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 1^st floor, we can find a kitchen and a dining room, on the 2^nd floor, the parental and guests’ bedrooms, and on the 3^rd 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