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Peter Tolkin + Sarah Lorenzen Architecture

Principals Peter Tolkin and Sarah Lorenzen—working under the moniker TOLO—guide the design of a variety of project types at various scales throughout Southern California. The firm’s portfolio of built projects includes single and multi-family housing, mixed-use and retail, restaurants and hotels, and arts-based projects such as gallery spaces and large-scale installations. TOLO is located in a large industrial warehouse the firm renovated at the nexus of the Arts District, Little Tokyo and Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. This space, which includes a fabrication shop, allows TOLO to test design ideas by means of prototypes and scale models. Since 2000, when Peter first founded the practice (Sarah joined in 2015), the firm’s projects have been frequently cited for their inventiveness and accomplished craftsmanship in design awards and in publications.

TOLO’s designs draw from the rich material and cultural conditions that characterize the world we live in. As a collection, the work is idiosyncratic given that each design strives to respond to the particularities of place and that the firm’s clients are engaged as active participants. Rather than conceiving of TOLO’s architectural role as solely inventors of form, Sarah and Peter also see themselves as documentarians: interpreters of dynamic relationships and situations. Each project begins with an understanding of the project’s backstory. From here TOLO develops a broad design brief that incorporates client and site narratives, along with relevant material and aesthetic references (be they from the high arts or from popular culture). This method of working allows TOLO to combine an interest in form and geometry with a project’s contextual and cultural reality in an architecture that is representative of our complex lives.

Firm Profile


TOLO engages in a variety of projects that sit at the intersection of art and architecture. Some of these projects are office initiatives, a chance for us to experiment more freely on a material, cultural, or spatial idea. Others have been developed in close collaboration with a working artist. Our collaboration with the artist Yunhee Min Red Carpet in C, currently on view at UC Riverside’s Museum, gave us an opportunity to create a sensorial environment that began with a more academic examination of the relationships between form, music, gesture, and color. Whether initiating a stand-alone art installation or collaborating with artists, we see this work as a way for us to grapple with the question of how to connote meaning in a spatial practice such as architecture.

Arts + Culture


Dunnage BallsVarious Locations

Claremont Village Square in collaboration with Tom OtternessClaremont, California

XYYXXY Accessible RestroomVilla Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI

“Tilted Tower” Charles GainesNew York, New York

“Moving Chains” Charles GainesSt. Louis, Missouri

Glenarm Gateway “a rose by any other name” Yunhee MinPasadena, California

“Red Carpet in C” Yunhee Min and Peter Tolkin (TOLO)UCR Culver Center, Riverside, California

“Cartesian Gris Gris” Todd Gray David Lews Gallery, New York, NY

Vielmetter Los AngelesLos Angeles, California

Pasadena Christian CenterPasadena, California

Bike Transit CenterPasadena, California

“Taking The Reins” Urban FarmLos Angeles, California

Harbor College Job Placement and Data CenterLos Angeles, California

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Dunnage bags are inflatable bladders used in the shipping industry to isolate and stabilize loads during transit. This project looks at the form-making possibilities of connecting these bags together using a variety of geometric configurations for various sites and events. Lights placed inside the individual dunnage bags allow the geometric primitives to function as giant lanterns. Our 22-foot diameter icosahedron, made by connecting 30 dunnage bags, was installed at the inaugural Glow art festival at the Santa Monica pier, at an open house party, and at an interactive Lucha Libre demonstration.

Photographer: Peter Tolkin, Josh WhiteAwards: 2010 Merit Award, American Institute of Architects, Pasadena / Foothill Chapter




Having developed the conceptual design for the West Village expansion—a movie theater, hotel, and five commercial buildings with retail and restaurants—we were asked by the City of Claremont to design a public gathering place at the center of this mixed-use project. The square is a response to the culture and landscape of the city. Its elements—seating, fountain, hardscape and plantings—were conceived as a pixilation of the natural landscapes of the nearby foothills. Playful, figurative sculptures placed in the fountain by the artist Tom Otterness allude to college student life and to reptilian and amphibian wildlife.

Photographer: Peter TolkinAwards: 2008 Excellence in Design Award, Public Art Category, City of Claremont Architectural Commission, Claremont Village Square Fountain






Located at the intersection of sculpture and architecture, XYYXXY Accessible Restroom is designed as a counterpoint to the “normative” bathroom. The plan takes the shape of a disfigured cross with a “non-gendered” toilet or urinal stall located at the end of each spoke. The impetus for the project was North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” HB2, which sought to restrict the bathroom transgender people can use. XYYXXY emblematizes the cultural issues at play in these so-called “Potty Laws,” as well as other historic civil rights laws, that have sought to define how restrooms are designed and used.

Photographer: Peter Tolkin

House B2: An Act to Provide for Single-sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities in Schools and Public Agencies and to Create Statewide Consistency in Regulation of Employment and Public AccommodationsWhereas, the North Carolina Constitution directs the General Assembly to provide for the organization and government of all cities and counties and to give cities and counties such powers and duties as the General Assembly deems advisable in Section 1 of Article VII of the North Carolina Constitution; and

Whereas, the North Carolina Constitution reflects the importance of statewide laws related to commerce by prohibiting the General Assembly from enacting local acts regulating labor, trade, mining, or manufacturing in Section 24 of Article II of the North Carolina Constitution; and

Whereas, the General Assembly finds that laws and obligations consistent statewide for all businesses, organizations, and employers doing business in the State will improve intrastate commerce; and

Whereas, the General Assembly finds that laws and obligations consistent statewide for all businesses, organizations, and employers doing business in the State benefit the businesses, organizations, and employers seeking to do business in the State and attracts new businesses, organizations, and employers to the State; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. SINGLE-SEX MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY BATHROOM AND CHANGING FACILITIES

SECTION 1.1. G.S. 115C-47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(63) To Establish Single-Sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities. – Local boards of education shall establish single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities as provided in

G.S. 115C-521.2."

SECTION 1.2. Article 37 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by

adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-521.2. Single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities.

(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Biological sex. – The physical condition of being male or female, which is stated on a person's birth certificate.

(2) Multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility. – A facility designed or designated to be used by more than one person at a time where students may

be in various states of undress in the presence of other persons. A multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility may include, but is not limited to, a

school restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room.

(3) Single occupancy bathroom or changing facility. – A facility designed or designated to be used by only one person at a time where students may be in various states of undress. A single occupancy bathroom or changing facility may include, but is not limited to, a single stall restroom designated as unisex or for use based on biological sex.

(b) Single-Sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities. – Local boards of education shall require every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility that is designated for student use to be designated for and used only by students based on their biological sex.

(c) Accommodations Permitted. – Nothing in this section shall prohibit local boards of education from providing accommodations such as single occupancy bathroom or changing facilities or controlled use of faculty facilities upon a request due to special circumstances, but in no event shall that accommodation result in the local boards of education allowing a student to use a multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility designated under subsection (b) of this section for a sex other than the student's biological sex.

(d) Exceptions. – This section does not apply to persons entering a multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility designated for use by the opposite sex:

(1) For custodial purposes.

(2) For maintenance or inspection purposes.

(3) To render medical assistance.

(4) To accompany a student needing assistance when the assisting individual is an employee or authorized volunteer of the local board of education or the student's parent or authorized caregiver.

(5) To receive assistance in using the facility.

(6) To accompany a person other than a student needing assistance.

(7) That has been temporarily designated for use by that person's biological sex."

SECTION 1.3. Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:

"Article 81.

"Single-Sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities.

"§ 143-760. Single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities.

(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Biological sex. – The physical condition of being male or female, which is stated on a person's birth certificate.

(2) Executive branch agency. – Agencies, boards, offices, departments, and institutions of the executive branch, including The University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System.

(3) Multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility. – A facility designed or designated to be used by more than one person at a time where persons may be in various states of undress in the presence of other persons. A multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility may include, but is not limited to, a restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room.

(4) Public agency. – Includes any of the following:

a. Executive branch agencies.

b. All agencies, boards, offices, and departments under the direction and control of a member of the Council of State.

c. "Unit" as defined in G.S. 159-7(b)(15).

d. "Public authority" as defined in G.S. 159-7(b)(10).

e. A local board of education.

f. The judicial branch.

g. The legislative branch.

h. Any other political subdivision of the State.

(5) Single occupancy bathroom or changing facility. – A facility designed or designated to be used by only one person at a time where persons may be in various states of undress. A single occupancy bathroom or changing facility may include, but is not limited to, a single stall restroom designated as unisex or for use based on biological sex.

(b) Single-Sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities. – Public agencies shall require every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility to be designated for and only used by persons based on their biological sex.

(c) Accommodations Permitted. – Nothing in this section shall prohibit public agencies from providing accommodations such as single occupancy bathroom or changing facilities upon a person's request due to special circumstances, but in no event shall that accommodation result in the public agency allowing a person to use a multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility designated under subsection (b) of this section for a sex other than the person's biological sex.

(d) Exceptions. – This section does not apply to persons entering a multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility designated for use by the opposite sex:

(1) For custodial purposes.

(2) For maintenance or inspection purposes.

(3) To render medical assistance.

(4) To accompany a student needing assistance when the assisting individual is an employee or authorized volunteer of the local board of education or the student's parent or authorized caregiver.

(5) To receive assistance in using the facility.

(6) To accompany a person other than a student needing assistance.

(7) That has been temporarily designated for use by that person's biological sex

."PART II. STATEWIDE CONSISTENCY IN LAWS RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACTING

SECTION 2.1. G.S. 95-25.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 95-25.1. Short title and legislative purpose; local governments preempted.

(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Wage and Hour Act."

(b) The public policy of this State is declared as follows: The wage levels of employees, hours of labor, payment of earned wages, and the well-being of minors are subjects of concern requiring legislation to promote the general welfare of the people of the State without jeopardizing the competitive position of North Carolina business and industry. The General Assembly declares that the general welfare of the State requires the enactment of this law under the police power of the State.

(c) The provisions of this Article supersede and preempt any ordinance, regulation, resolution, or policy adopted or imposed by a unit of local government or other political subdivision of the State that regulates or imposes any requirement upon an employer pertaining to compensation of employees, such as the wage levels of employees, hours of labor, payment of earned wages, benefits, leave, or well-being of minors in the workforce. This subsection shall not apply to any of the following:

(1) A local government regulating, compensating, or controlling its own employees.

(2) Economic development incentives awarded under Chapter 143B of the General Statutes.

(3) Economic development incentives awarded under Article 1 of Chapter 158 of the General Statutes.

(4) A requirement of federal community development block grants.

(5) Programs established under G.S. 153A-376 or G.S. 160A-456."

SECTION 2.2. G.S. 153A-449(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a) Authority. – A county may contract with and appropriate money to any person, association, or

"corporation, in order to carry out any public purpose that the county is authorized by law to engage in. A county may not require a private contractor under this section to abide by regulations or controls on the contractor's employment practices or mandate or prohibit the provision of goods, services, or accommodations to any member of the public as a condition of bidding on contract or a qualification-based selection, except as otherwise required or allowed by State law."

SECTION 2.3. G.S. 160A-20.1(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a) Authority. – A city may contract with and appropriate money to any person, association, or corporation, in order to carry out any public purpose that the city is authorized by law to engage in. A city may not require a private contractor under this section to abide by regulations or controls on the contractor's employment practices or mandate or prohibit the provision of goods, services, or accommodations to any member of the public as a condition of bidding on a contract or a qualification-based selection, except as otherwise required or allowed by State law."

PART III. PROTECTION OF RIGHTS IN EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS


"§ 143-422.2. Legislative declaration.

(a) It is the public policy of this State to protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain and hold employment without discrimination or abridgement on account of race, religion, color, national origin, age, biological sex or handicap by employers which regularly employ 15 or more employees.

(b) It is recognized that the practice of denying employment opportunity and discriminating in the terms of employment foments domestic strife and unrest, deprives the State of the fullest utilization of its capacities for advancement and development, and substantially and adversely affects the interests of employees, employers, and the public in general.

(c) The General Assembly declares that the regulation of discriminatory practices in employment is properly an issue of general, statewide concern, such that this Article and other applicable provisions of the General Statutes supersede and preempt any ordinance, regulation, resolution, or policy adopted or imposed by a unit of local government or other political subdivision of the State that regulates or imposes any requirement upon an employer pertaining to the regulation of discriminatory practices in employment, except such regulations applicable to personnel employed by that body that are not otherwise in conflict with State law."


"§ 143-422.3. Investigations; conciliations.

The Human Relations Commission in the Department of Administration shall have the authority to receive charges of discrimination from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pursuant to an agreement under Section 709(b) of Public Law 88-352, as amended by Public Law 92-261, and investigate and conciliate charges of discrimination. Throughout this process, the agency shall use its good offices to effect an amicable resolution of the charges of discrimination. This Article does not create, and shall not be construed to create or support, a statutory or common law private right of action, and no person may bring any civil action based upon the public policy expressed herein."

SECTION 3.3. Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:

"Article 49B.

"Equal Access to Public Accommodations.

"§ 143-422.10. Short title.

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Equal Access to Public Accommodations Act.

"§ 143-422.11. Legislative declaration.

(a) It is the public policy of this State to protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all individuals within the State to enjoy fully and equally the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of places of public accommodation free of discrimination because of race, religion, color, national origin, or biological sex, provided that designating multiple or single occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities according to biological sex, as defined in G.S. 143-760(a)(1), (3), and (5), shall not be deemed to constitute discrimination.

(b) The General Assembly declares that the regulation of discriminatory practices in places of public accommodation is properly an issue of general, statewide concern, such that this Article and other applicable provisions of the General Statutes supersede and preempt any ordinance, regulation, resolution, or policy adopted or imposed by a unit of local government or other political subdivision of the State that regulates or imposes any requirement pertaining to the regulation of discriminatory practices in places of public accommodation.

"§ 143-422.12. Places of public accommodation – defined.

For purposes of this Article, places of public accommodation has the same meaning as defined in G.S. 168A-3(8), but shall exclude any private club or other establishment not, in fact, open to the public.

"§ 143-422.13. Investigations; conciliations.

The Human Relations Commission in the Department of Administration shall have the authority to receive, investigate, and conciliate

complaints of discrimination in public accommodations. Throughout this process, the Human Relations Commission shall use its good offices to effect an amicable resolution of the complaints of discrimination. This Article does not create, and shall not be construed to create or support, a statutory or common law private right of action, and no person may bring any civil action based upon the public policy expressed herein."

PART IV. SEVERABILITY

SECTION 4. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act is temporarily or permanently restrained or enjoined by judicial order, this act shall be enforced as though such restrained or enjoined provisions had not been adopted, provided that whenever such temporary or permanent restraining order or injunction is stayed, dissolved, or otherwise ceases to have effect, such provisions shall have full force and effect.

PART V. EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 5. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to any action taken on or after that date, to any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy adopted or amended on or after that date, and to any contract entered into on or after that date. The provisions of Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 of this act supersede and preempt any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy adopted prior to the effective date of this act that purports to regulate a subject matter preempted by this act or that violates or is not consistent with this act, and such ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or policies shall be null and void as of the effective date of this act.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of March, 2016.

s/ Daniel J. Forest, President of the Senate

s/ Tim Moore, Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/ Pat McCrory Governor

Approved 9:57 p.m. this 23rd day of March, 2016PART V. EFFECTIVE DATE






Approved 9:57 p.m. this 23rd day of March, 2016







Approved 9:57 p.m. this 23rd day of March, 2016






GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2015 H D HOUSE BILL DRH 40533-MMa-146 Repeal HB2/Fund Human Relations Comm. (Public)Sponsors: Representatives Jackson, Meyer, Hamilton, and G. Martin (Primary Sponsors).

Referred to:

*DRH40533-MMa-146*

1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

2 AN ACT TO REPEAL HOUSE BILL 2 OF THE 2016 SECOND EXTRA SESSION AND TO

3 APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.

4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

5 SECTION 1. S.L. 2016-3 of the 2016 Second Extra Session is repealed.

6 SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of

7 Administration, Human Relations Commission, the sum of five hundred forty-five thousand four

8 hundred seven dollars ($545,407) in recurring funds for the 2016-2017 fiscal year to be used for

9 operating expenses.

10 SECTION 3. Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2016. The remainder of

11 this act becomes effective March 23, 2016. Any local ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy

12 enacted prior to March 23, 2016, is not abated or affected by S.L. 2016-3, and the local ordinance,

13 resolution, regulation, or policy that would be valid but for the enactment of S.L. 2016-3 remains

11 this act becomes effective March 23, 2016. Any local ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy

12 enacted prior to March 23, 2016, is not abated or affected by S.L. 2016-3, and the local ordinance,

13 resolution, regulation, or policy that would be valid but for the enactment of S.L. 2016-3 remains

14 valid.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)Chapter 6: Plumbing Elements and Facilities

603 Toilet and Bathing Rooms

603.1 General. Toilet and bathing rooms shall comply with 603

603.2 Clearances. Clearances shall comply with 603.2.

603.2.1 Turning Space. Turning space complying with 304 shall be provided within the room.

603.2.2 Overlap. Required clear floor spaces, clearance at fixtures, and turning space shall be permitted to overlap.

603.2.3 Door Swing. Doors shall not swing into the clear floor space or clearance required for any fixture. Doors shall be permitted to swing into the required turning space.

EXCEPTIONS:

1. Doors to a toilet room or bathing room for a single occupant accessed only through a private office and not for common use or public use shall be permitted to swing into the clear floor space or clearance provided the swing of the door can be reversed to comply with 603.2.3.

2. Where the toilet room or bathing room is for individual use and a clear floor space complying with 305.3 is provided within the room beyond the arc of the door swing, doors shall be permitted to swing into the clear floor space or clearance required for any fixture.

Advisory 603.2.3 Door Swing Exception 1. At the time the door is installed, and if the door swing is reversed in the future, the door must meet all the requirements specified in 404. Additionally, the door swing cannot reduce the required width of an accessible route. Also, avoid violating other building or life safety codes when the door swing is reversed.

603.3 Mirrors. Mirrors located above lavatories or countertops shall be installed with the bottom edge of the reflecting surface 40 inches (1015 mm) maximum above the finish floor or ground. Mirrors not located above lavatories or countertops shall be installed with the bottom edge of the reflecting surface 35 inches (890 mm) maximum above the finish floor or ground.

Advisory 603.3 Mirrors. A single full-length mirror can accommodate a greater number of people, including children. In order for mirrors to be usable by people who are ambulatory and people who use wheelchairs, the top edge of mirrors should be 74 inches (1880 mm) minimum from the floor or ground.

603.4 Coat Hooks and Shelves. Coat hooks shall be located within one of the reach ranges specified in 308. Shelves shall be located 40 inches (1015 mm) minimum and 48 inches (1220 mm) maximum above the finish floor.

604 Water Closets and Toilet Compartments604.1 General. Water closets and toilet compartments shall comply with 604.2 through 604.8.

EXCEPTION: Water closets and toilet compartments or children's use shall be permitted to comply with 604.9.

604.2 Location. The water closet shall be positioned with a wall or partition to the rear and to one side. The centerline of the water closet shall be 16 inches (405 mm) minimum to 18 inches (455 mm) maximum from the side wall or partition,

604.3 Clearance. Clearances around water closets and in toilet compartments shall comply with 604.3.

604.3.1 Size. Clearance around a water closet shall be 60 inches (1525 mm) minimum measured perpendicular from the side wall and 56 inches (1420 mm) minimum measured perpendicular from the rear wall.

604.3.2 Overlap. The required clearance around the water closet shall be permitted to overlap the water closet, associated grab bars, dispensers, sanitary napkin disposal units, coat hooks, shelves, accessible routes, clear floor space and clearances required at other fixtures, and the turning space. No other fixtures or obstructions shall be located within the required water closet clearance.

EXCEPTION: In residential dwelling units, a lavatory complying with 606 shall be permitted on the rear wall 18 inches (455 mm) minimum from the water closet centerline where the clearance at the water closet is 66 inches (1675 mm) minimum measured perpendicular from the rear wall.

Advisory 604.3.2 Overlap. When the door to the toilet room is placed directly in front of the water closet, the water closet cannot overlap the required maneuvering clearance for the door inside the room.

604.4 Seats. The seat height of a water closet above the finish floor shall be 17 inches (430 mm) minimum and 19 inches (485 mm) maximum measured to the top of the seat. Seats shall not be sprung to return to a lifted position.

EXCEPTIONS:

1. A water closet in a toilet room for a single occupant accessed only through a private office and not for common use or public use shall not be required to comply with 604.4.

2. In residential dwelling units, the height of water closets shall be permitted to be 15 inches (380 mm) minimum and 19 inches (485 mm) maximum above the finish floor measured to the top of the seat.

604.5 Grab Bars. Grab bars for water closets shall comply with 609. Grab bars shall be provided on the side wall closest to the water closet and on the rear wall.

EXCEPTIONS:

1. Grab bars shall not be required to be installed in a toilet room for a single occupant accessed only through a private office and not for common use or public use provided that reinforcement has been installed in walls and located so as to permit the installation of grab bars complying with 604.5.

2. In residential dwelling units, grab bars shall not be required to be installed in toilet or bathrooms provided that reinforcement has been installed in walls and located so as to permit the installation of grab bars complying with 604.5.

3. In detention or correction facilities, grab bars shall not be required to be installed in housing or holding cells that are specially designed without protrusions for purposes of suicide prevention.

Advisory 604.5 Grab Bars Exception 2.

Reinforcement must be sufficient to permit the installation of rear and side wall grab bars that fully meet all accessibility requirements including, but not limited to, required length, installation height, and structural strength.

604.5.1 Side Wall. The side wall grab bar shall be 42 inches (1065 mm) long minimum, located 12 inches (305 mm) maximum from the rear wall and extending 54 inches (1370 604.5.2 Rear Wall. The rear wall grab bar shall be 36 inches (915 mm) long minimum and extend from the centerline of the water closet 12 inches (305 mm) minimum on one side and 24 inches (610 mm) minimum on the other side.

EXCEPTIONS: 1. The rear grab bar shall be permitted to be 24 inches (610 mm) long minimum, centered on the water closet, where wall space does not permit a length of 36 inches (915 mm) minimum due to the location of a recessed fixture adjacent to the water closet.

2. Where an administrative authority requires flush controls for flush valves to be located in a position that conflicts with the location of the rear grab bar, then the rear grab bar shall be permitted to be split or shifted to the open side of the toilet area.mm) minimum from the rear wall.

604.6 Flush Controls. Flush controls shall be hand operated or automatic. Hand operated flush controls shall comply with 309. Flush controls shall be located on the open side of the water closet except in ambulatory accessible compartments complying with 604.8.2.

Advisory 604.6 Flush Controls. If plumbing valves are located directly behind the toilet seat, flush valves and related plumbing can cause injury or imbalance when a person leans back against them. To prevent causing injury or imbalance, the plumbing can be located behind walls or to the side of the toilet; or if approved by the local authority having jurisdiction, provide a toilet seat lid.

604.7 Dispensers. Toilet paper dispensers shall comply with 309.4 and shall be 7 inches (180 mm) minimum and 9 inches (230 mm) maximum in front of the water closet measured to the centerline of the dispenser. The outlet of the dispenser shall be 15 inches (380 mm) minimum and 48 inches (1220 mm) maximum above the finish floor and shall not be located behind grab bars. Dispensers shall not be of a type that controls delivery or that does not allow continuous paper flow.

Advisory 604.7 Dispensers. If toilet paper dispensers are installed above the side wall grab bar, the outlet of the toilet paper dispenser must be 48 inches (1220 mm) maximum above the finish floor

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“Tilted Tower” Charles GainesHighline, New York, New York

The artist Charles Gaines asked us to collaborate with him to produce an artwork for the Highline in New York City. “Tilted Tower” is a 45-foot aluminum obelisk with a column of chambers, tilted at an angle of 82 degrees leaning towards the United States Postal Service Morgan General Mail Facility building. Inside each chamber is a replica of a mailbox with a plaque dedicated to a discontinued New York-area newspaper. The work pays homage to the United States Postal Service and print journalism, two institutions that have historically bridged the space between democracy and capitalism.


Tilted Tower, Charles GainesHighline, New York, New York


The conceptual artist Charles Gaines asked us to collaborate on a large permanent installation in front of the Gateway Arch. The project is a 200 foot long and 10 foot wide wooden structure with thick mooring chains that rotate to simulate the current of the Mississippi River. Visitors would be able to enter the structure and watch the chains moving above them. If the Arch is a gateway to the expansion of the American frontier through a belief in Manifest Destiny and a celebration of Colonial empowerment, this installation shows that there was another side to this story, one of commerce, trade, and slavery.





Glenarm Gateway “a rose by any other name” in collaboration with Yunhee MinPasadena, California

The Glenarm Gateway project “a rose by any other name” marks the entry into Pasadena with a large and colorful artwork located at the center of a new public open space at the corner of the Arroyo Seco Parkway and Glenarm Street. The project pays homage to Pasadena’s rich cultural history and civic vision through its symbolic form and by creating a public open space. The sculptural form uses a rose, the iconic symbol for Pasadena, as inspiration, while the new open space addresses the city’s urban beautification efforts and enhancement of the public realm.


Glenarm Gateway “a rose by any other name” in collaboration with Yunhee MinPasadena, California


Music, primarily a medium of time, is usually played in a space, while architecture, primarily a medium of space, embodies time though the activities of its inhabitants. Goethe described this relationship as “Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.” Red Carpet in C, a collaboration with artist Yunhee Min, is conceived as performative architecture; a translation of music into three-dimensional architectural form. Constructed of fabric and paper tubes, its soft, undulating parabolic shape is set in visual relief against the classical proportions, meter, and time signature of the museum’s historic atrium.

Photographer: Peter Tolkin




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“Cartesian Gris Gris” Todd Gray David Lewis Gallery, New York

Peter Tolkin worked with artist Todd Gray to design a series of architectural elements for Todd’s exhibition Cartesian Gris-Gris on view at the David Lewis Gallery in New York. The elements support this photo-based exhibition addressing the heterotopic complexities of colonial and post-colonial space. Our architectural interventions consist of an “upside-down” curved wall and column covered in a translucent paper veil for Todd to draw on. The wall and column, two primary figures in the history of architecture, serve as a kind of Gris-Gris amulet hung within the white gallery space. The curved wall also loosely references the geometry of the entrance wall to Todd and sculptor Kyungmi Shin’s home in Ghana.

Courtesy of artist and David Lewis GalleryPhotographer: Phoebe d’Heurle


“Cartesian Gris Gris” Todd Gray David Lewis Gallery, New York

CONCEPTUAL FLOOR PLAN TOLO ARCHITECTURE1024 WILDE ST. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90021

toloarchitecture.comTEL 213 278 0678TODD GRAY EXHIBITION - DAVID LEWIS GALLERY NYC PROJ # 2-1811-270

SCALE 3/16”=1’-0”

PRECISE LOCATION FOR COLUMN AND WALL T.B.D.

DATE 03.01.19

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TOLO Architecture designed a second gallery space for Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects in downtown Los Angeles in collaboration with Anderson Studio. The new 11,000 square feet gallery will be located in an adaptive reuse of a former tire factory. The gallery will feature a large exhibition room, video room, reception area with conference room, breakroom, office, and storage area. TOLO’Ws design focused on maintaining the character of the old tire factory and inserting a series of floor-to-ceiling white walls to display the artwork. Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects represents a variety of Los Angeles-based artists including TOLO collaborator Yunhee Min (Red Carpet in C and Pasadena Gateway).

Courtesy of Vielmetter Los Angeles Artist: Arlene Shechet Photographer: Robert Wedemeyer

Vielmetter Los Angeles Los Angeles, California


Vielmetter Los AngelesLos Angeles, California

Courtesy of Vielmetter Los Angeles Artists: Pope L. and Andrea Bowers (Left) Mary Kelly and Wangechi Mutu (Right)Photographer: Robert Wedemeyer


A Pentecostal congregation asked us to accommodate three different functions within the singular volume of a World War II-era movie theater. Our design preserves the visibility of the clear-span Lamella roof structure, creating two shell form structures inside the existing volume used for children’s worship and education. Conceptually, the shell forms are related to the improvisational quality of Pentecostal traditions, which privilege “ecstatic” worship over iconographic representations. We designed the shells by digitizing our physical models and invented a notation system to produce construction documents.

Photographer: floto + warner






This bicycle storage system prototype, commissioned by the City of Pasadena, was designed to address the increasing number of bicycle commuters riding Metro’s Gold Line. The project is made from a series of interwoven bent steel pipe tubes that integrate the bike racks and their protective enclosure. Computer-controlled bending machines can efficiently produce the repetitive curves for a sturdy, lightweight, easily transportable, and cost-effective structure. Polycarbonate and photovoltaic panels are seamlessly integrated into the form to provide shelter, security, energy, and give it visual interest.

Awards: 2009 Award of Excellence, Design Concept Category, Los Angeles Business Council,2006 Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Pasadena / Foothill Chapter





“Taking the Reins” is a non-profit organization that helps adolescent at-risk girls develop self-esteem, teamwork, responsibility, and leadership skills by learning to ride and care for horses. The organization asked us to renovate an existing horse facility next to the Los Angeles River into an urban farm and educational complex. Following a series of design charrettes with the users, we developed the project to integrate horse stables, learning spaces, and a vegetable garden so that program participants would learn about animals, sustainable agriculture, environmental stewardship, and healthful eating.





The goal of this competition was to renovate and reconfigure a mid-century campus building to accept a series of workforce Education programs at Los Angeles Harbor College. Our design sought to clarify the relationship between old and new. We preserved most of the existing shell and inserted new glazing and light wells to mark the entrances to each Workforce Education department. We also added a new sun screen and an active photovoltaic system on the roof designed to exceed current energy requirements with the goal of obtaining a high-level LEED certification.



Documents

Peter Tolkin + Sarah Lorenzen Architecture Arts + Culturetoloarchitecture.com/pdfs/TOLO_Website_Arts-Culture.pdf · TOLO +1 213 278 0678 1024 Wilde Street Los Angeles California 90021