adjective / noun

architectonic

ar-kih-tek-TAH-nik/ˌɑːrkɪtekˈtɑːnɪk/

Concerned with organizing structural parts into a coherent whole.

The cutaway model reveals the building's architectonic unity through connected wings and repeated bays.

A carefully organized cutaway architectural model reveals a complex building as one coherent system: repeated structural bays, stacked floors, a central circulation core, and connected wings.

Etymology

archiGreekchief

+tectonGreekbuilder, carpenter

+icGreekpertaining to

The pieces describe what pertains to a master builder. From architectural design, the adjective extended to the systematic organization of knowledge, connecting the arrangement of a complex whole with the planning of a building.

In context

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art13:57

tapestry weaving is an architectonic art designs motifs and patterns must be built step by step or think of it as pixel by pixel

The Tapestries of Coptic Egypt: Lecture by Nancy Arthur Hoskins

More examples

The essay explores the architectonic of the philosophical system.
Strong architectonic principles connect the building's separate wings.
Her argument has an architectonic unity despite its many sections.

Similar words

structural: Relates to arrangement without necessarily emphasizing a coherent whole.
systematic: Follows an organized method rather than specifically structural relationships.