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<p><em>Uittreksels van brieven van Constant aan de Internationale Situationniste in de maand september 1958 (Summaries of letters from Constant to the Situationist International in the month September 1958),</em> Paris, Bibliothèque d’Alexandrie, 1959, in cat. of the exhibition <em>Constant: expositie</em> <em>van constructies en maquettes,</em> Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, June 1959.</p>

<p><em>Une autre ville pour une autre vie (Another City for Another Life)</em> in <em>Internationale Situationniste, </em>nº 3, December 1959 p. 37-41. Republished in <em>Internationale Situationniste 1958-1969</em>, Amsterdam, van Gennep, 1970 and in <em>internationale situationniste 1958-69</em>, Paris, Éditions Champ Libre, 1975.</p>

<p>Constant welding a construction, circa 1959</p>

<p><em>Z.T.</em> in <em>Forum XIV,</em> nº 6, August 1959, p. 177.<strong><br></strong></p>

<p>Constant in his studio, ca 1959. F.l.t.r. Compositie met 158 blokjes, Vertical City, Two Towers and Nébulose Mécanique hanging.</p>

<p>Constant in front of <em>Eivormige constructie, 1958&nbsp;</em>and <em>Nébulose mécanique, 1957.&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>ca 1958<br><br><strong>NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.</strong></p>

<div class="group-fields field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>ca 1958<br><br><strong>NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.</strong></p></div></div></div></div><div class="field-group-htabs-wrapper group-tabs field-group-htabs"><div class="horizontal-tabs clearfix">&nbsp;</div></div>

<p><span>ca 1958</span><br><br><strong>NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.</strong></p>

<p>ca 1958<br><br><strong>NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.</strong></p>

<p>Construction Yellow and White in front of the Dutch Pavilion at the Expo 58 in Brussels.</p>

<p>Constant his Daughter Eva with a sheep at Artis, Amsterdam.&nbsp;<br>ca 1958<strong><span><br></span></strong><br><strong>NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>In Gyromorphosis, film maker Hy Hirsch strives to display the kinetic qualities of the New Babylon structures of Constant Nieuwenhuys. One by one he puts parts of the structures in motion and films the details with colored lighting having them overlap each other, appear and disappear. He creates a sensation of acceleration and suspence suggested by the work itself, 07 min, 1958.<br />

<p><em>La déclaration d’Amsterdam (The Amsterdam Declaration)</em> in <em>Internationale Situationniste, </em>nº 2, décembre 1958, p. 31-32. Republished in <em>Internationale Situationniste 1958-1969,</em> Amsterdam, van Gennep, 1970 and in <em>Internationale Situationniste 1958-69</em>, Paris, Éditions Champ Libre, 1975.<br />
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<p>Nébulose Mécanique at the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam, circa 1958</p>

<p><em>Our Ambition Lies in Ambiance</em> This is the most far-reaching of Constant’s writings about urban design as an art form. There is a crisis at hand in urbanism: old neighbourhoods have become commercialized districts, new-build developments are sterile and offer no opportunities for creative, playful human beings. As a response to this crisis, Constant proposes a ‘unitary urbanism’, an adventurous architecture, constructed for the purpose of fun.

<p>Ambiance d'une ville future (1958), photographed by Jan Versnel in 1958.</p>

<p>One of the first models of Constant which is transformed in the model "Construction in orange", 1958.</p>