Take a Tour of Home Economics

Visitors approaching the British Pavilion are welcomed by an over-sized Georgian panelled door.

The first room, Hours by Jack Self with Shumi Bose and Finn Williams

Hours features a garderobe with common objects to be shared amongst residents, Including clothes from fashion designer JW Anderson

The second room, Days by åyr

Days features two inflatable spheres, your own personal and portable home

The third room, Months by Dogma and Black Square

This 'totem' is a two-storey utility core containing private spaces for sleeping, washing and cooking that visitors can enter and explore

The fourth room, Years by Julia King

A shell construction that strips out every cost not required by a mortgage lender, leaving a roof, running water, electricity, a lavatory and basin

Visitors can collect a letter explaining the terms of this potential new mortgage product.

The fifth and final room, Decades by Hesselbrand

There are no predetermined activities denoted by domestic fittings, just different qualities of space and surface

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3 June 2016

The Venice Archirtecture Biennale opened to the public on 28 May and runs until 27 November 2016. To give you an insight into Home Economics, our exhbition at the British Pavilion by curators Jack Self, Shumi Bose and Finn Williams, we've captured our Twitter Tour and also give you access to the audio tour, read by Will Self.

Yesterday we hosted a Twitter Tour of Home Economics, taking you around each of the rooms and introducing the ideas and propositions for the five new models for the design of the home.

View the full Twitter Tour on Storify.

Take an audio tour of the Home Economics exhibition at the British Pavilion, led by British author and commentator, Will Self.

Listen to the audio tour.

Visit our Home Economics page to find out more about the exhbition and visit the Venice Biennale website for detials on how to visit.

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