Urban Design - Intern

🌱 Urban Design Intern

🏢 Company: Caobo Studio

📍 Location: Brussels

⏳ Duration: Minimum 3 months (longer preferred)

📅 Start date: Flexible

🌍 About Caobo Studio

Caobo Studio is an urban development and design studio working at the intersection of urban design, ESG strategy, stakeholder engagement, and real estate strategy . We support public and private stakeholders in shaping sustainable, future-proof urban environments , with a strong focus on mixed-use developments and complex urban sites .

To support our growing activities, Caobo Studio is looking for an Urban Design Intern with a strong interest in sustainable urban development, spatial strategy, and real-world planning projects .

🧭 Your role

You will work closely with the management team and actively contribute to ongoing and future projects. Depending on project needs, your tasks may include:

1️⃣ Urban planning & spatial strategy

• Assisting with site analysis, mapping, spatial documentation, planning regulations, and urban policies
• Supporting feasibility studies and development potential assessments
• Contributing to reflections on density, mobility, public space, and mixed-use integration
• Helping develop spatial concepts, planning notes, and strategic presentations

2️⃣ Research & analysis

• Conducting research on urban trends, sustainability, mobility, and urban transformation
• Supporting benchmarking and best-practice analyses

3️⃣ Visual reporting

• Supporting the production of visual materials (plans, diagrams, illustrations, vision images)
• Assisting with presentations and report layouts

4️⃣ Stakeholder engagement

• Assisting in dialogue and coordination with public authorities, planners, consultants, and local communities
• Help in the organisation and facilitation of stakeholder meetings and workshops
• Support placemaking and participation processes

🎓 Your profile

• Currently pursuing a degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture , or a related field
• Strong interest in urban development and placemaking processes
• Good graphic and visual communication skills
• Analytical and structured mindset
• Comfortable working with urban regulations, plans, and research
• Good communication skills in English (French and/or Dutch are a plus)
• Proactive, curious, and eager to learn

💻 Software skills

• SketchUp
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• AutoCAD
• GIS (basic knowledge is a plus)

🚀 What we offer

• Hands-on experience within a growing urban development and design studio
• Exposure to projects involving both public and private stakeholders
• Close collaboration with experienced urban planners, strategists, and real estate experts
• The opportunity to be part of the early stages of a design practice
• A steep learning curve with real responsibilities
• Flexible working schedule within a minimum 3-month internship
• A professional, creative, and collaborative work environment

👉 Interested?

Please send your CV , examples of projects and graphic work , and a short motivation to

📩 info@caobostudio.com