HOME brought together 125 architecture and design students from 11 Universities, to participate in a learning experience that reflected on the provocation – what does home mean to you?

Devised by HOME Creative Sphere members Dr Michael Mossman and Elle Davidson, the unit was hosted by the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. This ground-breaking program was largest School of Architecture collaboration in Australia.

The learning program expanded understandings of Australian First Nations cultural practices through engagement with memory, identity, place and materiality. Through iterative online and physical interactions, conversations, journaling, drawing and prototyping, Students were tasked with designing a ‘living belonging’, an object that articulated their deep reflections of home.

HOME will exhibit a selection of ‘living belongings’ as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale Australia Pavilion 2025. Visitors will be invited to gently touch, interact or hold each belonging, and consider the processes, stories and memories that have inspired each reflection of home.

Kien Situ Shanshui (Prophecy)

Kien Situ, ‘Prophecy’ 2025, Chinese Mo ink, gypsum cement, titanium, incense ash

Group 1 Sarah Coleman Group 1 Sarah Coleman

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Arseen Yonan | Master of Architecture (Urban Transformation) Western Sydney University

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  • "Walking alongside the students as they explored their concept of home and understood more about Country was a great privilege. During the process of learning and yarning you could tangibly see the students evolve personally, which will translate into their professional practice and result in great benefits for our industry in the future."

    Elle Davidson - Creative Sphere

  • "The living belongings are a fantastic exploration of reframing objects as 'things' to vessels of memory, emotion and learning. The process of making and exploring the belongings bestows custodianship and a journey of understanding material, with implications on architectural practice one of emphasising care, story and emotion with the process of building - and unbuilding."

    Kaylie Salvatori - Creative Sphere

Participating Universities

The University of Sydney logo with shield and text
Monash University logo with crest and text
University of Canberra logo with a geometric blue symbol and text.
Deakin University logo with shield emblem.
Griffith University logo in red with stylized book design.
Black and white illustration of two animated characters, a man and a woman, in a joyful pose with arms raised, smiling.
University of South Australia logo with geometric emblem on left.
Logo of The University of Queensland, Australia, featuring a purple shield with an open book emblem.
The University of Adelaide logo with a shield featuring stars, an open book, and a Latin motto "Sub Cruce Lumen."
Logo of The University of Newcastle, Australia, featuring a stylized black horse head and text.
Western Sydney University logo with a red shield featuring a white 'W'.