Motivated by its 50th anniversary, Karrie Jacobs explores the impacts of Habitat ’67, from its central role at the forward-looking Expo ’67 to its current reality as home to a close-knit community, and beyond to its long-term effects on the discipline of architecture and the way people relate to cities. Her conversations with Moshe Safdie and personal experiences of Habitat ’67 are featured heavily, along with a dialogue with architect Bjarke Ingels, who positions the project and Safdie’s “vision and fearlessness and ability to actually deliver such a radical vision back at the apex of future optimism” as progenitors for his current work.
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