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Take a Tour of Home Economics

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

© Cristiano Corte

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 © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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 © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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

© Cristiano Corte

The second room, Days by åyr © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

The second room, Days by åyr
Days features two  inflatable spheres, your own personal and portable home  © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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

© Cristiano Corte

The third room, Months by Dogma and Black Square © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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 © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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

© Cristiano Corte

 © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

The fourth room, Years by Julia King © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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 © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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. © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

Visitors can collect a letter explaining the terms of this potential new mortgage product.
The fifth and final room, Decades by Hesselbrand © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

The fifth and final room, Decades by Hesselbrand
There are no predetermined activities denoted by domestic fittings, just different qualities of space and surface © Cristiano Corte

© Cristiano Corte

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

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.