Goldern Roubik, or GoRo for streamlined use is a bi-annual award given in the honour of ARCHIP cofounder Martin Roubik. Martin was a prominent representative of contemporary Czech and European architecture. A man devoted to a cause of elevating the field of architecture and of its progress forwards. A critic of stale creations and nonadaptive academia. Martin Roubik also cofounded the architecture studio Snøhetta, which is behind the Alexandrian library in Cairo - a building that claimed the World Architecture Award.
GoRo is awarded to the best student and the best studio of the semester. The jury is formed by prominent members of international architecture community, who evaluate submitted projects of the students and make a final ruling to the best ones.
GoRo winners
1st Semester of 2016/17
Best Student – Kryštof Redčenkov
Best Studio – Pavel Nasadil a Martin Duba
2nd Semester of 2016/17
Best Student – Maria Luu Orozco
Best Studio – Michal Palaščák a Barbora Šimonová