Raphaël Ménard began his career at RFR in 1999, where he worked on the design of the Simone de Beauvoir footbridge in Paris and the glass canopy of Strasbourg railway station. In 2003, he founded Elioth, a design team specialising in low-carbon innovation. Elioth was acquired by the Egis group in 2011, where Raphaël headed foresight in addition to his operational duties. In 2014, he set up 169-architecture, a laboratory for experimental architecture.

Raphaël has theorised his practice in several publications, including his thesis Énergie, Matière, Architecture (2018). In 2021, he published L’invention de la gare post-carbone (AREP Éditions), in which he explores the story of the green station, a new architectural and urban archetype.

Since 2013, he has taught on the Post-Carbon Architecture postgraduate programme at the École d’Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires (EAVT) in Marne-la-Vallée.

In 2020, Raphaël was appointed Director of Architecture and Environment on the executive committee of SNCF Gares & Connexions, alongside his role at the head of AREP.