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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...
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365 construction modules connect to create 158 residences. These range in size from 600-square-foot one-bedroom dwellings to 1,800-square-foot four-bedroom dwellings. In all, there are fifteen different housing types. Stepped back in their modular placement, each residence has its own roof garden.
Sep 11, 2014 · Our series on Brutalist architecture looks at Habitat 67, the experimental modular housing presented by Moshe Safdie at the 1967 World Expo in Montreal.
Dec 14, 2009 · Designed by architect Moshe Safdie based on his masters thesis at McGill University, it was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building.
Safdie got the inspiration to design Habitat ’67 as a response to the grim reality of apartment complexes and unsustainable urban sprawl that defined much of the 1960s in North America.
Safdie’s unprecedented scheme humanized mega-scale housing structures and inspired a new way to shape the public realm. While Safdie himself was a fresh graduate when Habitat 67 was built, he continues to iterate his current projects upon the same design thinking today, at the age of 78.
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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.
