Traffic Life : Passionate Tales and Exit Strategies
Edited by Stephan Wehner
An Anthology
 
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64 Portland's Memorial Lifehouse ban growth boundary against sprawl, for example. In this case of this shrine, the word 'livability' takes a double mean- ing and urgency. Chiefly, the 'Memorial Lifehouse' is an eight-foot column that looks a bit like a lighthouse, as the name suggests. The lower half of the column consists of masonry; the upper half
  
Peter Gelman 65 is 'cob' (a building material made of earth, sand and straw). Stained-glass bike wheel-windows at top glow at night un- der a peaked 'green roof'-a roof on which plants grow. Next to the column there is a seat with a mosaic, includ- ing bicycle parts and other artifacts. On the seat's other side, a small concrete column mounts a bicycle fork that holds a solar panel. The panel powers the lantern through a battery in the main tower. In the back, an in- flated tricycle wheel helps seal the main- tenance hatch. The site also includes an explanatory sign on a painted bike wheel frame. The natural build- ers met in May, 2002, to foster ex- citement about envi- ronmental building techniques, especial- ly cob. Volunteers built at five public sites, one of which was the Lifehouse. To support the envi- ronmental construc- tion, Portland's Of- fice of Sustainable Development donated ,000. The Bicycle Transportation As- sociation helped or- ganize volunteers for the memorial project. A natural build- ing teacher from

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