Superstructures

I am reading and listening to the remarkable course Understanding Superstuctures from the University of Liverpool on FutureLearn. The following description from the course made me reflect on one aspect of computational biology that strongly attracts me - the possibility to write (sometimes) code that meets the criteria for a superstructure and exibits "durability, utility, and beauty".

The primary requirement of a structure is that it should support the other components of a system and so we are focussing on structural integrity, which means making sure a structure has the appropriate stiffness and strength. We have said that if it meets this primary requirement and is also aesthetic, cheap with a tiny ecological footprint and fits beautifully into its cultural and social context then it is a ‘super’ structure. In other words, it must have durability, utility and beauty.