The design concept of the Atrium Habitat derives from Marshal Savage’s notion of the small lunar dome habitat as well as examples of domed buildings in antiquity that employed the dome as a means of expanding the perceived dimensionality of space. In the original TMP, Savage described a lunar ‘homestead’ in the form of a small water shield dome set over a crater whose rim would be excavated into compartments and terraces housing the primary dwellings while the center would be made into a large garden –a prototype of the vast crater domes he envisioned as primary colonies. This parallels the organization of ancient domed temples that employed domes as a kind of false sky creating the impression of a different sacred space or microcosm. Lofting the the dome above the edge of perimeter colonn