Organizing Principles
This is a field of organizing principles emerging from material systems, ecological flows, and architectural practice. Each term is a starting point—a lens through which we structure, filter, and interpret both design and environment.
Membranes
Structure = Energy
Material Legibility
Scaling & Modularity
Boundaries & Thresholds
Flows
Filtering
Storage
Entropy & Order
Phase Change
Feedback Loops
Loose Coupling
Redundancy & Resilience
Temporal Logic
Atmosphere
Edge Conditions
Concentration & Diffusion
Adaptation & Emergence
First Principles Thinking
Systems Thinking