Flex-shell columns are more damage resistant to ground movement and, if they are thoughtfully integrated into the undisturbed, non-level natural terrain and ecosystems, they provide other practical advantages like comfortable living spaces, paths, and various types of gardens.
If the columns are integrated with the natural terrain and retaining walls and garden terracing are present versus only using the traditional gauge-berm foundation method of creating an artificial flat area to build on top of (which triggers instability and rapid erosion that leads to progressive damage to the foundation and the surrounding ecology and soils both upstream and downstream from the disruption), the natural ecosystem will be favored because it ensures that fewer materials are used, the land is less disrupted, and the ecosystem isn’t forced out of balance.