Charles Moore, William Turnbull, Tatum house, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 1971

Charles Moore, William Turnbull, Tatum house, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 1971

 Charles Moore, William Turnbull, Tatum house, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 1971   

Tatum house is a project carried out by Charles Moore in collaboration with William Turnbull.
The aim was to create a house for a big family of 4 sons and 4 daughters.

The solution chosen was a mini-hostel lined with cliffs, invaded by the sun and open to the sea. It was designed to be a place full of light, white and music.

As other creations of Charles Moore, the Tatum’s architecture follows the post-modernist movement.
The structure is divided into 3 blocks: the stairs’ one, a high ceiling living-room and the white central block with 3 floors. On the 1st floor, we can find a kitchen and a dining room, on the 2nd floor, the parental and guests’ bedrooms, and on the 3rd floor, the kids’ dormitory.

References :
The place of houses, Charles Moore, 1974
Corso di arredamento e architettura d’interni 2, Gianni Ottolini, Politecnico di Milano, Facolta di archittetura