CEBRIÀ Arquitectura is taking on a final year architecture student as an intern in its Hospitalet de Llobregat studio, half days for six months, working on low energy homes and renovations across Catalonia. At Youth Works Hub, we checked the studio's own pages alongside the listing so you know exactly what software you need, what the placement pays and how the application actually reaches them.
Two things decide whether this one is for you: your Spanish has to be high level, and the drawing set has to come out of your hands rather than out of a tutorial. Everything else the studio is willing to teach.
The Studio You Would Join
CEBRIÀ Arquitectura is an emerging studio working across architecture, urban planning and design, with a holistic approach committed to environmental sustainability and respectful of historical heritage.
🏛️ It is directed by the architect Xavier Cebrià, who specialises in rehabilitation and the Passivhaus standard.
🏘️ The work spans residential buildings, historic heritage, commercial spaces and equipment design.
🌱 The studio's stated priority is intervening on what already exists: working with pre-existing elements through respect and reinterpretation to give them new uses, with sensitivity to the footprint of the place and to sustainable, energy conscious construction.
🤝 Rather than a large permanent staff, the studio works with a set of professionals from different disciplines depending on the scale of each project.
📍 It operates from two offices: Hospitalet de Llobregat in Barcelona and a second one in Lleida.
What the Placement Involves
The listing describes a placement for a final year architecture student with the motivation to develop residential projects, both new build homes and renovations with low energy demand, in Catalonia.
📐 Producing graphic and technical documentation for basic and executive projects.
🏗️ Building architectural models.
📝 Writing reports, including ITE building inspection reports.
🖼️ Producing infographics and photo montages.
👥 Working inside a young team rather than in a separate intern bubble.
The mix matters here. Documentation and models sit next to reporting and visualisation, so the placement covers the full path a project takes from drawing to presentation.
The Software You Need on Day One
The studio asks for mastery, not familiarity, and names the tools explicitly.
🖥️ AutoCAD for drafting.
🧱 Revit for BIM work.
🎨 Adobe, specifically Photoshop and InDesign.
📊 Microsoft Office.
🪚 Ease of working with physical models, which is listed separately from the software.
What Counts as a Bonus
⚡ Knowledge of energy efficiency will be valued, which fits the studio's Passivhaus focus.
💶 Proficiency in Presto, the Spanish cost estimating and project control software, will be assessed.
According to Youth Works Hub's review of this listing, Presto is the detail worth preparing for: it is standard in Spanish practices for budgeting and measurement, and it rarely appears in architecture curricula outside Spain.
Hours, Duration and Start Date
⏳ The placement runs for six months.
🕐 The commitment is 25 hours a week, described in the listing as half day availability.
📅 The published start date is 11 January 2027.
⚠️ The listing also carries the phrase "immediate incorporation", which sits awkwardly next to a January start, so confirm the actual start window in your first email.
The Money Question, Answered Plainly
💸 The listing states it clearly: no financial compensation.
🎓 The placement is advertised as an Erasmus+ traineeship, so the funding route is the mobility grant you arrange through your own university rather than a payment from the studio.
🏠 No accommodation, meal or transport support is mentioned, so Barcelona living costs sit entirely on your grant.
That is the honest trade here. You get studio experience on Passivhaus grade residential work in Catalonia, and you pay for the months yourself through your mobility funding.
The Language Bar
🗣️ A high level of Spanish, spoken and written, is required.
📄 The reports, the ITE documentation and the client facing material are produced in Spanish, which is why the requirement is written as a level rather than as a preference.
🌍 Catalan is not listed as a requirement, although you will hear it daily in a Hospitalet studio.
Where You Would Work
🏙️ The workplace is Hospitalet de Llobregat, the city immediately south west of central Barcelona and part of the same metropolitan area, so the studio sits inside the Barcelona commute rather than outside it.
🚇 The studio's Barcelona address is on Carrer Sant Josep, and its second office is in Lleida.
How to Apply
The listing itself gives no application address, so applications go to the studio's own published contact address with a CV and a portfolio. Name the position in your subject line, since the studio does not run a careers page and the same inbox handles client enquiries. Given that models and documentation are the core of the role, a portfolio that shows drawing sets and physical models will land better than one built only from renders.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be a student?
The listing addresses final year architecture students, and the placement is framed as an Erasmus+ traineeship, which normally means you are enrolled or recently graduated and arranging the grant through your institution.
Is the internship paid?
No. The listing says there is no financial compensation. The intended funding is an Erasmus+ mobility grant arranged through your university.
How many hours a week?
25 hours, described as half day availability, over six months.
Which software is mandatory?
AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, and Microsoft Office, plus comfort making physical models. Presto and energy efficiency knowledge are additional advantages.
Do I need Spanish?
Yes. A high level of spoken and written Spanish is a stated requirement.
When does it start?
The published start date is 11 January 2027, although the listing also mentions immediate incorporation, so agree the date directly with the studio.
Deadline
⏳ As soon as possible!
No closing date is published, and the listing points to immediate incorporation, so the place is likely to go to the first suitable portfolio rather than to a scheduled selection round. Find more opportunities like this, explained in plain language, on Youth Works Hub.
Link
🔗 Studio website: https://cebriaarquitectura.com/
📧 Applications, CV and portfolio: info@cebriaarquitectura.com
