Case Study Failures of Buildings Constructed in the Geological Environment of Tuffs

Abstract Objective of case studies is to demonstrate the specific character of the buildings, which are not built by using traditional construction materials. They are excavated into the geological environment as the caverns. These specific structures have a specific building construction, but they also tend to be violated by any other way than in conventional constructions. We use the geological environment in its initial in-situ form, which we are not changing. Into this environment, we are creating cavities. They usually have the same morphology as conventional buildings. Violations of these buildings have its specificity. Geological processes that led to the creation of the environment for future construction, this environment, subsequently violates. This is a tectonic process, gravity, earthquake and erosion. The case study was carried out on the church Karanlik in the region of Cappadocia in Turkey. One part of the church is fully maintained with original paintings. The second part of the church was completely destroyed. At the same time there is seen a gradual violation of the church in its preserved parts.