Open call | Festival des Cabanes of Villa Medici 2025

➝ The French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici opens its architectural competition to select projects for the fourth edition of its Festival des Cabanes of Villa Medici, to be held from May to October 2025 in its historic gardens

Since its creation, the Festival des Cabanes of Villa Médicis has been committed to fostering and promoting the vitality of contemporary creation, and its mission is to present original, ephemeral works by architects, artists, designers and landscape architects as part of a major summer event.

→ The competition is open to French and foreign architects, artists, designers and landscape architects of all ages and nationalities.

Conceived as a veritable laboratory for the creation of contemporary microarchitectures, each edition of the Festival des Cabanes presents cabanes (huts), prototypes and architectures that question the challenges of habitat and develop an ecological and environmental conscience. The cabanes selected at the end of this international contest will be exhibited in the historic quadrati of the The French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, a historic setting filled with a rich heritage of trees and incredible biodiversity.

Displayed in the open air for five months, these structures, often made from reusable material or as part of an eco-responsible approach, will offer to the public a renewed experience of the gardens of the Villa Medici and invite visitors to rethink the question of the modular and sustainable habitat, as well as our relationship with nature. Through the utopia of the cabane, the collectives, agencies and studios adopt an approach that is sensitive to contemporary architectural and environmental issues and take up the challenge of designing projects intimately linked to the historical heritage of the Villa Medici.

→ Discover the history of the Villa Medici gardens

CALENDAR

Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 12pm (Paris time) :opening of the application platform for the call for projects.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6pm (Paris time) : closing of the application platform for the call for projects
June 2024 : Jury examines applications and selects the laureate team
July 2024 : announcement of the laureate team
May – October 2025 : Festival des Cabanes of Villa Médicis 2025

APPLICATION FORM

Applications must be submitted exclusively electronically, via the following dematerialized platform, between Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 12pm (Paris time) and Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6pm (Paris time) :

IMPORTANT
– One project leader per team must be designated. He/she may be the legal representative of the agency, studio or collective, or a member designated by the team. The project leader will be the contact person for the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, and must download the documents required for the application from the platform.
– Applications must be submitted exclusively by electronic means, via the dematerialized platform between Tursday, March 7, 2024 at 12 pm (Paris time) and Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6pm (Paris time). Please make sure to finalize and submit your application before this time.
– It is imperative that the titles of all files in the application file begin with the name of the studio, agency or collective. (e.g. for the applicant Mr. Smith: “Smith_portfolio.pdf”, “Smith_project.pdf”, etc.). The documents must be submitted in PDF format and the titles must not contain any accent or special sign (e.g. £. *, #, (),^…).
– The electronic weight of the dematerialized application file must not exceed 20 MB in total.
– Make sure you use browsers like Google Chrome.
– To validate your application, you must fill in all the required fields, read the rules and regulations and click on “Soumettre la candidature”. A confirmation of your application will be sent to you by email. If you do not receive it, please check your junk mail. The acknowledgement of receipt received by e-mail is proof of receipt.

COMPOSITION OF THE APPLICATION FORM:

The application for the call for projects must be submitted online Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6pm (Paris time).

The file, written in French, Italian or English, is composed of the following elements:

Portfolio and detailed CV of the team: the make-up of the team, a presentation of the major projects in which the members of the team have participated;
Presentation of the project: a detailed document presenting the brief and concept for the cabane, images and 3D visuals as well as graphic elements – sketches, models and/or preparatory drawings of the cabane project – (maximum 3 pages);
Technical note on the project: a detailed document presenting a site plan, plans, sections and elevations, 3D visuals, a list of the materials envisaged, a provisional assembly schedule indicating its duration, the make-up of the team and its phasing (5 pages maximum);
A provisional budget: as applicable, the budget may include additional sponsors and mention sponsorship in kind.
Proof of identity: for each member of the team;
Supporting documentation from the agency, studio, association or collective: proof of legal status.

The documents must be uploaded in PDF format on the platform.

Download all the Villa Medici documents, visuals and plans to compile your file

DOCUMENTS TO READ

→ Find out more about previous editions :
Editione 2022
Editione 2023

In 2024, the Festival des Cabanes is supported by :
BNP PARIBAS WEALTH MANAGEMENT
CHANEL
LIBRAIRIE 7L
FERMOB
AMUNDI
AIR FRANCE

If you have any questions, we invite you to contact the following address, we will do our best to answer : [email protected]