This is a presentation about the brief architectural study of Ar. Moshe Safidie two most popular buildings ,Habitat 67(which won him prize at expo 67) and Yad Vashem(The holocaust museum). Though both are totally different in aspect but shares some common architectural features ,Such as basic forms in both.

1. Ar. Moshe Safidie
Moshe Safdie (July,1938) is an Israeli/Candian /American Architect, Urban
Designer, Educator, theorist and author.
Moshe works are known for their dramatic curves, arrays of geometric patterns,
use of windows and key placement of open and green spaces. His writings and
designs strikes the need to create meaningful vital and inclusive spaces and enhance
community, with special attention to the essence of particular locale, geography and
culture. He is self described modernist.

2. Habitat 67 is the redefinition of everything you
expect from an urban residence.

3. HABITAT 67,MONTREAL CANADA

4. LOCATION
 Habitat 67 is located on the Saint
Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
 It is far from the rest of Montreal's
business and neighborhoods, so is
private, peaceful and quiet.

5. Sea Side View From Inside a Flat of the Complex

6. INSIDE THE COMPLEX
 There are 158 apartments formed from 354 standard cube modules
combined in a variety of interesting ways.
 Inside the complex are plastic streets, connecting the apartments with the
elevators and parking lots.
 Each one apartment has at least one garden terrace on the rooftop of a unit
below.
 There are 16 different types of "houses".
 Variations from one-bedroom houses to four-bedroom houses.

7. Concept and Design
The design consist of 354 cubes of a magnificent grey-beige build up on the other
to form 146 residences nested between city and river, between greenery and
light. The whole unites in a gigantic sculpture futuristic interiors ,links,
pedestrians streets and suspended terraces. Aerial spaces, skylights of different
angles, large plazas and monumental elevator pillars, without forgetting the
openings, Here and There, that are as many winks and calls to meditation from
the environment as well as from the living experiences. The development was
designed to integrate the benefits of suburban Homes ,namely Gardens fresh air
privacy and multileveled environments with the economics and density of a
modern urban apartment building.

8. Sketched Section
Sketched View

9. Plan Of Different types of Flats
Plan Axon Unit Types

10. Structure and Material
The Apartment complex is made of prefabricated blocks assembled around three
building service cores.An apartment can be constitutes of one or two
prefabricated blocks ,depending on their size.
 Structure Material :Precast concrete
 Foundation System :Pile foundation
 Façade Material :Aggregate
 Façade System :Exposed Structure

13. Location and Brief
 Yaw Vashem (Hebrew: ‫ם‬ ֵׁ‫ַש‬‫ו‬ ‫ָד‬‫י‬) is Israel's
official memorial to the victims of
the Holocaust.
 Established in 1953, Yad Vashem is
located on the western slope of Mount
Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance
in Jerusalem, 804 meters (2,638 ft) above
sea level and adjacent to the Jerusalem
Forest. The memorial consists of a 180-
dunam (18.0 ha; 44.5-acre) complex
containing the Holocaust History Museum,
memorial sites such as the Children's
Memorial and the Hall of Remembrance,
The Museum of Holocaust Art, sculptures,
outdoor commemorative sites such as the
Valley of the Communities, a synagogue,
a research institute with archives, a
library, a publishing house, and an
educational center named The
International School/Institute for
Holocaust Studies.

14. Design
 The museum is shaped like a
triangular concrete prism that
cuts through the landscape,
illuminated by a 200-meter long
skylight. Visitors follow a preset
route that takes them through
underground galleries that branch
off from the main hall

15. Plan of the site

17. The Hall of Names

18. View View