 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1955 akanyoresa mu McGill University Faculty of Engineerings chirongwa chemakore matanhatu chokuvaka. Mugore rake rechishanu, Safdie akanzi Nyanzvi yeYunivhesiti. Zhizha rakatevera racho, akapiwa mubayiro weCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation CMHC Scholarship. Akafamba muNorth America yose achicherechedza kukura kwedzimba mumaguta makuru. Mugore rake rokupedzisira, Safdie akagadzira rondedzero yake yainzi A Case for City Living uye akarondedzera seA Three-Dimensional Modular Building System. Akagamuchira dhigirii rake muna 1961. Makore maviri gare gare, achidzidzira basa naLouis Kahn, Safdie pazera remakore 23 akakokwa nomupi wake wezano, Sandy van Ginkel, kuti atumire basa rake rokuvaka rakagadzirirwa World Exposition ya1967., ichaitirwa muMontreal. Yakazozivikanwa seHabitat 67. 