Vojtěch Rudorfer designed a hangar for an airship with scientific and technical facilities in the town of Ny-Alesund in Svalbard, Norway, where one of the northernmost and most important stations for polar research lies. In his project, he had to deal with extreme Arctic conditions, and the jury especially appreciated the sophistication and thoughtfulness of the design. "It was with great pleasure that I listened to Vojtěch's presentation of the project of the air hangar in Ny-Alesund, Norway. Vojtěch applied research and collaboration-based practices in the project, which correspond to a very specific program aimed at facilitating the path to a sustainable future, "said the winning project Matt Ball, Associate Director at David Chipperfield Architects. "Thorough workmanship, precise execution and a very simple and elegant presentation contribute to the overall fact that the project represents a highly sophisticated design."
During his studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University, Vojtěch Rudorfer was the head of the Association of Architecture Students at the Czech Technical University. The winner of the Kaplicky Internship 2020 is now a three-month paid internship at the London studio of David Chipperfield Architects.
Five winners of the Kaplicky Internship competition have already completed internships in prestigious London studios. They worked in the studios of Eva Jiřičná, Zaha Hadid, Allies and Morrison, Adjaye Associates and in the Heatherwick studio. The winners of the last two years after the internships remained working in these studios, Petr Kousal at Adjaye Associates and Ondřej Pokoj in the Thomas Heatherwick studio.
A total of 47 students and recent graduates of architectural disciplines from Czech universities entered this year's Kaplicky Internship competition. The seven best projects on a free topic advanced to the second round, which took place on 24 September, 2020. Ines Gavelli and Matt Ball, representatives of David Chipperfield Architects, Deyan Sudjic, former longtime director of the Museum of Design in London, architect and university pedagogue from FA ČVUT Michal Kohout, rector of ARCHIP Regina Loukotová and winner of Kaplicky Internship 2016 Petra Ross. The honorary member of the jury is Eliška Kaplicky Fuchsová. Due to the current situation in the Czech Republic and abroad, where most of the jurors work, this year's presentations of the final projects took place online.
Six of the seven finalists of the Kaplicky Internship 2020 competition were students or graduates of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University. Ludmila Haluzíková entered the competition with the Vágní Praha project, in which she explores the vague terrain in our capital. With this project, she recently won the main prize of the Young Architect Award. Šimon Kos designed a new station for volunteer firefighters in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Matěj Kováčik presented the design of a public bath and swimming pool on the Smíchov bank of the Vltava. Kristýna Pokojová competed with the design of the revitalization of the river island in Beroun, from which she created a cultural and sports oasis, and Anna Vopařilová created the design of a new residential complex near the Grébovka park in Prague. Only one finalist, Marek Svoboda, was a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at Brno University of Technology. He entered his proposal for the transformation of a Brno building from the end of the 19th century into a public bath.
David Chipperfield is a prominent British architect, the founder of the famous 9H Gallery. He founded his own studio in 1985 and today has offices in Berlin, Milan and Shanghai alongside London. Studio David Chipperfield Architects implements cultural, public, commercial and residential projects around the world, many of which can be found in Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan. The studio has won a number of international awards, including the prestigious Stirling Prize in 2007 for the project of the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany, the birthplace of the playwright Friedrich Schiller. In 2011, the studio won the European Mies van der Rohe and Deutscher Architekturpreis Prize for its project to renovate the New Museum in Berlin, which was severely damaged during World War II.
