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Moshe Safdie is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. Over a celebrated 50-year career, Safdie has explored the essential principles of socially responsible design through a comprehensive and humane design philosophy.
Moshe Safdie CC FRAIC OAA FAIA (Hebrew: משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career.
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Habitat 67 was in 1961 the thesis and final report of the architect Moshe Safdie, entitled “A three-dimensional modular construction system” and “A case for life in the city” respectively. Although he did not get an outstanding note for his work, the organizers of Expo 67 considered it interesting enough and built it on the Marc-Drouin Quay, on the...
The building was built on the banks of the San Lorenzo River, on the Marc-Drouin Quay Peninsula, at 2600 Pierre-Dupuy Avenue, Cité du Havre, Montreal, Canada. The artificial peninsula created from the excavation of the Montreal metro to protect the old port area from river currents and ice blocks that descend in winter communicates with the island ...
Habitat 67 is a reflection on the function and role of architecture in a high-density urban environment. Safdie was very critical of the development that the suburbs of American cities were acquiring in the 50s, occupying more and more land in the surroundings, hence the calculated modulation of his project and the interest that led to its construc...
The complex that initially housed 158 homes, consisting of between 1 and 8 modules depending on their type (15 in total), with surfaces ranging between 60 and 160 m² distributed in 1 or 4 rooms is formed by 354 blocks of concrete of 11.80 x 5.30 x 3.50m, weighing between 70-90tn, arranged in a seemingly random manner but in reality responding to a ...
Safdie‘s thesis concept was transformed over several years and resulted in two different projects: an original scheme and what is known as the constructed scheme, or Phase I, of Habitat ’67.
The modules were built with reinforced concrete manufactured on site, for which a true assembly line was built in place that first melted the concrete to create the module, then the electrical connections, the kitchen, the bathrooms and the windows were installed and later a crane took it to its final location. The modular units were painted extern...
Moshe Safdie, Israeli-Canadian-American architect best known for designing Habitat ’67 at the site of Expo 67, a yearlong international exhibit in Montreal. His later projects include the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum, the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, and the Crystal Bridges Museum.
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Feb 9, 2023 · Habitat 67, designed by the Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie as the Canadian Pavilion for the World Exposition of 1967, was originally intended as an experimental solution for...
Jul 14, 2017 · Theorist, architect, and educator Moshe Safdie (born July 14, 1938), made his first mark on architecture with his master's thesis, where the idea for Habitat 67 originated.
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May 18, 2016 · Moshe Safdie emerged on the international architectural scene with a bang in 1967 with his Habitat 67 housing complex, built for the Montreal World’s Fair.
