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Faith Chapel Christian Center

Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this Monolithic Dome mega church was built in 2000.

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Largest

With its diameter of 280 feet, FCCC is the largest Monolithic Dome built to date.

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A complex of 5 Monolithic Domes

Each dome houses a specific group or activity.

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Architect's Model

The 5 domes include a children’s play area, adult bistro, youth disco, gym and bowling alley.

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Worship Center

After completing a $15 million, Monolithic Dome worship center in 2000, FCCC decided to add 6 more domes in phases.

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Sanctuary

It has a seating capacity for approximately 3,000.

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Huge interior

This dome encloses 61,575 square feet.

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Monoform Primer

Using climbing harnesses and soft-soled shoes, a crew sprayed Monoform Primer over the Airform.

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More coating

The Airform was also treated with two applications of a high tensile acrylic base coat.

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Surface area

Faith Chapel’s dome has a surface area of approximately two acres or 86,000 square feet.

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Specials

UCSC custom mixed special primers and paint for coating the Airform.

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After the coatings

With coating completed, the crew marked areas where stripes would be placed.

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Stripes

The crew used rollers to paint the stripes.

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Let it Shine!

The special paint makes the dome shine.

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Entrance

It opens onto a huge facility of Monolithic Domes.

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Breathtaking

This amazing FCCC worship center was designed by Rick Crandall.

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Inflating the Airform

A crew from Dome Technology of Idaho Falls, Idaho inflated the Airform and constructed the dome shell.

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Cluster

This sketch shows a landscaped cluster of domes and parking area.

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Plans

They included FCCC expansion.

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