Aesthetics of buried steel structures present and future

A well-designed object is characterized by three basic features: durability, utility and beauty (firmitas, utilitas and venustas, Vitruvius, I c. BC). Why designning beautiful objects is not easy? Aesthetics is the science of sensory perception, sensuous cognition of reality. Its assessment depends on the aesthetic perception of the recipient, because for each of us beauty means something else. Therefore, aesthetics of engineering structures are associated with feelings of higher order, and their assessment depends on the individual sensitivity of the recipient, that is why, it is an entirely subjective category. What kind of responsibility does the designing entail? Structures create spaces in which we live, they affect our well-being in a particular place. These objects are often treated as landmarks when traveling, they are recognizable. Thus, their construction is an art to which we should pay particular attention, because they become permanent elements of our environment and impact it throughout many years of use. The feeling of aesthetic remains in our memory the longest.