Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Habitat 67, Canada

Habitat 67

It was designed by architect Moshe Safdie and built in 1967. Located in Montreal, Canada, this famous housing complex is home to 146 people, which is cool because who wouldn't want to live there?! Habitat 67 soon became a thematic pavilion invaded by thousands of admiring visitors that came from all around the world. You would imagine such futuristic building to cost so much, but unfortunately construction costs proved to be prohibitive. This amazing architecture was designed to give privacy, fresh air, sunlight and suburban amenities in an urban location. It was designed as a permanent settlement and consists of 158 little apartments. The reason I chose this building was because I had seen this place in a movie before so i wanted to learn more about it. In the movie, it seemed all futuristic and cool looking and I mean who wouldn't want to know more about it? Another reason I chose Habitat 67, was because it just had more to it like it was different and very green. It's like one of those things that are good for the environment like those cars that run on electricity and the sight just looked lovely!



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