2 Seth Gebhart- Habitat 67

HABITAT 67

Habitat 67, located in Montreal Canada is a housing complex made up of several apartment style housing units. The only difference is, it does not feel or look like an ordinary apartment at all. 

The architect, Moshie Safdie designed these buildings as apart of a thesis for his college course, and later developed the idea at the World Fair held in Montreal, Canada. 

The building has been noted as one of the most unusual looking buildings in the world, and definitely a significant piece of Canadian architecture. The building has received many critics, as well as praise. 

The apartment style building holds 354 identical prefabricated forms and reached 12 stories in height. The apartment complex can hold up to 150 residences. The housing apartment complex was a reaction and solution to the new style of living that Safdie believed would be popular and be taking place in the future.\

While this unit has received both critiscm and praise, Safdies idea is out of the box and challenges the way that we often times view and imagine something to look like.