MANAGEMENT OF LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN HABITAT '67 AFTER HOUSING PRIVATIZATION

Abstract

Habitat '67 is an experimental housing complex built as a thematic pavilion of Montreal Expo in 1967. This case study, based on the on-site survey, traced the transition of the management style of its living environment after the housing privatization in 1986, and pointed out that the original architects and the general manager have played substantial roles in coordinating spatial modifications by each residents with keeping its architectural features.