What Brunet Saunier Architecture does

Brunet Saunier & Associés is a French architectural firm founded in 1981 by Jérôme Brunet and Eric Saunier (deceased), specializing primarily in hospital and healthcare facility design. The firm operates with approximately 40 collaborators and 7 partners across its Paris headquarters (17 rue Dupetit-Thouars, 75003) and a Bern, Switzerland office (Seelandweg 7, 3013 Bern). Its signature contribution is the "monospace" hospital typology, developed in 2000 as a regular, reversible spatial arrangement enabling large, naturally lit floors with a constant structural grid—an archetype applied across approximately 100 hospital projects to address the accelerating obsolescence of healthcare facilities.

The firm is a pioneer in Building Information Modeling (BIM), deploying BIM since 1992 with dedicated BIM manager Jacques Lévy-Bencheton (president of the BIM France association), and using Autodesk Revit since 2005. It has developed a proprietary web platform (BSA Web Platform / DataChecker), built with DB-Lab on Autodesk Forge and BIM360, which manages approximately 300,000 data points across an average of 3,000 rooms per hospital project and yields approximately 30% time savings in data management. The firm is also developing AI generative design capabilities, including the Nacorm micro-implantation solution with Zedsoft (Grand Prix Solution Tech 2023), and has produced VR visualization films of completed projects.

Brunet Saunier generates revenue through project-based architectural fees on public and private commissions, primarily under French Loi MOP and international MEP, Conception-Réalisation, and PPP frameworks. Projects range from small commissions (0.4 M€) to flagship hospital builds (Hôpital Universitaire de Padoue at 357 M€ HT construction cost). Clients are predominantly public-sector: government hospital operators, university hospital groups (AP-HP, HUG Geneva, HUS Helsinki, CHU Rennes, Azienda Ospedale Padova), and infrastructure agencies (Société des Grands Projets for Grand Paris Express stations). The firm has completed over 100 realizations across France, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium, Italy, Algeria, Angola, and Vietnam, and has won major industry awards including the Prix de l'Equerre d'Argent, BIM d'Argent, and Grand Prix AFEX.

Name

Brunet Saunier Architecture

Legal name

Brunet Saunier Architecture

Website

https://brunet-saunier.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brunet Saunier & Associés is a French architecture firm with ~40 staff and 7 partners specializing in hospital and healthcare facility design, using a proprietary "monospace" typology, BIM since 1992, and AI generative design to serve public-sector clients across Europe and Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Architecture

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Senior Living & Assisted Living Facility Construction (IMAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture
• Hospital design
• Building information modeling
• Sustainable architecture
• Public architecture competitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through fees for architectural design services on public and private construction projects, primarily hospitals and healthcare facilities. Revenue is project-based, derived from competitions, direct commissions, and PPP contracts. Projects range from 0.4 M€ (Chai du Domaine Breton) to 357 M€ HT (Hôpital Universitaire de Padoue).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Brunet Saunier Architecture provides professional architectural design services for hospitals, healthcare facilities, research and higher education buildings, and large-scale public infrastructure (including Grand Paris Express stations). Central to its practice is the proprietary 'monospace' hospital typology — a regular, reversible spatial arrangement enabling large continuous floors with constant structural grid — applied across approximately 100 hospital projects. Services span programming through construction supervision, delivered under French Loi MOP frameworks, MEP competitions, Conception-Réalisation contracts, and PPP arrangements.

Product overview

Brunet Saunier & Associés is a French architecture firm specializing in complex building projects, primarily healthcare facilities. The firm's core offering is architectural design services spanning healthcare (hospitals), research facilities, and infrastructure. They have developed a proprietary digital methodology centered on BIM, which includes an internal Room Data Checker platform for managing hospital project data through Autodesk BIM360. The firm also applies generative design AI and VR visualization as part of their design process. Their most recognized contribution is the 'monospace' hospital typology, which informs their healthcare architecture practice. Projects include hospitals in France, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium, and elsewhere, as well as university campuses and Grand Paris Express train stations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Architecture Services End-to-end architectural design services for hospitals and healthcare facilities — new construction, rehabilitation, and restructuring — for public hospital operators, university hospital groups, and government health authorities. Services span programming through construction supervision and apply the firm's proprietary 'monospace' hospital typology to approximately 100 hospital projects across France, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium, Italy, Algeria, Angola, and Vietnam.
• Research and Higher Education Facilities Architectural design services for university and research facilities including research laboratories (toxicology, biomedical, vision, oncology), university campus buildings, and scientific research environments. Representative projects include Campus Condorcet (Aubervilliers, 15,500 m², delivered 2019), Institut de la Vision (Paris), and INSEAD Campus Europe (9,500 m², €49 M HT).
• Infrastructure and Transit Station Architecture Architectural design of major public infrastructure, including Grand Paris Express RER train stations delivered for Société des Grands Projets (Gare d'Issy on Line 15 and Gare Chevilly-Larue on Line 14 Sud).

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in construction carbon footprint for renovation vs. new construction of equivalent surface area in hospital projects
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 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

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint architecture team with RPBW for the Saint-Ouen Grand Paris Nord University Hospital project, one of the firm's largest and most significant projects, bringing together the activities of Bichat and Beaujon hospitals. The project represents a flagship collaboration in healthcare architecture combining two internationally renowned firms.
• IngéropmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLeading engineering firm (BET) appearing across numerous hospital projects as structural, fluides, and TCE engineering partner, including Hôpital Fondation Rothschild, Centre Hospitalier de Meaux, and others.
• Burckhardt+PartnermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss engineering firm as associated architect for the HUG Bâtiment Gustave Julliard project in Geneva, alongside Odile Seyler and Jacques Lucan.
• AW2 Architects / Architecture Workshop Finland LtdmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinnish architecture firm leading the Traumatology and Cancer Center project in Helsinki, with Brunet Saunier as one of three architectural partners alongside B&M Architecture Ltd and Harris-Kjisik Ltd. Also co-authored the book Siltasairaala, the bridge hospital.
• AW2 Architects / Architecture Workshop Finland LtdmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading partner in the Meilahti Trauma and Cancer Center project in Helsinki (HUS), part of the Finnish hospital program.
• Autodesk (BIM360, Forge)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe firm has been using Autodesk Revit since 2005 for digital model production. Collaboration is centered on BIM360 Design for model coordination and BIM360 Docs for stakeholder collaboration. The firm also utilizes Autodesk Forge APIs for its proprietary BSA web platform development.
• DB-LabcoreTechnology or IntegrationAutodesk Certified Forge integrator and Service Provider that designed and developed the BSA web platform connected to BIM360, dedicated to Big Data Management for hospital Room Data Checker projects. The platform manages approximately 300,000 data points per hospital project.
• EgismajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor engineering firm (BET TCE) appearing across multiple projects including Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie and Hôpital Sainte-Musse.
• SetecmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering firm (BET TCE) for Grand Paris Express station projects including Gare d'Issy and Gare Chevilly-Larue.
• BG Ingénieurs ConseilsmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSwiss engineering firm for multiple hospital projects including Hôpital Intercantonal de la Broye and HUG projects.
• Fl ConseilmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHospital logistics consultant appearing across multiple hospital projects including Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté, Nouvel Hôpital Lariboisière, and Centre Chirurgical et Interventionnel de Rennes.
• Golem Images (Xavier Depaule)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPerspectivist and visual communication studio frequently appearing across hospital projects for perspectives and visual renders.
• Archi 2000majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitecture firm for Institut Jules Bordet project in Brussels, serving as the lead local firm with TPF Ingénierie.
• TPF IngénieriemajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering firm for Institut Jules Bordet project, alongside Archi 2000.
• Emmer Pfenninger Partner AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSwiss facade engineering firm for the Nouvel Hôpital Limmattal in Zurich and HUG projects.
• Agence TERmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architects and urban planners as lead coordinators for the Campus Condorcet project in Aubervilliers, alongside multiple other architecture firms in a PPP framework.
• BIM France AssociationminorOthersJacques Lévy-Bencheton, partner and BIM manager at the firm, serves as president of the BIM France association, positioning the firm as a thought leader in BIM methodology in France.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW): Italian architecture firm with extensive healthcare portfolio, including academic hospitals. Direct JV partner of Brunet Saunier on Saint-Ouen AP-HP Grand Paris Nord; competes for and co-leads major European hospital tenders.
• Stantec (formerly Anshen + Allen): Global design and engineering firm with a major healthcare architecture practice. Anshen + Allen heritage positions it as a direct competitor in academic medical center design, with comparable scope across new build and renovation.
• NBBJ: US-headquartered architecture firm with a substantial healthcare practice spanning academic medical centers, children's hospitals, and specialty facilities. Directly comparable in scale and project type.
• HDR: Global architecture/engineering firm with one of the largest dedicated healthcare architecture practices in the world. Directly comparable to Brunet Saunier for healthcare facility design at scale, particularly university hospitals and clinical centers.
• Perkins&Will: International architecture practice with a strong healthcare and research portfolio, including university hospitals and life-science facilities. Comparable to Brunet Saunier in mission-driven healthcare architecture and BIM/digital innovation.
• HKS: Major US-based architecture firm with a flagship healthcare practice designing academic medical centers, hospitals, and research facilities worldwide. Closely comparable in service mix (healthcare-led) and project typology (university hospitals).

Regional players

• White Arkitekter: Major Nordic architecture firm with a strong healthcare and hospital portfolio across Scandinavia. Comparable to Brunet Saunier for European healthcare architecture, though primarily serving Nordic geographies rather than France.
• Henning Larsen: Danish-headquartered architecture firm with a healthcare and public-architecture portfolio. Comparable in institutional design approach and Nordic healthcare market presence; increasingly international in scope.
• C.F. Møller Architects: Leading Danish architecture firm with notable hospital and healthcare projects across Northern Europe. Comparable in scale and typological focus, serving primarily the Nordic healthcare market.

Broad incumbents

• Foster + Partners: Internationally renowned British architecture firm with a portfolio of large-scale hospital and research projects. Comparable to Brunet Saunier at the high-end of institutional/healthcare commissions but with much broader sector coverage and global reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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