Habitat 67

Habitat 67 is a created by architect Moshe Safdie in the years 1966 to 1967 residential complex in the Canadian city of Montreal. Located on the St. Lawrence River complex consists of 354 stepwise prepared blocks with a total of 158 housing units for up to 700 residents. It was built as part of the 1967 to be held in Montreal World Expo 67 and was at this time a breakpoint of the Expo Express.

Description

The complex Habitat 67 is located on the Avenue Pierre- Dupuy to the Cité du Havre peninsula. During the Expo 26 apartments were furnished and were open to the public. The brick elements of exposed concrete measure 5 x 11 x 3 meters and weigh 85 tons each. They were prefabricated in a purpose-built factory and transported to the site by special transporter. The entire complex consists of 5,000 tons of steel, 96,000 tons of concrete, which was built by 900 workers in a half years. Originally Safdie had planned to hang the concrete elements of the inverted V - makers. After a review of the construction plans, the units with the help of a crane were honeycombed spread over twelve floors stacked on top of each other. This was also ensured that each unit has enough light. Cantilevered items are backed by post-tensioned vertical cable. The casually looking structure represents represents a deliberate contrast to the historic port

The idea of the settlement was to stimulate through the consistent use of the modular principle a modern and cost-effective method. Despite rational series production, the settlement cost the equivalent of about 50 million DM Since the reactions of the people you wanted to critical published and avoid too large a vacancy, given the high construction costs, reduced to the originally planned 1350 brick elements to 354 Over time the condominium was modernized and won after initial rejection especially by its riverside location greatly in popularity.

Habitat 67 is attributable to the architectural style of Brutalism and Structuralism and is considered a European-style imitation of the style of Japanese Metabolists.

The system offers 15 different types of apartments which extend depending on the size of between one and eight cubes. The living area varies 54-153 square meters, spread over one to four floors. For this, the apartments between 20 and 90 square meters have large terraces. In addition to stairwells Habitat has 67 six lifts. The apartments are heated by central heating and have air conditioning.