Constant’s New Babylon: The Hyper-Architecture of Desire
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Constant’s New Babylon: The Hyper-Architecture of Desire is a critical study and exhibition catalog that analyzes Constant Nieuwenhuys’s visionary New Babylon project, exploring its radical ideas about architecture, play, and a future nomadic society.
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book
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critical study ⓘ exhibition catalog ⓘ |
| about |
Situationist International context
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anti-capitalist urban visions ⓘ collective creativity ⓘ future urban life ⓘ hyper-architecture ⓘ ludic society ⓘ nomadism ⓘ postwar avant-garde ⓘ radical ideas about architecture ⓘ social space ⓘ |
| analyzesWorkOf | Constant Nieuwenhuys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contextualizes |
New Babylon within avant-garde architecture
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New Babylon within postwar European culture ⓘ New Babylon within radical politics ⓘ |
| examines |
New Babylon architectural maquettes
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New Babylon maps and plans ⓘ New Babylon models and drawings ⓘ New Babylon paintings and collages ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
architecture as framework for play
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automation and free time ⓘ city as continuous interior ⓘ collective construction of space ⓘ desire and spatial experience ⓘ nomadic movement through megastructures ⓘ |
| focusesOn | visionary urban project New Babylon ⓘ |
| genre |
architectural theory
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art criticism ⓘ exhibition catalog ⓘ |
| hasForm | illustrated catalog ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
art historians
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general readers interested in utopian architecture ⓘ scholars of architecture ⓘ students of urban theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Constant Nieuwenhuys
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New Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ architecture ⓘ nomadic society ⓘ play ⓘ utopian urbanism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Constant Nieuwenhuys’s theoretical writings
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New Babylon project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Constant’s New Babylon: The Hyper-Architecture of Desire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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