BY-LAW CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF HABITAT 67, BEARING NUMBER 2600, AVENUE PIERRE-DUPUY, AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT

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1 VILLE DE MONTRÉAL BY-LAW BY-LAW CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF HABITAT 67, BEARING NUMBER 2600, AVENUE PIERRE-DUPUY, AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT In view of sections 70 to 83 of the Cultural Property Act (R.S.Q., chapter B-4); At the city council meeting of September 17, 2007, it was enacted: CHAPTER I OBJECT OF DESIGNATION 1. The Habitat 67 building bearing number 2600, avenue Pierre-Dupuy, as well as the land on which it stands, is designated as a historic monument. 2. The cadastral designation of the historic monument is lot in the cadastre of Québec. CHAPTER II REASONS FOR DESIGNATION 3. The city designates the Habitat 67 building for the following reasons: (1) the documentary value of Habitat 67: Habitat 67 was built as a permanent thematic pavilion of the 1967 Montréal World Fair. This major event in the history of Montréal also recalls the urban effervescence of the 1960s; Habitat 67 is an illustration of the criticism of the suburbs concept developed in North American cities since the Second World War, and it proposes a type of urban habitat that renews its relationship with the city; (2) the architectural value of Habitat 67: Habitat 67 innovates by its architectural concept that distinguishes itself from North American suburbs and from urban habitat projects of the times. It also innovates by the use of three-dimensional housing modules and by its reinforced-concrete construction system; Habitat 67 is one of the only built projects to bear witness to the ideas developed by the post-war architectural avant-garde throughout the world; /1

2 (c) Habitat 67 is a unique work in the corpus of its designer, architect Moshe Safdie, who is now world-renowned; (d) Habitat 67 has a high degree of integrity and authenticity; (3) the contextual value of Habitat 67: (c) Habitat 67 is situated at Cité-du-Havre, a site built for Expo 67 characterized by its streets at 45 degrees. The building layout is also at 45 degrees; Habitat 67, by its location at Cité-du-Havre, contributes to the urban landscape and benefits from a view of the city skyline, Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame, and the river; the site also benefits from landscaping designed by Moshe Safdie. The landscaping also has great integrity; (4) the symbolic value of Habitat 67: Habitat 67 is one of the rare pavilions inherited from Expo 67. Through its involvement in an event so firmly entrenched in the collective memory, its architecture and its exceptional location, it has become an icon in the city landscape. Habitat 67 is thus part of the public image that Montréal offers to foreign visitors. CHAPTER III EFFECT OF DESIGNATION 4. The designated historic monument must be kept in good condition. 5. Every person who alters, restores, repairs or modifies the designated historic monument must abide by the conditions in chapter IV, as well as the conditions relating to the preservation of characteristics specific to the designated historic monument that the council may impose and that are added to municipal by-laws. In addition, no person may perform one of the acts referred to in the first paragraph without giving the city notice of at least 45 days. Where a municipal permit is required, the permit application serves as an advance notice. Before imposing conditions, the council seeks the advice of the advisory committee. A copy of the resolution setting out the conditions accompanies, as the case may be, the municipal permit that is issued and that authorizes the act concerned. 6. No person may, without the council s authorization, demolish all or part of the designated historic monument, move it or lean a construction against it /2

3 Before approving an application for authorization, the council seeks the advice of the advisory committee. Any person who performs the act referred to in the first paragraph must conform to the conditions that may be determined by the council in its authorization. CHAPTER IV CONDITIONS OF PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION I INTERVENTIONS ON THE DESIGNATED HISTORIC MONUMENT 7. All work relating to the designated historic monument must have a minimum impact and maintain its integrity. 8. All work relating to the designated historic monument must favor the maintenance and legibility of characteristic elements, in particular: (1) the 354 reinforced-concrete building modules; (2) the structure of modules both freestanding and post-tensioned that form 3 pyramidic stackings of 12 storeys; (3) the structural system constituted by horizontal walkways and vertical shafts bearing elevators and stairs; (4) the height reached by the structural system and stacked modules; (5) the irregular shape of pyramids whose south face is completely open; (6) the aluminum and acrylic half arches covering the walkways; (7) the texture and color of concrete that is matured then sandblasted: (8) the proportion and location of door and window openings; (9) the translucent windows with aluminum frames anodized brown; (10) wooden doors with web plates at gates without canopies or trestles; (11) the absence of cables, pipes and antennas that must be maintained inside structural elements and modules; (12) the shape and non-use of existing roofs; (13) the use of roof decks as an extension of the residential function of residential units; /3

4 (14) the openings and concrete flower boxes and cedar floors on roof decks. 9. The following work is also authorized: (1) work that consolidates the present aspect of the building or that restores its original aspect, in particular as to the architectural composition, the architectural elements, materials and construction techniques; (2) volume changes or addition of elements required to ensure the perennial preservation or the upgrading of the building, provided all volume changes such as an addition maintains the initial layout of the building and does not alter the general volume; (3) work to improve the building s energy efficiency, in keeping with the integrity of the building. SECTION II SITE DESIGN 10. All site design work on the parcel of land referred to in article 2 that relates to the designated historic monument must maintain or restore the integrity of the present design whose dominant features are: (1) the service roads and walkways in keeping with the building layout and the development plan of Cité-du-Havre; (2) the retaining walls marking off the property along the park of Cité-du-Havre, the terraces and plant beds, triangular, rectangular or square in shape, placed at 45 degrees, in the front and at the rear, in keeping with the geometry of the building in the environment, across the full width and depth of the site; (3) the fountains; (4) the furniture integrated into the plant beds and lampposts; (5) concrete as the material used to build the components of the landscape plan (plant beds, retaining walls, etc.); (6) the vegetated circles in front of entrance halls of the complex; (7) vegetated areas and asphalt surfaces of service areas; (8) topography of the site, with elevation changes provided by stairs and plant beds, that define the relation of the building to Pierre-Dupuy Avenue and the river /4

5 The public notice relating to this by-law was posted at city hall and published in The Gazette on September 24, /5