Notable Features |
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Prefabricated modular residential construction |
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Basic Information |
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Location
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Cité
du Havre, Montreal, Canada |
Building Type : |
Residential |
Contract
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1964-1967 |
Contract Sum
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$21 million |
Public Circulation
Space
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165,000 sq.ft.
Including circulation space 110,000 sq. ft., and parking space 55,000
sq. ft. |
Livable Space
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250,000 sq. ft., including 354 units,
each unit being 19 ft x 38 ft externally. |
Architect : |
Moshe Safdie |
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Overview |
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Habitat 67
consisted of 158 houses made from 354 modular construction units. Recent fusions
have reduced the number of houses to 150. The apartment sizes varied from a
one-bedroom (600sqft) to a four-bedroom (1800sqft). In the complex, 6% used one
unit, 60% used 2 units, 29% used 3 units, 4 % used 4 units, 1% used 5 units and
1 used 8 units. |
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Sources |
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http://cac.mcgill.ca/safdie/habitat |
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Safdie M., For everyone a garden, MIT Press, USA,
1974 |
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