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HABITAT 67,MONTREAL CANADA CONCEPT
HABITAT 67, DESIGNED BY The design consist of 354 cubes

of a magnificent grey-beige
THE ISRAELI-CANADIAN
ARCHITECT MOSHE SAFDIE-build up on the other to form
CANADA 146 residences nested between
city and river, between greenery
Habitat 67 is located on the and light. The whole unites in a
saint Lawrence river, gigantic sculpture futuristic
In montreal. interiors ,links, pedestrians
It is far from the rest of streets and suspended terraces.
Montreal’s business and The apartments vary in shape
neighborhoods,so is piece and size, since they are
Private and quite. formed by a group of one to
There are 158 apartments four of the 600 square-foot
Formed from 354 standard “boxes” in different
cube modules combined in a configurations. Each
variety of interesting ways. apartment is reached through
INSIDE THE COMPLEX are a series of pedestrian streets
plastic streets, connecting the and bridges, along with three
apartments with the elevators vertical cores of elevators for
and parking lots. Each one
The development was designed the top floors. Service and
apartment has at least one parking facilities are
to integrate the benefits of
garden terrace on the rooftop of separated from the tenant’s
suburban Homes ,namely
a unit below. There are 16
Gardens fresh air privacy and circulation routes, located on
different types of "houses".
multileveled environments with the ground floor.
Variations from one-bedroom
the economics and density of a
houses to four-bedroom houses
modern urban apartment
building.
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By stacking concrete “boxes” in
STRUCTURE variant geometrical
Habitat 67 was constructed configurations, Safdie was able
from 354 identical and to break the traditional form of
completely prefabricated orthogonal high rises, locating
modules (referred to as each box a step back from its
The Apartment complex is
“boxes”) stacked in various immediate neighbor.
made of prefabricated blocks
combinations and connected assembled around three
by steel cables. building service cores.An
apartment can be constitutes of
one or two prefabricated
The prefabrication process of blocks ,depending on their
the 90-ton boxes took place on- size. Structure Material
site. The basic modular shape :Precast concrete, Foundation
was molded in a reinforced System :Pile foundation,
steel cage, which measured 38 This ingenious method provided Façade Material :Aggregate,
x 17 feet. Once cured, the each apartment with a roof
Façade System :Exposed
concrete box was transferred to garden, a constant flow of fresh Structure .
an assembly line for the air and a maximum of natural
insertion of electrical and light: qualities which were
mechanical systems, as well as unprecedented for a twelve story
insulation and windows. To apartment complex. Habitat 67
finalize the production, thus pioneered the integration of
modular kitchens and two housing typologies—the
bathrooms were installed, and suburban garden home and the
finally a crane lifted each unit economical high-rise apartment
its designated position building.
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CONSTRUCTION The weight of the boxes
SYSTEM varies from 70 to 90 tons at
The construction system
the time of lifting. Pre
consists of large precast
casting and plant con-ditions
concrete, three-dimensional
provide for a good surface
modular units. These box-
finish for exterior exposure.
like elements measure 17 ft.
The interior of the units is
6 in. x 38 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft.
lined with insulation and
high. They are precast in
wall finish. The majority of In grouping the units, gardens are
steel molds, using 5000-
the components ( bathrooms, formed on the roofs of the units
psiconcrete, and steam
kitchens, etc.) are pre-made below, with the large ones
cured. Following the casting, measuring 17 x 36 ft. All houses
and installed as complete
these modular units are taken
units into the box before the have atleast one garden, and the
to a finishing area where all larger houses have two gardens.
roof is connected.
components, fixtures and
finishes are installed in an
assembly-line method.
The modular units are load
Kitchens, bathrooms,
bearing. They are erected one on
window frames, insulation,
top of the other, carrying the
etc. are all installed into the
major part of the load through
box unit, which is then ready
walls and piers. Further structural
for erection. The finished
support is given by the horizontal
unit is brought to the crane
streets . These streets are 10 ft.
site at which time it is lifted
high and contain mechanical
into position.
services within them and
pedestrian circulation on top of
A portion of the loads is transmitted them.
from the boxes to these streets, then
horizontally to the vertical elevators
and stair cores which transmit them to
the ground.
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CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM MATERIAL
Concrete was used for the modular unit because it could act as
a structure to enclose space, furnish exterior surface, and it is
fireproof. Steel structures would require fireproofing. The
alternative of constructing a large frame and inserting non-
structural modular units was rejected on the grounds that it
resulted in a redundant structure.
INTERIOR:After curing the The minimum size for the

modules were moved to an modular unit permitting
Adjacent assembly line to prefinishing is in the range of
complete all the amenities and 600 sq. ft. which, using
finishes in the units, with a concrete, resulted in
wooden sub Floor with all the components weighing
electrical,plumbing, approximately 80 tons. This
And mechanical services below is a rather heavy load which
it,as well as Habitat '67 uses concrete in future applications will
Installing windows,doors and as the most economical have to be reduced to
insulation. material for the building achieve greater economies.
The modular system was not system within existing
limited to the Overall module technology.While using
itself but the kitchen and the material to its limits,it
bathroom are created also indicates its
As prefabricated modules within shortcomings when
themselves to be applied to three-
Installed with the concrete dimensional
modules to create an overall building systems.
living unit.
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HABITAT 67, DESIGNED BY The design consist of 354 cubes

INTERIOR:After curing the The minimum size for the

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