In recent months, I have had the pleasure of attending mass at a church in Lubbock, TX called St. John Neumann's Catholic Church. One prominent belief in the Catholic religion is the resurrection of Jesus Christ, three days after his crucifixion. This church's architecture resembles this core belief by being partially built underground and displaying a large chapel which seems to "resurrect" or rise out of the ground, resembling Jesus Christ's resurrection.
There are many benefits and reasons for designing buildings halfway underground, including energy savings due to the Earth's natural temperature controlling the space underground. By being partially or completely underground a space can help to protect inhabitants from numerous natural disasters. Although both of these reasons were probably taken into consideration when the design of the church was drawn up, as well as site and local building regulations, I believe that the connection between the scripture and the faith of the religion the church would be serving, was the most important consideration of all, to the client.
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