Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 05 of 40
Homes made of blocks
1967 — built for Expo 67
In Montréal, Habitat 67 brings homes together like giant building blocks. Terraces make open spaces between the homes.
Look together
Which block would you like to live in?
An idea to try
Use a few building blocks to invent a small group of homes, leaving an open space for a terrace.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Habitat 67 is in Montréal’s Cité-du-Havre. Québec’s cultural heritage directory describes a complex of 354 prefabricated concrete modules of the same size. Originally, those modules formed 158 apartments. Several blocks can therefore belong to a single home. Their staggered arrangement creates terraces and passages between parts of the complex.
The drawing introduces this idea without counting all the real building’s modules. Find a block above another and an open space. Then ask where your child would put a window or terrace in an imaginary home.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
A greatly simplified Habitat 67 composition; the blocks do not match the actual module count or apartment plans.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec — Habitat 67Emplacement, 354 modules de béton préfabriqués, 158 appartements à l’origine, terrasses et passages.
Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
