Habitat 67

The pilot project of Moshe Safdie’s mission to reinvent apartment living became mired in controversy – yet it remains a functioning icon of 1960s utopianism

Habitat 67, an Architectural Icon, Arrives at a Crossroad

Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67, an Architectural Icon, Arrives at a Crossroads - WSJ

From Wiki: Habitat 67, or simply Habitat, is a model community and housing complex in Montreal, Canada designed by Israeli–Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. It was originally conceived as his master's thesis in architecture at McGill University and then built as a pavilion for Expo 67, the World's Fair held from April to October of 1967. It is located at 2600 Avenue Pierre-Dupuy on the Marc-Drouin Quay next to the Saint Lawrence River. Habitat 67 is widely considered an architectural landmark…

Moshe Safdie, Habitat '67, Montreal, 1967

Habitat 67. Montreal, Canada. Moshe Safdie. 1967

The Unite d'Habitation in Marseille, France was designed by Le Corbusier as a vertical garden city to address the postwar housing crisis. It utilized modular and standardized prefabricated concrete units stacked over 12 floors to maximize density while providing light and air to each apartment. The building's central circulation core connected over 350 units and included shared amenities like shops and services. The structure demonstrated Corbusier's vision of standardized housing that could…

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Wood would also clad the building's staggered walls, and trees would grow from the homes' generous balconies.

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There were 354 of these units in all. But it was the way they were put together than produced the variety of forms that made Habitat, both inside and outside, so unusual. The units were arranged to provide fifteen different types of "houses". These varied from 1-bedroom houses (600 sq. ft) to 4-bedroom houses (1,700 sq. ft). Each had a private open garden space, 37x17 ft. Each roof was anothers garden. The arr. of the units provided privacy and the var. in layouts provides a sense of…

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safdie architects has completed a comprehensive renovation of the habitat 67 unit that once belonged to moshe safdie himself.

Five decades into its life, Moshe Safdie’s attempt to bridge urban density with suburban space remains one of Canada’s most monumental structures. But despite its rigid facade, Kristina Ljubanovic suggests Habitat 67 is a building that continues to be reinvented as residents remix its interiors. Photography by Alexi Hobbs