# Ad-Hoc Design

> Designing by improvisation with no deliberate structure or review, so the architecture accretes inconsistently.

Record: `lexicon:ad-hoc-design`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-ad-hoc-design

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Verbosity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/verbosity.md) and before [Ad-Hoc Pattern Mixing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ad-hoc-pattern-mixing.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Negated by

- [Design Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/design-review.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)