EARTHSEED DOME
EARTHSEED DOME
Transamerica Redwood Park
600 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA
Atelio is honored to have supported botanical artist Lily Kwong’s vision for EARTHSEED DOME, a transformative 3D-printed living soil installation now complete and on view at Transamerica Redwood Park in San Francisco.
Fabricated on-site at the Transamerica Pyramid, the project invited the public to engage with the process as it unfolded, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes look at an innovative construction method in real time. Merging ancestral building practices with emerging technology, EARTHSEED DOME functions both as a public artwork and as a seed-dispersal hub, designed to support the restoration of urban ecology.
This project represents one of the first large-scale applications of this material and fabrication process in the United States, utilizing WASP 3D’s pioneering printing technology. Atelio worked closely with WASP, whose team contributed extensive expertise and oversight throughout the printing of each individual block that composes the structure.
In collaboration with Landworks Studio, the landscape architecture practice from which Atelio was founded, the team provided 3D modeling and coordination support to translate the artist’s vision into a built form. The project was made possible through the collective effort of many contributors, including the Atelio team, Andrea Varutti, Colleen Beckett, David Shimmel, Rita Shimmel, and Adrienne Allard, dedicated collaborators, and a network of local volunteers who supported on-site fabrication.
EARTHSEED DOME stands as a testament to the possibilities of interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together art, technology, and ecology, and reflects the complexity, innovation, and shared effort required to realize such an ambitious and experimental work.
Artist: Lily Kwong
Location: Transamerica Redwood Park, San Francisco, California
Fabrication: Atelio + WASP 3D
Collaborator: Landworks Studio
Date & Time: Sat, Jan 17, 2026 - Sun, Jan 25, 2026 11am - 5pm
Press & Coverage
Flaunt - Lily Kwong | To Take Root Among the Stars | April 2026
Autre - A Living Spiral of Becoming: An Interview of Lily Kwong | March 9, 2026
San Francisco Chronicle — This S.F. museum is leaving its downtown home for new 'nomadic model' | October 28, 2025
ICA San Francisco - EARTHSEED DOME | October 28, 2025
The Architect's Newspaper - After exiting its downtown home, the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco will function as a roving institution | October 29, 2025