Landscape architect, architect/urbanist and professor in public space design at the Polytechnic University of Milan. Born in Germany in 1960. He has given many lectures concerning landscape architecture in several universities both in Europe and the USA. He is a member of the German Association of Landscape Architects (BDLA Board), of the Italian Association of Landscape Architects (AIAPP) and of the German Association for Garden Design and Landscape Architecture (DGGL). He has been also member of the Scientific Committee of Legambiente since 1999 and since 2005 he has been nominated a member of the German urban and landscape planning Accademy (DASL).