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Building's name

Habitat67


Location / address
2600 Pierre-Dupuy Avenue
Montréal
Quebec, Canada


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Borough Downtown
Arrondissement Ville-Marie
Centre de l'Île

12 floors(overground)

Architect

Moshe Safdie  


Year of construction (end)
1967

Building type
Apartement | Condo , Skyscraper

Last update:
2013-03-07

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Habitat67


Picture by Alexis Hamel
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History and facts about this building
Habitat 67 is undoubtedly one of the most famous buildings of Montreal around the world. This set of concrete was originally conceived as a pilot project for Expo 67 by Moshe Safdie, then a young student of architecture at McGill. The Habitat or Housing was a major topic of the International Exhibition of 1967, “Terre des Hommes”.

168 apartments are placed in a structure, making no apartment having an adjacent wall with other block.

The whole complex is made of 354 precast concrete boxes (146 houses/apartments) and built on an artificial peninsula built by widening the protection levee flood built in the 19 th century. The huge structure integrates wonderfully small streets and terraces and offers a spectacular view to its residents.

   Silhouette Factor : 12 (number of floor more than surrounding buildings within a 100 meters radius)

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  Building achieved the same year (1967)
   Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1967)
    See section History of Montreal
  • International exhibition
  • Opening of the Bridge-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine
  • Opening of the Décarie motorway
  Facts about Montreal Source ville.montreal.qc.ca    More statistics on Montreal
  • The larget company in Montreal is BCE Bell Canada with ~ 12 000 employees
  • Montreal is the more bicycle friendly city in north america
  • Density of Montreal population is 3625 hab./km2

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