Initial Ideas and Brainstorm

I knew that I wanted to create an Environment/ environmental asset but didn't have any idea of what the 'why?' could be behind it other than making it look nice. So struggling with an Idea I had a brainstorm and came up with this list (originally scribbled down in my notebook). I had a column for what the environment would be, and a column of what that represents, it 'why?'.
       Environment     /      Why?

• Pillow Land / Safety & comfort
• Deserted, Derelict room / Isolation
• Dr Seuss style/ Fun, happy, childhood
• Dark fantasy woods/ Lost (magical danger of the path)
• Haunted House/ Never alone
• Micro-world/ Educational and great views
• Carnival/ fun happy (dark undertones)
• Dream world/ Lucidity, lack of control, insanity
• An Old temple/ Gods long forgotten
• Lost treasure/ the spirit of adventure
• Nightmare world/ world of fears and phobias
• Mars/ Future possibilites 

After this brainstorm I started to look into the idea of an occult based environment, because I really enjoy the imagery and stories of occult eg witches and secret societies. Abandoned place have always interested me and I to make my own would of been really interesting. I started to look at abandoned churches and religious sites thinking that the way for my environment could be to do with the deterioration of religion/ faith or sacrilege and how one religion would vandalise an others sacred grounds.

This and the bottom picture is the kind of dilapidated abandoned places i wanted to do, with peeling wallpaper, molde, stains and dust everywhere. 

This is just something I found whilst thinking of doing a piece in which the environments why would be to do with sacrilege. Thought that this was some pretty scary vandalism. 

This is an abandoned asylum perfect environment for a horror scene.