Consigliu d'architettura, d'urbanisimu è di l'ambiente di Corsica

What Consigliu d'architettura, d'urbanisimu è di l'ambiente di Corsica does

CAUE de Corse (Consigliu d'architettura, d'urbanisimu è di l'ambiente di Corsica / Conseil d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de l'environnement de Corse) is a non-profit association (association loi 1901) created on December 11, 2020 by the Collectivité de Corse under France's 1977 Architecture Law. Operating as the only CAUE in Corsica, the organization delivers free advisory services in architecture, urban planning, environmental protection, and landscape management. It serves a diverse constituency including individual property owners, municipalities and intercommunalities, construction professionals, schools, and elected officials across the island.

The organization delivers four interconnected core services: free consultations for individuals planning construction, extension, renovation, or rehabilitation projects; technical accompaniment for public collectivities on urban planning, heritage, and environmental projects; public awareness and education programs (including the Watty à l'école and Moby à l'école school programs); and training for elected officials on topics such as ZAN (Zero Net Artificialization), water/sanitation, sustainable materials, and renewable energy. Distribution is conducted through two permanent offices (Bastia headquarters and Ajaccio regional office) supplemented by a network of monthly territorial permanences in every community of communes across Corsica. Technical assets include drone-based landscape photography surveys, a Geographic Information System (SIG) database with nearly 100 layers for the Marana-Golo community, and 3D territorial modeling for protected sites.

CAUE de Corse operates without proprietary technology platforms or commercial products. Its business model relies on public funding from the departmental share of the amenity tax (part départementale de la taxe d'aménagement, or TDCAUE), as established by the 1978 decree and reaffirmed by Council of State case law. Additional subsidies may come from the Collectivité de Corse. The organization maintains a broad partnership network with public bodies including the Office de l'Environnement de la Corse (OEC), Fondation du Patrimoine, Conservatoire des espaces naturels Corse, multiple intercommunalities, and school-system partners for joint heritage, landscape, and environmental-education projects.

Name

Consigliu d'architettura, d'urbanisimu è di l'ambiente di Corsica

Legal name

CAUE de Corse - Conseil d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de l'environnement de Corse

Website

https://caue.corsica

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CAUE de Corse is a non-profit public-interest association providing free advisory services in architecture, urban planning, environment, and landscape management to individuals, municipalities, and schools across Corsica, funded by France's departmental amenity tax.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Urban Planning Advisory Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAE

Planning, Zoning, Permitting & Code Enforcement

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYEUAHAAAB

NEPA/EA/EIS & Public Consultation

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Compliance, Monitoring & Consulting/Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Permitting

SECONDARYBPAIANAH

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Housing, Urban Planning & Community Development

Keywords

• Architectural advisory services
• Urban planning consulting
• Environmental guidance
• Public interest advisory
• Heritage and landscape

Headquarters

HQ city

Bastia

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding from departmental amenity tax: Financing established by the 1977 Architecture Law and subsequent legislation. The departmental share of the amenity tax (part départementale de la taxe d'aménagement) is allocated to CAUE operations, with departments determining the percentage split between natural spaces and CAUE funding. Additional subsidies may be provided by departments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CAUE de Corse provides free, legally-mandated advisory services in architecture, urban planning, landscape, and the environment for individuals, municipalities, intercommunalities, construction professionals, and schools throughout Corsica. Its four service pillars comprise free consultations for private property owners on construction/renovation projects, technical accompaniment for local collectivities on urban planning and heritage projects, public awareness and school education programs, and training for elected officials and municipal agents. All services are delivered free of charge as required by Article 7 of the 1977 French Architecture Law.

Product overview

CAUE de Corse operates as a single integrated advisory service rather than a platform with modular products. The organization provides four interconnected core services: free consultation for individuals seeking architectural advice, technical support and accompaniment for public collectivities, public awareness and education programs for schools and citizens, and training services for elected officials and municipal staff. These services are supported by published resources including architectural guidelines, Corsican architecture publications, and annual activity reports. All services are provided free of charge and are grounded in the architectural law of 1977, with the organization functioning as an independent public interest body created by the Collectivité de Corse in December 2020.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conseil aux Particuliers (Advice for Individuals) Free architectural advisory service for private individuals planning construction, extension, renovation, or rehabilitation projects in Corsica. Includes consultations with professional architects offering guidance on regulatory compliance, site selection, energy quality, and referrals to qualified construction professionals.
• Accompagnement des Collectivités (Municipalities Support) Strategic and technical accompaniment service for communes, intercommunalities, and public organizations in Corsica, covering architecture, urban planning, environment, and landscape projects. Includes feasibility studies, project diagnostics, qualitative project support, heritage valorization, network burial (enfouissement des réseaux) and SIG geographic information system implementation.
• Sensibilisation des Publics (Public Awareness) Educational and sensitization programs covering the built environment, architecture, landscape, energy transition, and environmental conservation. Includes the Watty à l'école energy savings program and Moby à l'école eco-mobility program reaching over 110 school classes, plus exhibitions such as 'Aiè, à bordu di a Galeotta' on Corsican maritime history.
• Formation des Élus (Elected Officials Training) Customized training programs for elected officials and municipal agents in Corsica covering topics including ZAN (Zero Net Artificialization), water/sanitation, sustainable materials, renewable energies, and solidarity real estate leases. Delivered free of charge as part of CAUE's public-interest mission.

Quantifiable outcome

• 47 dossiers handled with 58 opinions issued for Office de l'Environnement partnership
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Eco-Co2minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partner in the 'Seize' program for energy transition awareness targeting elected officials and professionals in the wine industry, with activities continuing through 2023-2024.
• Office de l'Environnement de la Corse (OEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for heritage built and landscape valorization operations across Corsican villages. CAUE assists OEC's heritage service on approximately 47 dossiers annually, providing technical notes, site visits, analysis of contractor estimates, and architectural quality monitoring. Also partners on 8 network burial projects annually.
• Fondation du PatrimoinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on heritage restoration projects, including the 'Le Lupinu' stream valorization project in Bastia and online donation campaigns for historic building restoration.
• Conservatoire des espaces naturels (CEN) CorsecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on environmental conservation projects, notably the 'Le Lupinu' stream valorization initiative in Bastia combining heritage and natural space protection.
• Agence du Tourisme de la CorseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMission to support rural accommodation development through guidance on traditional construction techniques and materials, and interior design standards for typical rural lodging.
• Grand Site de la Conca d'OrucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple collaborations including 42-drone landscape photography survey, SIG mapping, 3D territorial modeling, and path engineering projects for the Grand Site.
• Communauté d'Agglomération de BastiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on urban and landscape recommendations guide for the Erbajolo industrial zone (ZAC), including model hangar design with architectural quality guidelines.
• Pays de BalagneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical assistance for updating architectural and landscape recommendations guidelines, providing clear directives for harmonizing architectural forms, materials, colors, and landscaping.
• Communauté des communes de Marana-GolominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiated Geographic Information System (SIG) project in 2022, providing reliable geographic database with infrastructure, equipment, networks, ecological zones, and cadastral information.
• EDF/Syndicat d'électrificationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on 8 network burial projects in 2022, contributing to urban aesthetics improvement and landscape protection.
• AUE (Agence d'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-animator of the 'Seize' program for energy transition awareness, working alongside CAUE to deliver workshops on energy transition topics.
• CANOPE CorseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublication partner for 'A galeotta' book and associated exhibition on Corsican maritime history during Pasquale Paoli era, with support from Collectivité de Corse.
• Ville d'AjacciominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool outreach partnerships for environmental education programs, including workshops and awareness activities in municipal schools.
• Lycée FeschminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership for environmental awareness activities targeting high school students.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CAUE des Bouches-du-Rhône: Large departmental CAUE in southern France with the same legal mandate, tax funding, and four-pillar service model (advice to individuals, collectivities, public awareness, elected-official training). Strong functional peer on scale and breadth of services.
• FNCAUE (Fédération Nationale des Conseils d'Architecture, d'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement): National federation of which CAUE de Corse is a member; coordinates the network of ~90 departmental CAUE organizations delivering the same free architecture/urbanism/environment advisory mandate under the 1977 Architecture Law. Most structurally comparable organization in France.
• CAUE de Paris (now integrated within CAUE 75 / Île-de-France network): Departmental CAUE in another French region operating under the identical 1977 law framework, funded by the same TDCAUE tax mechanism, providing free advisory to individuals and collectivities on architecture, urbanism, and landscape. Direct structural and mission twin.
• Agence d'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement (AUE) Corse: Named partner in the 'Seize' energy-transition program; operates as a complementary urban-planning and environment agency on the same Corsican territory with overlapping missions in planning studies, environmental advisory, and support to local collectivities.

Others

• Conservatoire des espaces naturels (CEN) Corse: Named partner on the 'Le Lupinu' stream valorization; Corsican branch of a national network focused on natural-space conservation. Mission overlaps with CAUE's environmental dimension but specializes in ecological protection rather than architecture/urbanism.
• Fondation du Patrimoine: Strategic partner of CAUE de Corse on heritage restoration; operates nationally on built-heritage preservation with overlapping concerns (architectural quality, traditional materials, rural heritage) but as a private foundation with complementary rather than competing activities.
• Agence du Tourisme de la Corse: Named partner for rural accommodation development; a regional tourism agency that interacts with CAUE on traditional construction guidance for tourist lodging. Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Cerema (Centre d'Études et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement): Public expertise center offering broader-scale advisory and technical studies on land use, environment, mobility, and risk — overlapping with CAUE's urban planning and environmental advisory scope, but at national scale and as part of a wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

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