Habitat '67 is a striking housing complex located on the Quai Marc-Drouin on the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal. It was designed by architect Moshe Safdie for his masters thesis at McGill University. The project created affordable housing with close but private quarters, each equipped with a garden. Modular, interlocking concrete forms define the space. The complex was built as part of Expo '67. It is now a privately owned condo complex since it was purchased by its tennants in 1985.
External links and references
Habitat '67 (http://www.habitat67.com/) Habitat 67 web site
Moshe Safdie (http://www.msafdie.com/) Moshe Safdie and Associates web site
Mc Gill (http://cac.mcgill.ca/safdie/habitat/) McGill Habitat 67 web page
Habitat '67 (http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Habitat_67.html) Great Buildings Online
To the visitor approaching Habitat67 from almost any direction, the first impression is one of a series of terraces, rising one on the other, in set-back steps, to a height of twelve stories.
The most distinctive features of Habitat67 are the manner in which terraces and homes are combined for economy of construction, and the system of roads and pedestrian streets which serve each home on the various levels.
Today, Habitat67 in Cité du Havre reveals to the fullest the extent to which man has used his ingenuity in combining sherlter with all the attributes of modern life, in a urban world in which living space is at a premium.
To the visitors approaching Habitat67 from almost any direction, the first impression is one of the series of terraces, rising one on the other, in set-back steps, to a height of twelve stories.
The most distinctive features of Habitat67 are the manner in which terraces and homes are combined for economy of construction, and the system of roads and pedestrian streets which serve each home on the various levels.
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