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(Habitat: montreal canada 1967 Moshe Safdie)

Simply Habitat, is a model community and housing complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. Habitat 67 comprises 354 identical,
prefabricated concrete forms arranged in various combinations, reaching up to 12 stories in
height. Together these units create 146 residences of varying sizes and configurations, each
formed from one to eight linked concrete units. [7]The complex originally contained 158
apartments have since been joined to create larger units, reducing the total number. Each unit
is connected to at least one private terrace, which can range from approximately 20 to 90
square meters (225 to 1,000 sq ft) in size.[7]

The development was designed to integrate the benefits of suburban homes-namely gardens,
fresh air, privacy, and multileveled environments-with the economics and density of a modern
urban apartment building. [1] It was believed to illustrate the new lifestyle people would live in
increasingly crowded cities around the world.[9] Safdie’s goal for the project to be affordable
housing largely failed: demand for the building’s units has made them more expensive than
originally envisioned.[1] In addition, the existing structure was originally meant to only be the
first phase of a much larger complex.

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