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PRIVATE PROJECT SITES
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Public Project Sites
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SE 21st Avenue & Tibbetts Street
Crossroads Gateway
Natural Building Teacher: Becky Bee, Groundworks
Site Coordinator: Joshua Klyber, joshuaism@yahoo.com
Located at People's Food Co-op, this cob and stone gateway will welcome
visitors to the store's new public courtyard and weekly farmers' market. The
gateway consists of twin cob pillars sheltered by a roof of bamboo and
canvas. Beside each pillar is a cob bench. A walkway will lead from the
gateway to the store's new entrance. Currently under construction, the
enlarged People's Co-Op will incorporate many green technologies and
materials, including two ground level walls made entirely of cob!
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SE 22nd Avenue & Division Street
Seven Corners Community Information Station
Natural Building Teacher: Joe Kennedy, Builders Without Borders
Site Coordinator: Pedro Ferbel, pferbel@yahoo.com
This cob and stone kiosk is located outside of the Red and Black Cafe, and
provides a place for neighbors to post information about community events
and news. The cabinet includes reused wood and a salvaged door, and is
topped with a living roof of sedum. A colorful sunflower mosaic facing the
street relates to the existing mural on the side of the cafe. A small
photovoltaic panel on the south-facing roof slope will provide power for
evening lighting inside the kiosk.
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SE 33rd Avenue & Yamhill Street
Sunnyside Piazza, Phase II
Natural Building Teacher: Robert Bolman, President, Northwest EcoBuilding Guild - Eugene Chapter
Site Coordinator: Mark Lakeman, moontrout@cityrepair.org
A cob wall and information kiosk continues an intersection improvement
process that began with a giant sunflower painted by neighbors on the street
surface. An existing concrete retaining wall has been transformed into a
beautiful artwork of reddish brown cob with sculpted reliefs and a fantastic
mosaic. A solar-powered fountain at the corner of the wall recycles and
filter rainwater harvested from the existing house's roof. The water
then dissipates into bioswales containing native plantings. The cob and stone
kiosk has become a place for neighbors to post community-oriented news and
events inside a cabinet made of reused wood. The kiosk contains many
beautiful details, is lit at night from a solar-powered battery, and is topped with a living roof of sedum. (See the Sunnyside Piazza images page for photos).
Special thanks to Tom Ullmann for providing the solar panels and supervising their installation!
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SE 35th Avenue & Main Street
Southeast Uplift Information Station
Natural Building Teacher: Elke Cole, Cobworks
Site Coordinator: Diane Back, chickimonki@yahoo.com
A fanciful cob kiosk and two curved benches frame a new welcoming plaza in
front of the offices of Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program. The
information station provides neighbors, staff, and community members an
outdoor place to relax, meet, and talk under the arms of a giant tree. The
kiosk includes a green roof, inlaid bricks and stones, and a cabinet of
reused materials. The sculptural kiosk and benches are finished with cob
plasters in a range of natural pigments. A foundation of reused concrete
supports the structures, and the new stone paving is permeable to allow
rainwater to soak into the soil.
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SE 37th Avenue & Taylor Street
Memorial Lifehouse
Natural Building Teacher: Joe Kennedy, Builders Without Borders
Site Coordinator: Pedro Ferbel, pferbel@yahoo.com
This sculptural cob memorial has become a contemplative space dedicated to
the memory of a bicyclist who lost his life at this intersection four years
ago. A cob column with niches for flowers and other sentimental objects
includes artwork made from recycled materials and bicycle parts, and is
topped by a living roof. In the evenings, three fused-glass windows made of
tricycle wheels filter the glow of a solar powered light. A stone LoveSeat
covered with a mosaic of salvaged glass provides a resting place for
passersby. This project is part of an ongoing effort by many neighbors to
promote pedestrian and bicycle safety.
Special thanks to Tom Ullmann for providing the solar panels and supervising their installation!
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Private Project Sites
SE 20th Avenue & Woodward Street (vicinity)
Strawbale Studio
Natural Building Teacher: David Eisenberg
This 120sf structure will be a prototype for resource-efficiency and healthy
indoor air quality in construction. The project will be built at a cost
below $300, and will use entirely natural, recycled, or salvaged materials.
Walls will be finished with earthen plasters, and the studio will be topped
with an ecoroof and oculus skylight.
SE 26th Avenue & Powell Blvd (vicinity)
Pole Barn
Natural Building Teacher: Greg Marchese
This workshop will demonstrate traditional pole construction and joinery. The 120sf barn will be built of sustainably harvested wood, as well as recycled and reused wall and roof materials.
SE 38th Avenue & Yamhill Street (vicinity)
Cob Sauna
Natural Building Teacher: Amber Wiggett
This 120sf sauna will be a double wall construction with cob exterior walls,
and interior walls and benches made of salvaged wood. An exterior cob
seating and changing area will also be built. The sauna will be built on a
reused garage foundation, and will be topped with an ecoroof.
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For more information about the private workshop sites and structures,
including a cob sauna, a strawbale studio, and a bamboo shelter, please
e-mail naturalbuilders@yahoo.com or check back at this website for updates.
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