The one-room dome / Colophon
A home to explore.
The One-Room Dome is a personal design exploration by Christopher Smothers: one private, adaptable space for sleeping, eating, working, bathing, moving, and spending time together.
The idea connects floor living, a more varied movement life, and living landscapes. A home can invite different ways of using your body while offering support, privacy, and rest. These are design intentions, not promises of medical benefit.
The current study
The primary story follows ten visual concepts developed in October 2026: timber and mineral shells, open bathing beside a private toilet, a floor that holds services and thermal mass, adaptable attachments, and a garden connected to shared spaces.
These images are independent variations. They are not coordinated views of one measured model, photographs of a finished home, or construction instructions. The recurring geodesic shell explores the project’s 5/8-sphere idea; exact geometry, dimensions, and assemblies remain to be developed. Hardware, floor systems, and the adjustable desk need further design and testing.
Where the images come from
The ten human habitat studies were generated with OpenAI’s built-in image generation tool from the project brief. The selected cutaway was revised to correct oversized rings and add a soft gathering area with a rug, pelts, cushions, throws, and a low table. The complete prompts, source provenance, and checksums live with the source assets.
The earlier concept art and fifteen films were made with Grok Imagine. The original Blender renders and design files are Christopher’s modeling studies. Both collections now live in the exploration archive, alongside the previous field guide and research.
The mineral-shell direction is directly inspired by Geoship’s work on bioceramic geodesic domes. That combination of ceramic materials and geodesic structure is an idea this exploration is especially drawn to. The images are independent concepts, not Geoship product renderings or an endorsement by Geoship.
The practical questions
The floor, envelope, ventilation, and water details have to work together. The homepage links to primary references where these ideas are explained. Manufacturer sources describe their own systems; the images do not establish product performance, cost, certification, or structural capacity.
The earlier construction comparisons and before-building guide remain available for deeper reading. Their research was reviewed on October 10, 2026; commercial offerings and links can change.
Credits and reuse
Media and prose are shared under Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0, as described in LICENSE-CONTENT. The website’s code is licensed under MIT, as described in LICENSE.
Built with Astro, responsive AVIF/WebP images, self-hosted DM Sans and Bricolage Grotesque, and a system serif. The room, day, and material selectors run locally in your browser without accounts or saved preferences. Their stories remain readable without JavaScript.
Explore the source on GitHub or find Chris’s other experiments.