Festival des Cabanes

Villa Medici Cabin Festival is celebrating its fifth edition from 20 May to 28 September 2026! Since its inception in 2022, the festival has transformed the historic gardens of the French Academy in Rome into a laboratory for architectural experimentation and practice every summer. This year’s edition features six cabanes (hut) to visit in the gardens, a pop-up bookshop and a multidisciplinary artistic programme. The six huts are original architectural creations designed by six teams with varied practices and backgrounds: Bento Architecture, l’ECAL, University of Art and Design Lausanne with Mutina, la Fondation Huttopia, la NABA/Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, PRÌA and VELIA, and salazarsequeromedina.