The Original Loop — Volume 5: Meta‑Architecture

Volume Five of The Original Loop series establishes the Meta‑Architecture Layer — the point where systems no longer merely maintain identity and architecture, but transform them. Building on the Architecture Layer of Volume Four, this volume introduces four major evolutionary constructs: • The Identity Transformer — how systems change their core contradictions • The Meta‑Regime Engine — how systems transition between architectures • The Evolution Lattice — how architectures accumulate across generations • The Adaptive Field — how systems reshape their environment to stabilise new identities Together, these constructs form the Unified Meta‑Architecture Framework and the Evolution Engine: a complete evolutionary system capable of transforming identity, dissolving and reforming architectures, branching lineages, and reshaping environmental conditions. Volume Five marks the transition from system architecture to evolutionary architecture, preparing the ground for ecosystem‑scale evolution in Volume Six.