Editing Moshe Safdie (section)

==Early life and education==
Safdie was born in the city of [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine]], to a family of [[Syrian Jews]]. His father was from [[Aleppo]], and his mother, whose family had its origins in Aleppo, was from [[Manchester]].<ref name="isbn-0262690365">{{cite book |last=Safdie |first=Moshe |date=1970 |title=Beyond Habitat |location=USA |publisher=The M.I.T. Press |isbn=0262690365}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Safdie |first=Moshe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXFqEAAAQBAJ&dq=Moshe+Safdie+aleppo&pg=PT25 |title=If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture |date=2022-10-06 |publisher=Grove Press UK |isbn=978-1-61185-873-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Rowan |date=2022-10-23 |title=Architect Moshe Safdie: 'I was antagonistic to postmodernism – and I paid a price' |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/23/architect-moshe-safdie-interview-if-walls-could-speak-my-life-in-architecture-memoir |access-date=2023-12-24 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> He was nine years old and living in Haifa when the [[Israeli Declaration of Independence]] was issued by [[David Ben-Gurion]].<ref name="isbn-0262690365"/> After the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], he lived on a [[kibbutz]]<ref name="isbn-0-7735-1510-0">{{cite book |title=Moshe Safdie: Buildings and Projects, 1967-1992 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |date=1996 |page=13 |isbn=0-7735-1510-0}}</ref> where he tended goats and [[Beekeeping|kept bees]]. In 1953, the Israeli government restricted imports in response to [[Austerity in Israel|an economic and currency crisis]], severely affecting Safdie's father's textile business.<ref>{{cite book |last=Valentin |first=Nilda |date=2010 |title=Moshe Safdie |location=Rome |publisher=Edizioni Kappa |page=16 |isbn=978-88-6514-019-2}}</ref> Consequently, when Safdie was 15, his family emigrated from [[Israel]] to [[Canada]] and settled down in the city of [[Montreal]], where he attended [[Westmount High School]].<ref name="isbn-0773515100">{{cite book |title=Moshe Safdie: Buildings and Projects, 1967–1992 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |date=1996 |isbn=0773515100}}</ref>{{rp|13}}

In September 1955, Safdie registered for the six-year architectural degree program at the [[McGill University Faculty of Engineering]]. In his fifth year, Safdie was named University Scholar. The following summer, he was awarded the [[Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation]] (CMHC) scholarship. He traveled across [[North America]] to observe housing developments in the continent's major cities.<ref name="isbn-0773515100"/>{{rp|13}} In his final year, Safdie developed his thesis, entitled "A Case for City Living", and described as "A Three-Dimensional Modular Building System".<ref name="archdaily-404803">{{cite web |url=https://www.archdaily.com/404803/ad-classics-habitat-67-moshe-safdie |title=AD Classics: Habitat 67 / Safdie Architects |date=July 21, 2013 |publisher=ArchDaily}}</ref> He received his degree in 1961.<ref name="isbn-0773515100"/>{{rp|14}} Two years later, while apprenticing with architect [[Louis Kahn]], Safdie's thesis advisor [[Sandy van Ginkel]] invited Safdie to submit his modular project for the [[Expo 67|World Exposition of 1967]].<ref name="archdaily-404803" /> In preparation for the exposition his thesis was developed into a complete master plan, eventually being constructed in Montreal. Named after the event that turned an idea into reality, the building is known as [[Habitat 67]].<ref name="isbn-0773515100">{{cite book |title=Moshe Safdie: Buildings and Projects, 1967–1992 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |date=1996 |isbn=0773515100}}</ref>