Mines and Bunkers

I also looked at various mines ranging from tin, diamond and slate mines and quarries.. It was interesting to see the sheer scale of these mines and the way that machinery as well as humans have literally shaped the surrounding area to obtain the natural resources in question. By defining what sort of substance our mine was used for we could then agree on a style that would  emulate what time period the scene was set. Different mines look the way they are because of the resource that is gathered. A diamond mine usually takes the form of a vast crater where millions of tones of rock and earth have been carved out to give a tiered effect where machinery and vehicles can continue the mining process. Slate mines look vastly different because of where the slate is found. Slate is found in mountainous regions and are usually very dangerous because they are situated underground. The mines themselves go deep into the mountain where miners locate the slate seems.

By looking at different mines around the world I could then take elements from them and amalgamate them with the other reference material i gathered to create something that was original but based on present day technology and architecture. Many of the mines had huge impacts on the immediate surroundings. This was something to consider when we designed and modeled our mine and whether the mine itseld had an impact on the surrounding environment.