Moshe Safdie is an architect who really examines how a building can shape an area. Not only the appearance of the space, but also its functionality, its impact on the environment and its impact on the surrounding community. It seeks to engage and enrich communities by creating unique and inviting spaces tailored to the needs of each project. (Safdie Architects)One of Safdie's best-known buildings is Habitat 67 (or Habitat). The concept of Habitat was born in Safdie's master's thesis. He submitted the idea to the 1967 World's Fair and, when it was accepted, started his own company to help bring it to fruition. (Safdie Architects) A series of carefully planned and stacked concrete blocks, Habitat seeks to create a space where each resident of the apartments would have access to natural light and a private garden. This is the building that launched Safdie into a very successful career at a fairly young age (he was 29 when it was built). The use of natural light and intimate spaces within larger vessels continued throughout his work, regardless of the exterior design. (TED)Because of his Jewish heritage and early success, he established a second office in Jerusalem to help restore the city. (Leaves) In 1976, one of the projects he received was an expansion of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, dedicated to the million and a half children who died in the Holocaust. He thought there were already so many museums dedicated to providing information about the Holocaust that he wanted to take a different approach to this one. Instead of old clothes and drawings from the survivors, he proposed that they tunnel through the hillside to a cave below and use images such as photographs and a single candle to convey the heaviness of the loss of children. T...... middle of paper...... sometimes I don't like the messages I see, pieces like Serrano's Piss Christ convey a message that a Jackson Pollack just doesn't like. well before their return. The art world, like everything, reflects this. It seems that the reverse has already begun in many ways, although only the future will tell us for sure.Works CitedArc Space. August 1, 2005. June 1, 2012. Architect's Journal. June 1, 2012. Safdie Architects. May 31, 2012. Saieh, Nico. ArchDaily. July 26, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2012. Sheets, Hilarie M. “Architectural Extrovert.” ARTnews April 2011: 60-63.TED. March 2002. May 31 2012 .