Underground Architecture

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Underground space development is one possible way to help solve urban problems such as congestion, lack of open space, and an aging infrastructure. What is sometimes referred to as underground architecture may in reality be earth-sheltered, earth-beamed, or earth-covered, rather than below the natural ground surface. Terms used to describe structures constructed in underground spaces include semi subterranean, subterranean, geotectural, lithotectural (i.e., mined rock-enclosed space), petratectural (i.e., covered with rock), psammotectural (i.e., covered with sand), argillatectural (i.e., covered with clay), and terratectural (i.e., earth-covered architecture, in which a building is constructed within an excavation, waterproofed and then back filled and earth-covered).