A mine has a long life. From resource removal to rehabilitation,
the life cycle of a mine lasts for decades, even centuries.
This series of laboratory buildings grows along with a mine
over several periods of time. The ensemble grows down the
former haul road, beginning at a topsoil mound above the
mine and adding new volumes in the decades following the
mine’s closure.

These volumes, directed inward toward the minescape, systematically
frame the colors and surfaces of bare earth as
they transition to verdant hillside.