Marseille Buiten
Marseille Buiten is a Utrecht-based landscape architecture design bureau founded in 2012 by Jeroen Marseille, employing eight designers to deliver site-specific public space, square, park, and garden designs for Dutch municipalities, educational institutions, housing developers, and private clients across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2012
- HeadquartersUtrecht, Netherlands
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Marseille Buiten does
Marseille Buiten bv is a privately held Dutch landscape architecture design bureau founded in 2012 by Jeroen Marseille and headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. The firm operates with a team of eight designers and delivers site-specific landscape and public space designs, with the public square (plein) as its focal point across scales ranging from intimate garden courtyards to large urban districts. Its portfolio comprises 57 realized projects spanning 1,453,123 m2 of designed public space and 3,849 planted trees, and its design methodology centers on feasibility and long-term manageability while integrating contemporary themes such as sustainability, climate adaptation, urban greening, water and heat stress mitigation, and mobility transitions. The bureau also co-developed two manufactured products — Tree Grids with Grijsen (available since 2011) and Grass-Concrete Stones Square/Cross with Struyk Verwo Infra (available since 2016) — extending its reach into productised landscape elements.
The firm serves municipal and provincial governments (its primary client segment, including Gemeente Groningen, Heerenveen, Ede, Harlingen, Gilze, Zwolle, Leiden), educational institutions (Kindcentrum De Brink Haren, Norbertus Gertrudis Lyceum, Kindcentrum Montfoort), housing developers and property companies, sports and leisure facility operators (multiple swimming pools), and private clients (villa gardens). Projects are delivered through public tenders, architectural competitions, direct commissions, and referrals from a curated network of partner architecture firms including Slangen+Koenis Architecten, BDG Architecten, RU+PA, Wissing ruimtelijke denkers, and Buro Burg. Geographic reach extends from the Netherlands into Belgium and Germany, with selective international competition entries.
Revenue is generated through commissioned professional services engagements billed per assignment against agreed milestones, with additional work charged at hourly rates under De Nieuze Regeling 2011 (DNR 2011) standard Dutch architectural terms. The firm is bootstrapped with no disclosed external investment, no parent company, and no public revenue disclosure. Marketing is primarily organic social (LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest) supplemented by editorial coverage in Dutch professional publications (De Blauwe Kamer, Platform Gras, Straatbeeld Magazine, Architectenweb), guest lectures at HKU and Fontys, and industry event participation. Notable recognition includes winning four of five awards at the Groningen Architecture Prize 2025 for the Dudok aan het Diep city centre redesign with IRIS architecten, and inclusion in the BNSP-jaarboek 2025 jubilee edition.
Marseille Buiten firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Marseille Buiten
- Legal name
- Marseille Buiten bv
- Website
- https://marseillebuiten.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2012
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Marseille Buiten is a Utrecht-based landscape architecture design bureau founded in 2012 by Jeroen Marseille, employing eight designers to deliver site-specific public space, square, park, and garden designs for Dutch municipalities, educational institutions, housing developers, and private clients across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Marseille Buiten industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Landscape Architecture Services
- NAICS
- Landscape Architectural Services (541320)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Sustainable Cities, Urban Development & Green Infrastructure (BPADALAL)
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Where Marseille Buiten is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Utrecht
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Marseille Buiten business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Landscape architecture design services: Marseille Buiten generates revenue through commissioned landscape architecture and public space design projects for municipalities, provincial governments, educational institutions, housing developers, and private clients. Revenue is project-based, quoted per assignment, and invoiced against agreed milestones. The firm operates under De Nieuwe Regeling 2011 (DNR 2011) terms with clients. Additional work beyond quoted scope is charged at hourly rates. The firm does not publicly disclose pricing or standard fee structures; engagement terms are negotiated per commission.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
Marseille Buiten product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Marseille Buiten is a landscape architecture bureau that designs public spaces, squares, parks, gardens, and landscapes for municipalities, provincial governments, educational institutions, housing developers, sports facilities, and private clients. Each project is delivered as a site-specific design that integrates sustainability, urban greening, water management, climate adaptation, and mobility transitions. The firm also co-developed two manufactured products — Grass-Concrete Stones and Tree Grids — with industrial partners.
Product overview
Marseille Buiten is a landscape architecture bureau based in Utrecht, Netherlands, offering design services for public spaces, squares, parks, gardens, and landscapes. Their portfolio includes two manufactured products developed with partners: Grass-Concrete Stones (Square and Cross) with Struyk Verwo Infra and Tree Grids (Boomroosters) with Grijsen. Core services encompass public space design, urban greening solutions, school environment design, and sports complex landscape design. The bureau works on projects throughout the Netherlands and internationally, collaborating with architects, urban planners, and municipalities. Design work follows the DNR 2011 professional standards, and they utilize AutoCAD for digital mapping.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Landscape Architecture Design Services Commissioned landscape architecture and public space design delivered under Dutch DNR 2011 professional standards, covering squares, parks, streets, mobility hubs, parking areas, schoolyards, sports facilities, and urban extensions. Each project is site-specific and integrates sustainability, urban greening, water management, climate adaptation, and mobility transitions for municipal, provincial, educational, residential-developer, sports/leisure, and private clients.
- Grass-Concrete Stones (Square and Cross) Grass-concrete paving stone model co-developed with Struyk Verwo Infra, designed to bring greater aesthetics to open paving while maximizing grass space.
- Tree Grids (Boomroosters) Tree grate designs co-developed with Grijsen straat- en parkdesign, comprising 13 variations made from 10 mm thick nodular cast iron for use in public space projects.
Quantifiable outcome
- 57 realised projects, 1,453,123 m2 designed, 3,849 trees planted across the portfolio.
Companies that use Marseille Buiten
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Marseille Buiten technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature1 record
Marseille Buiten partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Slangen+Koenis ArchitectencoreLong-standing collaborative partner on multiple projects including Zwembad De Wisselslag (Venlo), Oss swimming pool, Stadtbad Rees, Sportpark Het Midden (Vriezenveen), Achter de Tuintjes (Gilze), and swimming pool tender competitions. Slangen+Koenis typically serves as lead architect with Marseille Buiten providing landscape architecture.
- BDG ArchitectencoreRegular partner on projects including IKC Rummerinkhof (Haren), Norbertus Gertrudis Lyceum (Roosendaal), and Westergouwe (Gouda). Marseille Buiten provides landscape architecture for BDG's architectural projects.
- RU+PAminorCollaboration noted in the Marseille Buiten team description. Projects include De Mirandabad (Amsterdam), where RU+PA (Rudy Uytenhaak architects+partners) led the architectural work.
- Wissing ruimtelijke denkersminorCollaboration on Centrumplan Duiven and Hoog Dalem (Gorinchem) projects. Wissing provided urban planning frameworks, with Jeroen Marseille designing the public space vision and implementation plan.
- Buro BurgminorListed as a trusted partner in the About Us / Method section. Nature of collaboration not further detailed in available sources.
- Rod'or AdviesminorCollaboration on the Westergouwe (Gouda) project, where Rod'or Advies provided advisory services as part of the project team.
- SmitsRinsmaminorCollaboration on Het Openbare Ruimte Plein (2022 Vakbeurs Openbare Ruimte), where SmitsRinsma participated as a partner in the installation alongside Marseille Buiten and De Enk Groen&Golf.
- Grijsen straat- en parkdesignminorJeroen Marseille designed a tree grid catalogue for Grijsen in 2010-2011, resulting in 13 variations included in the Grijsen catalogue. The tree grids (Boomroosters) are manufactured by Grijsen and applied throughout the Netherlands.
- Struyk Verwo InframinorCo-development of Grass-Concrete Stones (Grasbetonstenen) Square and Cross product. Marseille Buiten designed the model in 2013-2015, which was further developed by Struyk Verwo and made available from 2016.
- De Enk Groen & GolfminorCollaboration on Het Openbare Ruimte Plein (Vakbeurs Openbare Ruimte 2022), together with Marseille Buiten and SmitsRinsma.
- Drielanden BomenminorListed as a trusted partner in the References section. Collaboration noted on the Valkbrug (Leiden) project. Drielanden Bomen provides specialist tree expertise.
- Sanne HornminorSanne Horn co-designed the planting plan for Exercitieplein Simon Stevin (Ede) with Marseille Buiten in 2021.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Marseille Buiten competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- OKRA Landscape Architects: Utrecht-based landscape architecture firm with a strong track record in Dutch public space and urban planning projects. A broader incumbent: overlapping client base (Dutch municipalities), but operating at a larger scale and a wider international footprint than Marseille Buiten.
- West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture: Internationally renowned Dutch landscape and urban design firm with offices in Rotterdam and New York. A broader incumbent in the same Dutch landscape architecture space — competing for high-profile Dutch and international municipal tenders, and significantly larger in scale and scope than Marseille Buiten.
Direct peers
- LOLA Landscape Architects:
- Karres en Brands: Leading Dutch landscape architecture and urban design firm based in Hilversum. Directly comparable to Marseille Buiten: same specialty in public space, squares, and urban greening; same Dutch municipal client base; same competition pool for tenders. Notably, Jeroen Marseille worked there 2000–2010, reinforcing direct lineage and shared design DNA.
- DELVA Landscape Architecture / Urbanism: Amsterdam-based landscape architecture and urbanism firm working on Dutch public space, climate adaptation, and urban greening projects. Highly comparable: same geographic and client overlap, similar focus on climate-driven landscape design, slightly larger team.
- H+N+S Landscape Architects: Amsterdam-based Dutch landscape architecture firm focused on climate-adaptive, water-resilient public space — a near-perfect thematic overlap with Marseille Buiten's climate adaptation and urban greening focus. Similar service offerings and Dutch municipal client set.
- Strootman Landscape Architects: Amsterdam-based landscape architecture firm founded by Erik Strootman. Directly comparable: similar size, Dutch public-space focus, and overlapping client types (municipalities, housing developers). Marseille Buiten's founder worked at Strootman before starting his own studio in 2012.
- Bureau B+B Urbanism and Landscape Architecture: Amsterdam/Dutch landscape and urban design firm focused on public space, climate adaptation, and urban transformation. Directly competes with Marseille Buiten for Dutch municipal tenders, with a comparable thematic focus and project scale.
Others
- BDG Architecten: Dutch architecture firm and repeat partner of Marseille Buiten on educational and residential projects. Not a peer competitor in landscape architecture per se, but operates in the same project ecosystem (schoolyards, housing developments) and competes indirectly for the architect-of-record role on shared commissions.
- Slangen+Koenis Architecten: Architecture firm based in the Netherlands and a core partner of Marseille Buiten on multiple projects (swimming pools, sports facilities, residential quarters). Not a peer competitor but a downstream/upstream collaborator, useful as a comparable for partnership dynamics and project economics in the same Dutch design ecosystem.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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Profiles7 records
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Frequently asked questions about Marseille Buiten
What does Marseille Buiten do?
Marseille Buiten is a landscape architecture bureau that designs public spaces, squares, parks, gardens, and landscapes for municipalities, provincial governments, educational institutions, housing developers, sports facilities, and private clients. Each project is delivered as a site-specific design that integrates sustainability, urban greening, water management, climate adaptation, and mobility transitions. The firm also co-developed two manufactured products — Grass-Concrete Stones and Tree Grids — with industrial partners.
Is Marseille Buiten a public or private company?
Marseille Buiten is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Marseille Buiten founded?
Marseille Buiten was founded in 2012. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Marseille Buiten based?
Marseille Buiten is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Marseille Buiten make money?
One revenue line is on record: landscape architecture design services.
Who are Marseille Buiten's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are OKRA Landscape Architects and West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture. Direct peers are LOLA Landscape Architects, Karres en Brands, DELVA Landscape Architecture / Urbanism, H+N+S Landscape Architects, Strootman Landscape Architects and Bureau B+B Urbanism and Landscape Architecture. Others are BDG Architecten and Slangen+Koenis Architecten.
Does Marseille Buiten have an API?
No public API is recorded for Marseille Buiten.
What industry is Marseille Buiten in?
Marseille Buiten's product category is Landscape Architecture Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAHAKAC, Landscape Architecture & Site Design, with a secondary code of BPADALAL, Sustainable Cities, Urban Development & Green Infrastructure. Its NAICS code is 541320.