# Architecture Foundation

> The degree to which a system rests on a sound, deliberately designed architectural base rather than accreted structure.

Record: `lexicon:architecture-foundation`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-architecture-foundation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Architecture Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/architecture-drift.md) and before [Architecture Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/architecture-rules.md).

## Category

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

## Reinforced by

- [Greenfield Development](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/greenfield-development.md)

## Linked from

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