The Family Apartment as a System

The Metamorphosis

This flow follows the Samsa family apartment as it changes from home to workplace, prison, storage site, and temporary commercial property.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

Familiar Home Familiar Home from "The Metamorphosis". Familiar Home Stable Interior The Samsa family apartment contains Gregor’s room, family meals, newspapers, and domestic routines.

Familiar Home from "The Metamorphosis". Familiar Home Stable Interior The Samsa family apartment contains Gregor’s room, family meals, newspapers, and domestic routines.

Familiar Home Stable Interior The Samsa family apartment contains Gregor’s room, family meals, newspapers, and domestic routines. Hidden Strain Its comfort depends on Gregor’s labor and therefore rests on unstable economic foundations.

Crisis Residence Crisis Residence from "The Metamorphosis". Crisis Residence Emergency Scene The apartment fills with family voices, the Chief Clerk, and panic around the bedroom door.

Crisis Residence from "The Metamorphosis". Crisis Residence Emergency Scene The apartment fills with family voices, the Chief Clerk, and panic around the bedroom door.

Crisis Residence Emergency Scene The apartment fills with family voices, the Chief Clerk, and panic around the bedroom door. Public Exposure Private domestic space becomes an extension of the workplace.

Restricted Household Restricted Household from "The Metamorphosis". Restricted Household Closed Movement The family avoids leaving the apartment empty and organizes life around Gregor’s room.

Restricted Household from "The Metamorphosis". Restricted Household Closed Movement The family avoids leaving the apartment empty and organizes life around Gregor’s room.

Restricted Household Closed Movement The family avoids leaving the apartment empty and organizes life around Gregor’s room. Shared Fear The home no longer provides ease; it becomes a structure of surveillance and avoidance.

Commercial Apartment Commercial Apartment from "The Metamorphosis". Commercial Apartment Rented Space The family rearranges rooms and manners to satisfy paying tenants.

Commercial Apartment from "The Metamorphosis". Commercial Apartment Rented Space The family rearranges rooms and manners to satisfy paying tenants.

Commercial Apartment Rented Space The family rearranges rooms and manners to satisfy paying tenants. Displaced Belonging Gregor’s presence becomes incompatible with the apartment’s new economic function.

Smaller Future Home Smaller Future Home from "The Metamorphosis". Smaller Future Home Practical Relocation The family decides that a smaller, cheaper apartment would suit their future.

Smaller Future Home from "The Metamorphosis". Smaller Future Home Practical Relocation The family decides that a smaller, cheaper apartment would suit their future.

Smaller Future Home Practical Relocation The family decides that a smaller, cheaper apartment would suit their future. Spatial Renewal The imagined move completes the apartment’s transformation from Gregor’s home into a space no longer defined by him.

before the transformation

the first morning after Gregor’s transformation

the first weeks after Gregor’s confinement

during The Three Lodgers’ residence

during the posthumous country outing