Profile
Dimitra Theochari is an architect, engineer and landscape architect based in Hamburg.
Trained as an architect and engineer at the National Technical University of Athens and — as a Fulbright scholar — as a landscape architect at the University of Texas at Austin, she has practised for some fifteen years on three continents: with Turenscape and Lake|Flato in Austin and Beijing, VWArchitectes in Switzerland, Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl in Überlingen and Abu Dhabi, and MERA Landschaftsarchitekten in Hamburg.
In 2024 she founded ensphere GmbH, an interdisciplinary practice for climate-resilient public space, blue-green infrastructure and ecological urbanism. As managing director she leads competitions, VgV procedures and EU-funded projects, working with municipalities, architecture offices, engineers, researchers and public institutions.
The work moves between scales and formats — from metropolitan river landscapes in China to neighbourhood squares in Athens, from awarded competitions in Germany to climate-adaptation research for the Attica Region. Germany is the primary field of practice, with selected work in Greece, Cyprus and other international contexts.
Areas of Practice
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Landscape Architecture
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Public Space
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Landscape-led Masterplanning
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Climate Adaptation
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Nature-Based Solutions
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Strategies and Guidelines
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Competitions
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Design Leadership
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Research and Writing
Professional Experience
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ensphere GmbH
Founder and Managing Director; landscape architect and architect.
Interdisciplinary practice for climate-resilient urbanism, blue-green infrastructure and public-space systems. Work includes competitions, VgV procedures and public tenders with municipalities, architects, engineers and research institutions.
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ATP Architects and Engineers
Head of ENVIRON; landscape architect and architect.
Landscape lead on projects including afforestation guidelines for Bahrain, developed as a consultancy for UN-Habitat.
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MERA Landschaftsarchitekten
Landscape architect and architect; project manager.
Schools, campuses, public parks and masterplans across Germany, including the UKE Hamburg-Eppendorf masterplan and first-prize competitions.
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Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl
Associate Landscape Architect, ecological masterplanning.
River restoration, sponge-city and waterfront projects across China, Europe, Singapore and the Middle East.
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Earlier Practice
Liveable Cities Lab, Ramboll Management Consulting (2013–2014); earlier practice with Paysagestion and VWArchitectes in Switzerland and with Turenscape + Lake|Flato on Waller Creek (Austin/Beijing); independent practice in Athens since 2010.
Education
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DGNB Registered Professional
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The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Landscape Architecture; Fulbright Fellowship.
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École Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris La Villette
ERASMUS exchange.
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National Technical University of Athens
Diploma in Architecture Engineering.
Research, Writing and Public Contribution
Publications and journal papers address nature-based solutions and circular cities. Working groups within the European COST Actions Circular City and DAMOCLES were co-led between 2018 and 2023, alongside lectures, keynotes and training schools across Europe.
Knowledge is shared through publications, lectures, workshops and discussions where it is useful.
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Registered architect and landscape architect, Hamburg Chamber of Architects (Architektenkammer Hamburg) and Baden-Württemberg.
Certified architect engineer (TEE) and landscape architect (PHALA/IFLA) in Greece.
For landscape architecture commissions, interdisciplinary collaborations, climate adaptation strategies, competitions, research partnerships and selected lectures or workshops.
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