Jenga Architecture of Montreal! - Yanko Design

This Brutalist building looks like an urban Brazilian favela with the way information technology spreads all over the identify creating a 3D landscape of buildings. Designed by renowned Israeli/Canadian Builder Moshe Safdie, the Habitat 67 is now considered one of Montreal's finest pieces of architecture, and a Canadian National Heritage Site… non to mention a source of inspiration to architects world over.

The habitat comprises 158 homes stacked above 1 another, forming a 12-storey complex located abreast the Saint Lawrence River in the center of the city. Each domicile has its ain rooftop garden, as a event of the style the concrete boxes are bundled. To allow the prefabricated structure procedure to have identify on site, a mill was ready next to the site to produce the concrete modules, which were then connected by high-tension rods, steel cables and welding. The building was debuted at the Montreal World Expo back in 1967, commissioned by the Canadian government. According to Safdie, many of the original occupants continue to alive in the building, and the architect also owns a private residence there.

From 1st June to 13th August, the Habitat 67 will be part of a special exhibition titled "The Shape Of Things To Come", hosted by the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Centre de Pattern. The exhibition in Montreal aims to trace the trajectory of Safdie's work and clarify the pattern principles implemented in the Habitat 67 project (his very offset) and his works thereafter. Every bit part of the opening of the exhibition, the Academy will host a free Moshe Safdie lecture on May 31, 2017, 5:30 pm, at the Salle Pierre-Mercure of Heart Pierre-Péladeau, Montreal, Quebec.

Designer: Moshe Safdie Architects