StructurePreservingTransformations

ChristopherAlexander says growing by structure preserving transformations is what produces OrganicArchitecture with TheQualityWithoutAName : http://www.patternlanguage.com/archive/ieee/ieeetext.htm

ChristopherAlexander making a plea for organic transformations pretty much ties patterns, OrganicArchitecture, and incremental development. (As does HowBuildingsLearn)

• and see http://martinfowler.com/books.html#r2p

Compare :

• ReFactoring / PracticeChange
  • in fact see how this fits with the whole ExtremeProgramming thing too. I wonder how explicitly that community / culture was influenced by this appeal (JimCoplien a key connection here?)
• ProgramTransformation
• LSystems
• HowBuildingsLearn
• BootStrapping
• FlowSystem