Does Constant’s New Babylon still appear provocative today? From an architectural point of view, the world of New Babylon is no longer a hypothetic image but a concrete phenomenon in the widest sense. If we still might consider it as a provocative concept, this is probably because New Babylon transformed from a plausible reality to a real reality, but characterized by an astounding contradiction. As per our yearly habit, the results of the research are exhibited in the Trappenzaal of Vertigo at the TU Eindhoven.