Home Truth: artwork offers a bold paradigm shift in Australia’s housing crisis

The latest Architecture Commission at the National Gallery of Victoria poses big questions for sustainable living.
Home Truth, a new work on sustainable housing from NGV, has just opened. Photo: Derek Swalwell

Taking the form of a labyrinthine house-within-a-house, Home Truth by Breathe, the winning design of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Architecture Commission for 2024, invites audiences to envision an alternative way of building homes in Australia. The new work has just opened.

Highlighting how small-scale architecture can create more sustainable, higher-quality and community-orientated homes, Home Truth presents a powerful yet elegant commentary on our nation’s ranking as the country with the largest average house size on earth. 

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David Burton is a writer from Meanjin, Brisbane. David also works as a playwright, director and author. He is the playwright of over 30 professionally produced plays. He holds a Doctorate in the Creative Industries.