about
I am a licensed landscape architect, sustainability strategist, and spatial consultant with over eight years of professional experience across European institutions, multinational consulting, large-scale event operations, and architectural practice.
My formation spans three deliberately chosen disciplines. A bachelor's in landscape architecture engineering at HGU Geisenheim gave me the technical foundation of construction, ecology, plant systems, spatial planning, and surveying — combining applied sciences with design and project law. A master's in landscape architecture at UPC Barcelona deepened this into a systemic and climate-focused lens: public space, water and green infrastructure systems, climate change, and the transformation of degraded territories. An executive master in business of events at SDA Bocconi Milan — developed in academic partnership with Milano Cortina 2026 — added the economic, managerial, and entrepreneurial layer: strategic marketing, event operations, budgeting, legacy design, and leadership across international organisations.
Across more than eight years I have applied this triple expertise in practice. At the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Brussels, I co-developed scientific processes and contributed to the design methodology of the New European Bauhaus. At the multinational landscape consulting firm LAND Italia Srl in Milan I led innovation consulting, EU project development, and green transition communication, and wrote applications for European funding in Italy and the DACH region. As Transport Design Manager for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, I built the first holistic integrative mapping system for a major sporting event: an international, interdisciplinary team delivering georeferenced cartography across the entire north of Italy, covering 22,000 km² at every operational scale.
In parallel, I maintain an active landscape architectural practice. I am registered in the Chamber of Architects Baden-Württemberg as an enabled professional and compete in open architectural competitions. My project portfolio of 27+ works spans urban ecology, public space, EU-funded community activation across Germany, Italy, Spain, and Belgium.
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