Christopher Alexander has a whole lifetime work on this subject. While “order” and “variety” are something that humans crave, that is something that can natura

Christopher Alexander has a whole lifetime work on this subject. While “order” and “variety” are something that humans crave, that is something that can naturally come about because of “generative codes”. That the design process unfolds, with participation by inhabitants. Centers are identified, and design take all of that account. You end up with something that has both, universal invariants, while also uniquely in relation to everything around it and the people living within it.