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Dassault Systèmes Headquarters & offices · Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Dassault Systèmes · Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Six buildings named after the elements of life — Water, Earth, Air, Fire, Metal and Wood — set in a park on the edge of the Meudon forest.
The campus, the programs and the office moves from Suresnes to Vélizy — then the business. Every number from Dassault Systèmes' own pages and results releases, its architect and French public records.
- 6buildings, each named after an element
- 96,000 m²of office space on the campus
- 5,000people the campus can hold
- 25,967employees worldwide, end of 2025
Sources: 3ds.com Paris Campus page · FY2025 results release (Feb 11, 2026) · Arte Charpentier project page
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THE PARIS CAMPUS · VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY · 2008–2023
A campus where the park runs into the galleries
Six five-storey buildings stand in a landscaped park beside the Meudon forest. A central avenue runs north–south along a mirror-water channel, with kiosks in the planting for meetings and work. Underneath, wide galleries lit by planted patios link every building and double as spaces for meetings and exhibitions, and every office looks out over the gardens or the forest.
- 6 buildings, 5 storeys each
- 96,000 m² of offices (≈ 1,033,000 sq ft)
- 350 meeting rooms, 2 amphitheaters
- 2,000 m² of planted terraces
- Architect: Arte Charpentier
- NF Bâtiments Tertiaires HQE
Six buildings in a park
Six five-storey buildings stand in a landscaped park beside the Meudon forest. A central avenue runs north–south along a mirror-water channel, with kiosks in the planting for meetings and work.
Below the park: the galleries
Underneath, wide galleries lit by planted patios link every building and double as spaces for meetings and exhibitions.
Facts: 3ds.com Paris Campus page · Arte Charpentier project page “Dassault Systèmes Campus”.
The Paris Campus, Vélizy-Villacoublay
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Paris Campus (global headquarters) | 10 rue Marcel Dassault, 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay, France |
Source: 3ds.com Paris Campus page · French company register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr) · See them on the map ↓
Source: 3ds.com Paris Campus page (office space, capacity, rooms, HQE) · Arte Charpentier project page (architect, built area, park, phases, team). The two sources differ on site size: “7 acres of green spaces” (3ds.com) vs. a 6 ha site with a 63,300 m² park (Arte Charpentier).
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Benefits (worldwide, where locally applicable)
TOGETHER, the employee share plan: the 2025 (third) edition reached nearly all employees in 24 countries.
Training contents on the in-house 3DEXPERIENCE University, plus external online e-learning.
Benefits for employees and their loved ones, plus a health, safety and security program for business trips.
Paid leave to care for loved ones: sick leave, wedding, birth and adoption.
Flexible working policies, where locally applicable.
Paid volunteering days to give back to local communities, where locally applicable.
Green transport initiatives tied to the company's Science-Based Targets.
Source: 3ds.com Careers “Our Benefits” · Employee shareholding release, Mar 13, 2025. Country benefit summaries are published only as PDF flyers and are not used here.
Why people stay: what Dassault Systèmes itself describes
Employees can give up to 10% of their time to coach startups in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab accelerator.
An annual award for the most innovative internal projects, with more than 2,000 participants worldwide.
The Women's INitiative brings together women and men promoting gender diversity, with mentoring.
A global community of more than 147 nationalities.
Rise Up (inclusive leadership), Graduate, Mentoring and Certification programs, plus internal and international mobility.
A yearly Paris Campus event where interns and apprentices explore career paths inside the company.
Source: 3ds.com Careers (Purpose-Driven, Inclusion & Diversity, Learning & Development, Our Benefits) · official YouTube, May 2025
Who works here
employees at the end of 2025
nationalities
offices and R&D labs in 42 countries
people the Paris Campus can hold
Source: FY2025 results release (closing headcount) · 3ds.com Careers · 3ds.com Paris Campus page
Office history: from the Seine at Suresnes to the Meudon forest
- 1981 A spin-off from Dassault Aviation
A team of Dassault Aviation engineers set up Dassault Systèmes to design products in three dimensions, starting with aircraft. CATIA was released the same year, sold worldwide through IBM.
Source: 3ds.com company history
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1988 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, Suresnes
An establishment of Dassault Systèmes is registered at 24-28 avenue du Général de Gaulle in Suresnes, west of Paris, from January 1988 until October 1994.
Source: French company register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr), SIRET 322 306 440 00031
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1994 9 quai Marcel Dassault, Suresnes — head office on the Seine
From July 1, 1994 the registered head office is at 9 quai Marcel Dassault in Suresnes, on the bank of the Seine. It stays there for 14 years.
Source: French company register, SIRET 322 306 440 00049 (“ancien siège social”, 1994–2008)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2008 The Vélizy campus opens
On November 3, 2008 the head office moves to 10 rue Marcel Dassault in Vélizy-Villacoublay, a new campus by Arte Charpentier on the edge of the Meudon forest, built with the developer Covivio.
Source: French company register, SIRET 322 306 440 00213 · Arte Charpentier project page
The Vélizy campus · © Laurent Kronental / Arte Charpentier - 2017 A fifth building: Metal
Metal is added, joined to the first four buildings by underground galleries and built with the same glass, powder-coated aluminium and polished concrete.
Source: Arte Charpentier project page
The Metal building · © Laurent Kronental / Arte Charpentier - 2023 The sixth building: Wood
The campus extends north with Wood, whose large glass-roofed hall adds space for exhibitions and receiving visitors, plus a new park with sports fields, an events esplanade and a green amphitheatre.
Source: Arte Charpentier project page (completion 2008/2017/2023)
Inside the Wood building · © Boegly + Grazia / Arte Charpentier
Map: how the headquarters moved
From two addresses in Suresnes, on the Seine west of Paris, to a forest-edge campus in Vélizy-Villacoublay, about 10 km to the south.
- 1 · 198824-28 avenue du Général de Gaulle, Suresnes — Establishment registered 1988–1994
- 2 · 19949 quai Marcel Dassault, Suresnes — Registered head office 1994–2008
- 3 · 2008Paris Campus, 10 rue Marcel Dassault, Vélizy-Villacoublay — Global headquarters since November 2008
Addresses: French company register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr) · 3ds.com Paris Campus page
What Dassault Systèmes does
Dassault Systèmes was spun off from Dassault Aviation in 1981 to design aircraft in 3D. It now makes 3D design, simulation and product-lifecycle software — CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, SIMULIA, ENOVIA, MEDIDATA and more — on its 3DEXPERIENCE platform, for industry, life sciences and smaller manufacturers.
Software is reported by three product lines: Industrial Innovation, Life Sciences and Mainstream Innovation; services are reported separately.
Where the money came from · Software revenue by product line, 2025
Source: FY2025 results release, Feb 11, 2026 (non-IFRS software revenue by product line)
Source: Dassault Systèmes FY2025 results release (Feb 11, 2026)
Growth: revenue vs. people
€4.02B → €6.24B
21,216 → 25,967
Calendar years. Revenue: IFRS total revenue from Dassault Systèmes' fourth-quarter and full-year results releases (2020–2025 releases, each with the prior year). Employees: closing headcount in the same releases. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chief Executive Officer since early 2024; also Chairman of the Board since February 21, 2026.
Described by the company as co-founder and CEO who guided it “from a startup to a world leader”; Executive Chairman until he stepped down on February 21, 2026.
Founded in 1981 as a spin-off by a team of engineers from Dassault Aviation.
Source: investor.3ds.com release, Feb 21, 2026 · Dassault Systèmes blog “The complete history of Dassault Systèmes” · 3ds.com company history
Dassault Systèmes: questions people ask
Where is Dassault Systèmes' headquarters?
At the Paris Campus, 10 rue Marcel Dassault, 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay, southwest of Paris on the edge of the Meudon forest. It is both the European and the global headquarters and home to the executive team.
Source: 3ds.com Paris Campus page
Who designed the Dassault Systèmes campus?
Arte Charpentier designed all three phases (2008, 2017 and 2023) and the landscape. Interiors were by Robert Dal Sasso in phase 1 and by Arte Charpentier and Yolaine Fleury in phases 2 and 3.
Source: Arte Charpentier project page
How big is the Paris Campus?
Six five-storey buildings with 96,000 m² (about 1,033,000 sq ft) of office space and room for 5,000 people. The architect gives a total built area of 120,000 m² and a 63,300 m² landscaped park.
Source: 3ds.com Paris Campus page · Arte Charpentier project page
Why are the buildings named Water, Earth, Air, Fire, Metal and Wood?
Each building is named after one of six elements of life, which the company links to the ideas of life, power, inspiration and innovation behind its work.
Source: 3ds.com Paris Campus page
When did Dassault Systèmes move to Vélizy-Villacoublay?
The registered head office moved from 9 quai Marcel Dassault in Suresnes to 10 rue Marcel Dassault in Vélizy-Villacoublay on November 3, 2008.
Source: French company register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)
How many people work at Dassault Systèmes?
25,967 employees at the end of 2025, from more than 147 nationalities, in more than 250 offices and R&D labs in 42 countries.
Source: FY2025 results release · 3ds.com Careers
What benefits does Dassault Systèmes offer?
It varies by country. Worldwide, where locally applicable: healthcare for employees and their families, paid family leave, flexible working policies, paid volunteering days, an employee share plan (24 countries in 2025) and more than 8,500 training contents on the 3DEXPERIENCE University.
Source: 3ds.com Careers “Our Benefits” · employee shareholding release, Mar 13, 2025
Is the campus environmentally certified?
Yes. It holds the NF Bâtiments Tertiaires HQE certification. The architect also lists 280 m² of photovoltaic panels, 2,000 m² of planted terraces and 70% of site waste recycled.
Source: 3ds.com Paris Campus page · Arte Charpentier project page
Who is Dassault Systèmes' CEO?
Pascal Daloz, CEO since early 2024 and also Chairman of the Board since February 21, 2026, when co-founder Bernard Charlès stepped down.
Source: investor.3ds.com release, Feb 21, 2026
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