The Domes
A sensory journey through the wild imagination of Earth.
Overview
A dazzling, immersive indoor pavilions where interactive art, ecology, and wonder collide. The Domes draws inspiration from immersive experiences like Hopscotch Portland, reimagined through a deep ecological lens.
Housed in a partially subterranean structures topped with a living roof, the domes maintains a dark, climate-controlled interior ideal for projection-based exhibits—while blending beautifully into the surrounding gardens.
This is a space where kids and adults alike can co-create, explore, and lose themselves in rotating worlds of light, sound, movement, and nature-based imagination. The WonderSphere invites joyful engagement with environmental themes through awe, play, and art.
Why This Matters
The Domes provides an inclusive, weatherproof anchor space for the EcoPark—where children and families of all backgrounds can experience the joy of environmental storytelling and creativity. It sparks curiosity and climate consciousness through immersive, artful experiences that evolve with the seasons and engage all the senses.
What You’ll Experience
Cloud Dive Ball Pit & Sky Canvas: A soft, floating "cloud" ball pit under animated ceiling projections of weather, birds, and shifting skies. Interactive walls respond to touch—changing from sunny to stormy to starry in real time
Eco Dreamscapes: Rotating projection-mapped rooms bring coral reefs, redwood forests, and mycelial networks to life with light, sound, and interactive storytelling.
Glow Garden & Forest of Light: A bioluminescent walk-through garden and glowing LED tree grove respond to visitor movement with bursts of color, insect sounds, and mycelium-inspired patterns.
The Breathing Wall: A touch-responsive mural that visualizes ecological processes—cloud formation, plant growth, animal migrations—shifting with each visitor’s interaction.
Infinity Mirror Climate Room: Immersive visual storytelling blending endangered ecosystems with restoration efforts, evoking reflection and personal action.
Rotating Artist Residencies: Regional and global artists collaborate with educators and scientists to co-create new installations rooted in ecological knowledge, wonder, and play.
Be part of reimagining how SF cares for the wild.
Support the transformation of the San Francisco Zoo into a living EcoPark — a place rooted in care, creativity, and coexistence.
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