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'Drafts' need to be assessed by standing inside the closed coop on a really windy day. Winter ventilation should be up as high as you can get it. Lots of top hinged windows give flexibility, open in summer, closed in winter. You can always dampen airflow of vents with baffles if drafts are too...

If your run is covered, I wish mine was. no reason to need shelter space under the coop. I don't think being on the ground would have much effect on the coop temps, with adequate ventilation temp and humidity inside the coop will be about the same as outside the coop. If coop is on the ground...

Biggest advantage for me here is shelter from weather(rain/snow/sun) and a dry place to dust bathe in the winter. My shed was already in place and raised when I built the coop inside part of it, I did limit how far they could go underneath there in case I had to get under there. But my run is...