The Architect · Hélène · Montréal
Habitat 67
Safdie designed this at 23 from his McGill thesis, and it still argues its case: 354 prefab boxes stacked so every unit gets a roof garden and light on multiple sides. From April to November you can now book a 90-minute interior tour that takes you onto the walkways and into the architect's own restored suite. That's the version to do.
Moshe Safdie's stacked-cube Expo 67 housing — the only original pavilion still intact, and a radical idea about how to live, in concrete.
— Hélène, The Architect
The move — Hélène's insider tip for Habitat 67 — is in the app.
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