Speculative Coolness

<p>Cantley’s work offers a unique and critical insight into the emergence of a liminal territory that exists between the real and the virtual that mainstream architecture has yet to exploit. <em>Speculative Coolness</em> surveys and collects a highly experimental architecture/design praxis. </p><p>This book presents a selected body of his work, showcasing projects which seek to understand and explore the conditions, contexts, and media logics which govern this new territory, and to speculate on the Architecture[s] which it might occupy, and which might occupy it. </p><p>Featuring both resolved projects and work[s] that are under development, this anthology represents constructs that locate themselves somewhere between architecture and its documentative media. The projects are presented alongside a series of critical essays written by pre-eminent architectural practitioners and theorists. These essays explore the disciplinary, social, and cultural context of the work, serving to underscore the importance of these explorations to the expansion of disciplinary knowledge.</p> <p>Foreword: ‘Architectural Cymbalism and the Caress of Steel; Editorial: ‘Read Me’ Instructions for Proper Use; <b>1. Emergent CONditions + Media Logics; </b>ME-di@ Logics + Being in the [k]now; Alice [2.0]; CSFU Sentinel; ‘Ten Years After’; <b>2. Dirty Geometries + Mechanical Imperfections; </b>Social AMPs 01,02 + 03; OMWFT WYSIWYG; COSMO; <b>3. Towards a Taxonometric Architecture; </b>Tree Hugger; On the Move; Palimpsestuous Relationships; Ideal for frequent drawers. Not for any use on skin, including tattoos; <b>4. rE-mergent CONditions; </b>Ozone Metric Anomaly; Ministry of [w]Hore-2:culture; Calibrating Space; Towards a s[Y/N]thetic Reality; <b>5. Speculative Conditions; </b>‘S(y/n)taxo[G]nome + (taxon objects)’; ‘20220202_02’; Camera Noxoculo; H[n]otel-CA; DomestiC-19; Eye, Hand and Mind: an interview with Bryan Cantley; Afterword: Human Error<i> </i></p>