Atelier Alfred Peter Paysagiste

What Atelier Alfred Peter Paysagiste does

Atelier Alfred Peter Paysagiste is a privately held French landscape architecture and urban planning studio founded in 1985 by Alfred Peter and operating as a SARL from Strasbourg with a second office in Lyon. The firm provides professional services — urban planning studies, landscape architecture design, tramway and public transport integration, waterfront development, eco-neighborhood master planning, and public space requalification — almost exclusively to public-sector clients including French municipalities, metropolitan authorities, and government agencies (Eurométropole de Strasbourg, Ville de Mulhouse, Dijon Métropole, Lille Métropole, Ville de Belfort, Ville de Bordeaux, Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, AFD, Gabonese Presidency), with selected international engagements in New York, Sri Lanka, Gabon, Germany, and Belgium.

The firm's core methodology combines interdisciplinary expertise across climatology, geography, mobility, hydrology, biodiversity, agriculture, and energy, anchored in a founding design philosophy it calls "Écologie Festive" (Festive/Celebratory Ecology) and a horizontal collaborative planning model that grounds design in expressed resident desires. Notable technical outputs include the 43.7 km Strasbourg tramway urban integration (1990–2016, ~€753M HT across all project phases), Montpellier's 450 ha Éco-cité Ode à la Mer, Sophia Antipolis 2030 Master Plan, the New York 42nd Street tramway (2014 competition laureate), and ongoing place-making projects in Belfort (€3.8M HT) and Lille (€4.55M HT).

Revenue is generated project-by-project through French public procurement, design competitions, and direct commissions; the firm is founder-owned with no external investors or funding rounds on record. The firm's go-to-market relies entirely on its portfolio and direct relationships — no active digital marketing or intermediary distribution channels are evident.

Name

Atelier Alfred Peter Paysagiste

Legal name

Alfred PETER Paysagiste

Website

https://alfredpeter.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Atelier Alfred Peter Paysagiste is a French landscape architecture and urban planning studio founded in 1985, serving primarily municipal and metropolitan government clients across France and internationally with sustainable urbanism, tramway integration, eco-neighborhood master planning, and public space design services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban planning
• Public space design
• Sustainable city development
• Tramway urban integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services – Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture: The firm generates revenue through commissions for urban planning studies, landscape architecture design, and project management services for public infrastructure and public space projects. Revenue is project-based and derived from public-sector clients including municipalities, metropolitan authorities, and government agencies. Projects range from concept studies to full master plan development and construction oversight.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Atelier Alfred Peter Paysagiste is a landscape architecture and urban planning studio that delivers professional services for sustainable city development. Its work spans urban planning studies, public space design, tramway and public-transit urban integration, eco-neighborhood master planning, waterfront and riverbank requalification, and soft-mobility infrastructure for municipalities, metropolitan authorities, and public agencies across France and internationally. Projects range from concept and feasibility studies to full master plan development and construction oversight.

Product overview

Atelier Alfred Peter is a landscape architecture and urban planning firm founded in 1985, operating as a 'Laboratory of Celebratory Ecology' (Laboratoire de l'Ecologie Festive). The firm operates from offices in Strasbourg and Lyon. Its core offering is comprehensive urban and landscape architecture services, encompassing urban planning, public space design, tramway integration, large-scale development projects (ZAC), and soft mobility infrastructure. The company combines expertise from climatology, geography, mobility, hydrology, biodiversity, agriculture, and energy sectors to create sustainable, joyful urban environments. Projects span from urban planning and infrastructure to parks, public squares, and international development work across France and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture Services
• Tramway and Public Transit Urban Integration

Quantifiable outcome

• Strasbourg tramway project (1990–2016): 43.7 km of urban tramway integrated across lines A–F and extensions, approximately €753M HT total investment.
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Named customers14 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, regular, minor and notable.

• Reichen & Robert Architectes UrbanistescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Long-standing strategic partnership with Reichen & Robert for eco-city and urban development projects. Notable collaboration on the Montpellier Éco-cité Ode à la Mer (2010–2012), a 450 ha framework agreement for development map-guide. The two firms have worked together on multiple major urban planning frameworks, combining landscape and architectural expertise.
• OTE IngénierieregularImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consultancy partnered on multiple projects including Sélestat Neja Waj (€3.5M HT, 1.3 ha) and the Illkirch Forum de l'Ill. Provides technical engineering services within the project's multidisciplinary team.
• STOA ArchitectureregularStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm partnered on international and French tramway integration projects including Karlsruhe (2000–2006, €50M HT, 3.1 km) and Avignon Remparts (2006, €20M HT).
• CITECregularImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consultancy (traffic and infrastructure) providing technical studies for tramway, bus rapid transit, and urban integration projects including Antibes Sophia Antipolis TCSP study (€1.2M HT) and Marseille tramway integration (€323.6M HT, 16 km).
• INGEROPregularImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLarge engineering group partnered on multiple projects including Lille LINO intercommunal link (2003–2005, 20 km), Cagnes-sur-Mer Route du Littoral (2003–2007, €15.8M HT), and Nice tramway extensions (2006–2009, €212,900 HT pre-DUP studies).
• RR&AregularImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMobility and transport consultancy providing studies for tramway and urban integration projects across France including Montpellier Ode à la Mer, Lille, and Dijon. Frequently appears as a project partner in multidisciplinary teams.
• GETASregularImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner on the Strasbourg Bruche-Piémont tram-train station integration project (€100M HT, 43,850 ha study area).
• Jean-Yves SOETINCKminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLighting designer partnered on Pontarlier public spaces project (2001–2009, €1.5M HT).
• Zaha Hadid ArchitectsnotableImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitectural collaboration on Hoenheim Ried tramway station in Strasbourg. Zaha Hadid designed the station architecture while Atelier Alfred Peter provided landscape and urban integration. This collaboration produced an architecturally distinctive exchange hub.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Reichen & Robert: Paris-based landscape architecture and urban planning firm; a long-standing strategic partner of Atelier Alfred Peter, jointly delivering major French eco-city frameworks including the Montpellier Ode à la Mer 450 ha project. Highly comparable in service mix, public-sector clientele, and tramway/eco-city specialism.
• Agence Ter: French landscape urbanism practice headquartered in Paris with offices in Germany, leading on European eco-city, public space, and mobility integration projects. Closely comparable in scale, French public-sector clientele, and dedication to sustainable urbanism.
• Michel Desvigne Paysagiste: Renowned French landscape architect with a parallel public-sector and international portfolio, including Grands Projects in France and abroad. Comparable in practice size, philosophy-driven approach, and high-profile public commissions.
• TVK: Paris-based urban planning and architecture practice focused on French and European metropolitan projects, often working alongside landscape architects on tramway and public space mandates. Directly competes for similar French public-sector urban planning tenders.

Broad incumbents

• OLIN: US-based landscape architecture and urban design firm with a strong public-sector portfolio across parks, urban regeneration, and waterfronts. Comparable in methodology and sustainability orientation, though larger and more diversified across geographies.
• SWA Group: Large US landscape architecture and urban planning practice with significant public-sector and waterfront/eco-city work globally. Overlaps with Atelier Alfred Peter on tramway corridor, public realm, and ecological urbanism mandates at larger scale.
• Sasaki Associates: US-based interdisciplinary design practice combining landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture for large public-sector master plans. Comparable in master planning scope and academic/sustainability orientation, though larger and more diversified.
• James Corner Field Operations: New York-based landscape urbanism firm behind major waterfront and public-realm projects globally. Comparable in landscape-urbanism positioning and tramway-adjacent public works, though operating at materially larger scale.
• Snøhetta: Norwegian architecture and landscape practice with a global public-sector portfolio (libraries, cultural centres, urban master plans). Comparable in interdisciplinary, sustainability-led public projects, though broader in scope and vastly larger in scale.

Others

• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Danish architecture and urban planning practice delivering public-sector and mobility-adjacent infrastructure worldwide. Adjacent rather than direct — comparable in scale of public commissions and ecological framing, but architectural rather than landscape-architecture-led.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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