Expo 67 in Montreal
Habitat 67 was a revolutionary design in middle-income urban housing.
It was designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie.
It contained 158 dwellings wiith 20 types of houses ranging from 1 bedroom (600 sq ft) to 4 bedroom (1,700 sq ft). Each environmentally placed to optimize living conditions.
It reached a height of 12 stories and resemble an Indian Pueblo.
It was constructed using 354 pre-fabricated concrete modular units.
Each unit was 17 feet 6 inches by 38 feet 6 inches by 10 feet in size.
After casting, each unit was furbished and weighed 70 - 90 tons each when lifted into place.
The garden of each home was the roof of another unit. With a centralized irrigation and fertilizing source built-in.
The service roads and pedestrian walkways were separate.
The Habitat was a city unto itself. It had a pedestrian plaza one level above the ground level service road and parking facilities. And you could travel by elevator or between the homes by plastic sheltered walk ways and bridges. It had shops, a school and playgrounds on the upper levels.
Um video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfciKmOHPU
Habitat 67 was a revolutionary design in middle-income urban housing.
It was designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie.
It contained 158 dwellings wiith 20 types of houses ranging from 1 bedroom (600 sq ft) to 4 bedroom (1,700 sq ft). Each environmentally placed to optimize living conditions.
It reached a height of 12 stories and resemble an Indian Pueblo.
It was constructed using 354 pre-fabricated concrete modular units.
Each unit was 17 feet 6 inches by 38 feet 6 inches by 10 feet in size.
After casting, each unit was furbished and weighed 70 - 90 tons each when lifted into place.
The garden of each home was the roof of another unit. With a centralized irrigation and fertilizing source built-in.
The service roads and pedestrian walkways were separate.
The Habitat was a city unto itself. It had a pedestrian plaza one level above the ground level service road and parking facilities. And you could travel by elevator or between the homes by plastic sheltered walk ways and bridges. It had shops, a school and playgrounds on the upper levels.
Um video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfciKmOHPU
