Constant's New Babylon
The Hyper-Architecture of Desire
Mark Wigley

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Author(s)

Mark Wigley

Publication, year

Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 1998

Scope

255 Pages, illustrated, 25x28 cm.

ISBN

9064503435

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New Babylon is Constant Nieuwenhuys's vision of a situationist urban environment. The New Babylon Project was a project that consisted of a vast, layered, sheltered structure, supported by pillars and covering the entire earth. Human labor is rendered superfluous. Dwelling, work, recreation and transportation take a back seat to that which drives Homo Ludens, creativity. Constant was proposing an alternate society and along with it, an alternate architecture. Not just for those with architectural concerns, but for anyone who thinks. Play / spelen / playgrounds

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Location

Cabinet 32 - 3: Situationisten ; provo

Extra themes

Architecture and Art

Remarks

Incl. list of presentations.