The Chromadome

I’m a singer. After my healing journey began, I spontaneously learned to sing with overtones. If you (likely) don’t know what that is, check out this video. The overtones became a central part of my healing, and I wanted to create a community space where my friends and I could come together in nature to find our voices, which for me was so crucial in learning to heal myself. I wanted a space where we could lift our voices together in improvisational singing and drumming, with fire and moonlight. With each ceremony we welcome the nature beings to join and show us their wisdom and our forgotten ways.

Chromadome glass spiral

I wanted sunlight streaming through beautiful colored glass in the dome and settled on this spiral pattern. The Fibonacci sequence in the form of the golden ratio appears throughout nature and was the inspiration for this spiral

Primitive yet futuristic

I wanted the Chromadome to feel very primitive and natural and yet futuristic. The freestanding dome shape, as well as the material were necessary to create the best acoustics for the space.

Better than I could have imagined

The outcome was better than I could have ever imagined. My community gathers here regularly to connect with ourselves, with each other, and with nature in song.

Enter the portal

I wanted a playful, primitive look for the dome that incorporated natural elements found locally. My son found this perfect deer skull completely intact, along with these stick “antlers.”

Color splash

The glass creates these beautiful color splashes on the walls when the sun shines through. If you look closely, you can see the whimsical faces of light beings in them.

Vines gathering

Gathering vine bark for the entry

Scale model

I created a scale model to try and understand how to place the glass. In the end, the spiral was the sacred choice.

Airform

The dome was constructed using a 20’ diameter airform, onto which wet concrete was placed.

Coming together

Rebar was added in between layers to reinforce the concrete.