Not unlike the Japanese Metabolism movement, or perhaps a human formicarium, Habitat 67 was a 1960s experiment in dense, downtown housing that tried to combine the best of urban and suburban living. Architect Moshe Safdie wanted to integrate the qualities of a suburban home, the access to nature and views into a high-rise. Built for the 1967 World’s Fair at Montreal, Habitat 67 was also a prototype of an affordable “3D modular building system” that he hoped would “reinvent the apartment building.”
