http://www.taalmankoch.com Taalman Koch Architecture Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:42:39 +0000 http://www.taalmankoch.com en http://www.taalmankoch.com/about http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/about Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:42:39 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 673420 about taalman koch architecture Taalman Koch Architecture is a collaborative architecture firm based in Los Angeles. Linda Taalman and Alan Koch are the creative directors and principal architects. As partners for over 12 years they have cultivated a collaborative method of working with clients and multidisciplinary teams that has resulted in numerous award winning and internationally published and exhibited projects. Starting from their earliest collaborations with artists in their Trespassing: Houses x Artists project they developed a unique ability for customizing the design process to facilitate creative solutions. Taalman and Koch were partners in charge, under the banner of OpenOffice, for the acclaimed Dia : Beacon museum (AIA NY Merit Award). By incorporating research into their practice they have continued to develop speculative work that expands their field of architectural exploration. Their research into off-site fabricated building technologies led to the development of the award winning itHouse system (AIA LA Merit Award, Sunset Western Home Award). Currently they are designing houses, classrooms and temporary structures that are both economical and sustainable using this system. They have directed, assisted and facilitated art installations and public art projects, from their Small Skyscraper collaboration with Chris Burden (Art Basel), Ft. Lauderdale Airport Art and Exhibition master plan, a multi year installation in the High Desert Test Sites in collaboration with Kathleen Johnson, and their recent commission from the For-Site Foundation to create an animal habitat and sculpture in the Presidio in San Francisco. Each new project is viewed as an opportunity to explore how design fits in the world at large – from initial discovery and brainstorming phases, to new fabrication technologies and non-linear construction practices. Since 1997, Taalman & Koch have collaborated extensively with artists and arts institutions, demonstrating a commitment to the pursuit of a thriving relationship between art and architecture. Both Taalman & Koch are registered architects in California and New York.<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/673420/tk photo for website_o.jpg" width="288" height="261" width_o="288" height_o="261" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/673420/tk photo for website_o_o.jpg" data-mid="3151018" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.taalmankoch.com/Allegresse-Vineyards-itHouse-Winery http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/Allegresse-Vineyards-itHouse-Winery Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:55 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490324 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490324/site model.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490324/site model_o.jpg" data-mid="2897793" border="0" align="left"/> Paso Robles, California / itHouse Completed 2007 / Winery Proposal 2007 The Proposal for this 2,500 sq ft winery was planned as an extension to the neighboring itHouse completed on the site in 2007. Designed as a place to make, store, and sell the wine from the 16 acre surrounding vineyard, the winery would have a direct connection to the house while remaining modest enough in size to not detract from its scenic Paso Robles surroundings. itHouse Website http://www.taalmankoch.com/PalmPre-Pop-Up-Store http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/PalmPre-Pop-Up-Store Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:35 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490225 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb2.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb2_o.jpg" data-mid="3015027" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb1.jpg" width="266" height="400" width_o="266" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb1_o.jpg" data-mid="3015028" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb4.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb4_o.jpg" data-mid="3015024" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb5.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490225/preweb5_o.jpg" data-mid="3015023" border="0" align="left"/>Glendale, California: The Americana at Brand / Aug 3rd-17th, 2009 Los Angeles, California: The Grove / Aug 17th - 31st, 2009 Based on the itHouse system, Taalman Koch developed a 240sf Pop-Up store for the Palm Pre phone. The project goal was to make a small glass building that would be dismantled and moved from one site to another across town in a single 24 hour period. The entire project was designed, fabricated, and erected in less than 5 weeks. itHouse Website http://www.taalmankoch.com/ICA-Fly-Thru http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/ICA-Fly-Thru Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:34 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490228 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/flythru.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/flythru_o.jpg" data-mid="3093936" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/IMG_1618.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/IMG_1618_o.jpg" data-mid="3065608" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/IMG_1640.jpg" width="320" height="400" width_o="320" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/IMG_1640_o.jpg" data-mid="3065609" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/ica.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490228/ica_o.jpg" data-mid="3065556" border="0" align="left"/>Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / 2007 Fly Thru functions as a two dimensional representation of a built structure realized in three dimensional space at the ICA's ramp gallery. Fly Thru is comprised of a line drawing of the iT house painted onto the ICA ramp walls in black with vinyl appliques showing 3 artist designed 'outfits' applied to the walls and windows. Freehand painted lines counter the precision of the computer cut vinyl patterns. The house is portrayed as a drawing rather than a photograph to enable multiple perspectives and several house sites to be shown simultaneously. By overlapping the varying views, the original iT house form becomes abstracted to the point where the viewer can experience both the views into the architecture and the quality of being in a space that is activated by pattern. Outfits by Jim Isermann, Renee Petropoulos and Sarah Morris / Liam Gillick http://www.taalmankoch.com/The-Grotto http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/The-Grotto Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:31 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490232 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto8.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto8_o.jpg" data-mid="2933007" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto2.jpg" width="320" height="400" width_o="320" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto2_o.jpg" data-mid="2932991" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto3.jpg" width="320" height="400" width_o="320" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto3_o.jpg" data-mid="2932992" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto4.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto4_o.jpg" data-mid="2932996" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto5.jpg" width="320" height="400" width_o="320" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto5_o.jpg" data-mid="2932998" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto6.jpg" width="320" height="400" width_o="320" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto6_o.jpg" data-mid="2933000" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/thegrotto11.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/thegrotto11_o.jpg" data-mid="3015113" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto9.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490232/grotto9_o.jpg" data-mid="2933009" border="0" align="left"/>High Desert Test Site, California / 2003 As part of the High Desert Test Sites organized by Andrea Zittel, we constructed a temporary inhabitation of a remote desert site surrounding a large rock outcropping. Using only netting, camouflage and tensile structures we created a space that became the site for numerous gatherings. Staged in 2003, 2004, and 2005 the Grotto site accommodated acoustic performances, camp sites and viewing of the desert landscape. The flexibility of the netting created ephemeral undulating surfaces that smoothly transitioned from convex to concave. The netting became a secondary structure to which other fabrics could then be attached. Collaboration with Kathleen Johnson. http://www.taalmankoch.com/Gallery-House http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/Gallery-House Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:19 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490406 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg1.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg1_o.jpg" data-mid="2933107" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg-entry.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg-entry_o.jpg" data-mid="2933099" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg-render-ext-front.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg-render-ext-front_o.jpg" data-mid="2933103" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg-render-int-kitchen.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490406/7_kleinberg-render-int-kitchen_o.jpg" data-mid="2933104" border="0" align="left"/>Villa Park, California / Completed 2004 A 6,000 sq ft house for an art collector couple to house their minimalist and phenolomenological contemporary art collection including works by Robert Irwin, Larry Bell, Linda Bessemer, Kevin Appel, Uta Barth and Olafur Elliason. Sited in a cul-de-sac neighborhood in an Orange County subdivision, a house without windows but abundant natural light embraces the collection and creates a well protected and minimal sanctuary from the vernacular suburban neighborhood. The house is comprised of a series of simple high volumed masses connected by a central low-long gallery. The low-long gallery functions as both definitions of the term gallery, as a space for the display of art and an architectural element that connects the domestic wing of the house to three large skylit galleries and three smaller low light galleries. Above the low-long gallery, clerestory windows provide indirect natural light and sky-views from the adjacent galleries, acting as a spine of light through the center of the house that appears as one moves through the house. Kitchen, living, and dining spaces function as both their domestic program and as gallery spaces, continuing the architectural language of stark volumes and indirect light from the gallery spaces. http://www.taalmankoch.com/Bird-Blur http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/Bird-Blur Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:17 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490237 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur1.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur1_o.jpg" data-mid="3107323" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur1.2.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur1.2_o.jpg" data-mid="3107383" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur2.2.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur2.2_o.jpg" data-mid="3107446" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur3.1.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur3.1_o.jpg" data-mid="3107404" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur4.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur4_o.jpg" data-mid="3107327" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur5.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/BirdBlur5_o.jpg" data-mid="3107328" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/birdblur1.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/birdblur1_o.jpg" data-mid="3111914" border="0" align="left"/>MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, California / 2006 MAK Vienna, Austria / 2006 Proposal and winning competition entry for a vertical garden for the MAK Center for Arts and Architecture in Los Angeles. While Rudolf Schindler's King's Road house has remained relatively untouched throughout the decades, the surrounding neighborhood continues to densify and evolve. The vertical garden competition sought to develop a vertical 'green' screen that would shelter the one-story house from the towering condominiums now located next door. Taalman Koch used this opportunity to explore the idea and role of nature in the urban context, focusing specifically on the animals that inhabit it. Bird Blur invites the animal kingdom to repopulate the urban environment creating a dense natural feel through the construction of bird towers that inversely mimic the neighborhoods encroaching urbanization. Two twin towers, 12 levels each, made of stacked bird houses are located at either end of the property. At desirable moments, the birds migrate across the property from tower to tower. This whirring blur of birds in flight creates the requisite vertical garden and reclaims the landscape through a strategic incorporation of nature. Collaboration with Libby Kountzman and Elena Coleman (now dillettante)<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/birdblur1.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490237/birdblur1_o.jpg" data-mid="3111914" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.taalmankoch.com/Space-1520 http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/Space-1520 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:12 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490244 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/space15202.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/space15202_o.jpg" data-mid="3064425" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/space15201.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/space15201_o.jpg" data-mid="3064423" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8059.jpg" width="600" height="401" width_o="600" height_o="401" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8059_o.jpg" data-mid="3064212" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8727.jpg" width="320" height="400" width_o="320" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8727_o.jpg" data-mid="3064215" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8147.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8147_o.jpg" data-mid="3064213" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8988.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490244/_18O8988_o.jpg" data-mid="3064216" border="0" align="left"/>Hollywood, California / Completed 2008 Taalman Koch Executive Architect Pompei A.D. Design Architect Taalman Koch was hired by the Design Architect, Pompei A.D. in New York to act as the local Los Angeles Architect for the Shell of a new type of Urban Outfitters complex. Situated inside four masonry bow truss warehouses, Urban Outfitters developed the entire complex spanning three properties and occupies the anchor site while renting "laboratory" retail spaces for up-and-coming boutiques. Our expertise was applied to keeping the design vision, existing masonry structure, and the campus-like nature of the existing building's grouping intact through the zoning, permitting, and construction process. http://www.taalmankoch.com/Stabiae-Archeological-Park http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/Stabiae-Archeological-Park Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:09 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490258 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae1a.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae1a_o.jpg" data-mid="3112341" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae1b.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae1b_o.jpg" data-mid="3112340" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae2a.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae2a_o.jpg" data-mid="3112339" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae2b.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae2b_o.jpg" data-mid="3112338" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae3a.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae3a_o.jpg" data-mid="3112337" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae3b.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490258/stabiae3b_o.jpg" data-mid="3112336" border="0" align="left"/>Castelemarre, Italy / Proposal 2005 Buried in the Vesuvius eruption nearly 2,000 years ago, the wealth of the ancient city has a chance to enrich the surrounding contemporary city through the development of an “archaeological park”. The park connects a series of disparate, partial excavations along the bluff into a recognizable whole. Visitors to the park will have the chance to understand not only the life of these villas but also the evolving techniques of archaeology in action. To connect the separate archeological sites and the accompanying programs, a system of scaffolding and fabric was proposed, providing continuous circulation and adaptable skins for the changing functions. Collaboration with Tom Leader Studio http://www.taalmankoch.com/Goldstein-House http://www.taalmankoch.com/following/taalmankoch.com/Goldstein-House Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:19:05 +0000 Taalman Koch Architecture 490267 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490267/gold B.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490267/gold B_o.jpg" data-mid="2901788" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490267/12_gold2 copy.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490267/12_gold2 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="2901785" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490267/gold alt1.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/40741/490267/gold alt1_o.jpg" data-mid="2901787" border="0" align="left"/>Culver City, California / Completed 2005 A common problem with run-of-the-mill Los Angeles home is the lack of access from the rear face of the house to the back yard. In the Goldstein House, we opened the back of the house by reskinning the rear face with a glass skin that allows for large openings and views to the pool. Where privacy is needed, the glass skin becomes an opaque cladding using back-painted glass, creating a seamless modern face. Aluminum framed canopies with cedar planks provide shade and large cast concrete steps allow for the indoors to flow smoothly to the outdoor experience.