Alicia Bastrup

Alicia Bastrup is pursuing a master's degree in Urban Planning at HafenCity University Hamburg. She previously completed her bachelor's degree in Urban Design at Jade University of Applied Sciences in Oldenburg in 2024. Her bachelor's thesis explored Bremen's Überseestadt district and the ways in which social and cultural uses can shape urban spaces and guide their development. Her urban design proposal envisioned a human-scale neighbourhood, with a focus on connectivity, a vibrant and inclusive environment, and opportunities for social interaction.
During her master's studies, she has developed an interest in sustainable and socially oriented urban development, as well as processes of urban transformation. In this context, she has also explored questions of urban sociology and broader societal issues. In the interdisciplinary living lab "Pop-Up Housing – Hidden Housing Potential", part of the "Hidden Potential in the City Centre" pilot project in collaboration with the architecture collective vonwegenleer, she explored experimental forms of housing and the temporary conversion of vacant offices in Hamburg's city centre. This work gave her in-depth insight into the opportunities and challenges of temporary residential uses in inner-city locations.
In August 2026, she participated in the international summer school "Simeri Laboratorio Urbano – Fire Under the Ashes", exploring spatial commons in the rural area around Simeri in Calabria, Italy, in the context of population decline. She developed concepts for transforming a former school building into a new community meeting place for the village.
She gained her first professional experience at the urban planning practice Diekmann, Mosebach & Partner in Oldenburg, where she worked on statutory land-use planning, village development, and urban and regional development.
In Hamburg, she worked as a student assistant at the urban development consultancy urban future, developing her professional and methodological skills across different areas of urban development. Her responsibilities included coordinating the public participation process for Hamburg's Domachse, as well as conceiving, developing and implementing a range of engagement formats.