Interns for GXN - Copenhagen

This is an application to join our team as an intern for a semester in Copenhagen.

We are GXN

GXN is a strategic consultancy for the built environment, founded by 3XN in 2007, with offices in Copenhagen and London. We believe that we can design, build, and live in ways that better align human and planetary needs. GXN leads teams in impactful strategic innovation and design-led research. We connect stakeholders across the building industry with cities and local communities for a more inclusive and participatory design process. We are personal, agile, and see constraints as creative drivers for our work and solutions.

Read more about who we are, and explore our work here: What exactly does gxn do? inside 3xn´s design-driven research studio | 3XN

The Internship

Experience working in our core team and contributing directly to the development of our projects, in a rich range of scales, typologies, formats and locations. We offer two cycles of six-month-long internships per year, with the possibility of extending. Please indicate in your application which cycle you are applying to.

• 1st semester: from January to August. We accept applications from September and October, and we will respond in mid-November.
• 2nd semester: from August to January. We accept applications from March to April, and we will respond in mid-May.

Several elements make our office and our work unique. You will work with architects, behavioural designers, circular design specialists, engineers and even an anthropologist. You will be working with a range of exciting tools and processes, from material innovation to masterplans, from forensic material studies to co-design workshops, which will develop unique and valuable skills.

Your Qualifications

• a student still enrolled in a university
• that has completed at least 2,5 years of relevant studies (architecture, engineering, urban design, etc.)
• confident using Rhino and Adobe
• fluent in English
• a passionate team player

Advantages if you

• speak a Scandinavian language
• have an interest or experience in behavioural-driven / circular / urban design / computational design
• have experience quantifying sustainability in the built environment (such as doing life cycle assessments)

If you have any questions about this position, you can contact Aleksander Guldager Kongshaug at [email protected]

Department: projects Location: Kanonbådsvej, 8, 1437, København, Denmark