This paper establishes the foundational distinction between coherent and incoherent system behavior. It identifies the structural markers that differentiate alignment from drift and outlines the conditions under which coherence can be recognized and preserved.
Drift Mechanics analyzes how drift emerges, propagates, and destabilizes systems. It maps the forces that erode structural integrity and describes the thresholds that determine whether a system stabilizes, collapses, or recovers.
Field Compatibility examines how systems interact across fields, identifying the conditions under which compatibility, interference, or collapse occurs. It formalizes the dynamics that govern cross‑field coherence at the architectural layer.
Coherence‑preserving environments are structural configurations that maintain architectural invariants without compensatory effort. They are mechanical conditions under which architecture can operate directly, without distortion or drift. This paper formalizes the environmental invariants, load responses, failure modes, and stability dynamics that determine whether coherence can be sustained under motion.
Architectural invariants are the structural properties that remain stable across motion, pressure, and interaction. They are intrinsic conditions that preserve coherence regardless of environment or field. This paper formalizes the invariant properties that stabilize coherence across systems and completes the foundational sequence of Coherence Field Theory.