Exterior view photograph. North side of Habitat '67 complex alongside main road. Rooftop garden terrace in forground, Concordia Bridge in background.

Exterior view photograph. Cooling jets within the Habitat '67 complex. Elevated streets in background resolve building loads in the horizontal direction.

Exterior view photograph. Completed unit outside of its mold attached to a rail riding derrick lift. An onsite factory was created at the end of Cité du Havre for the controlled manufacturing of these units.

Exterior view photograph. Interior shot of completed unit inside its mold getting ready to be hoisted into place.

Exterior view photograph. Completed unit inside its from getting ready to be hoisted into place.

Exterior view photograph. Close up shot of mold that was used to form concrete for Habitat '67 unit. An onsite factory was created at the end of Cité du Havre for the controlled manufacturing of these units.

Exterior view photograph. Close up shot of half-complete Habitat '67 unit. An onsite factory was created at the end of Cité du Havre for the controlled manufacturing of these units.

Exterior view photograph. Reinforcing steel cage inside its standard mold. The concrete pouring process is half complete in this image. An onsite factory was created at the end of Cité du Havre for the controlled manufacturing of these units.

Exterior view photograph. Reinforcing steel cage for a Habitat '67 unit. An onsite factory was created at the end of Cité du Havre for the controlled manufacturing of these units.

Exterior view photograph. Habitat '67 exterior (lot A-245). Habitat '67 was a radical housing solution for the 1960's. It was a high density alternative to the suburbs; an apartment structure (158 individual houses made up of one, two or three boxes) to service Expo '67 and then become low cost housing for the City of Montreal. An instant icon, the design of Habitat '67 embodied a strong vernacular influence as the expression of its parts formed a striking whole. 354 interwoven rectangular boxes comprising an elongated pryamid-like volume. Precast, prestressed concrete boxes. Stress-steel bars connecting boxes. Sand blasted, precast, prestress concrete finish. Extruded anodized aluminum and solid core wood doors. (S: 950' long; 250' max width --- A: 400,000 sq. ft. (total floor area) --- H: 120')