geographic primary markets.

Broad incumbents

• Leclercq Associés: The architecture and urban design agency where Strates' three founders previously co-led the urbanisme & espaces publics practice; remains the larger incumbent in the same French urban design market and a direct competitor for public commissions.
• Architecture-Studio: Large Paris-based architecture and urban design firm with international footprint; competes in French urban and public realm commissions and is a broader incumbent in the same market segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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