The Future: The solve-it-all misconception of Innovations and Traditions The best way to predict the future is to design it. This is a statement from the modernist architect, Buckminster Fuller. He is a successful planner in the context of addin de!nition and at the same time, rede!nin the essence of architecture, "oth in shapin man and the societ# throuh form-linked solutions thatinnovate his approach in desinin spaces. Form-linked solutions are "asicall# innovative and form-"ased ideas that aims to solve pro"lems and issues that arises in the modern context. The concept of such solutions emplo#s chane on the structure of the solution itself in order to provide a ne$ perspective in addressin ne$ pro"lems. %everal theories and propositions have "een developed in order to de!ne and scrutini&e the concept of innovation and its implications to$ards fosterin communal and societal sta"ilit#. Ho$ever several aruments are critical enouh to produce ontoloical statements that sharpl# in'uences the perception of innovation in the "uilt environment. (n the other hand, the role of tradition is inarua"l# a critical determinant in indicatin the approach of the solution in the context of the sensitivit# and preservin the culture and genus loci of the place. It isa consideration especiall# on innovation reardin industriali&ation, $here tradition $ill al$a#s "e a)ected. The relationship "et$een tradition and innovation are vital components that $ill determine the structure of the future. Thomas *uhn and +eore *u"ler, amon other philosophers and theorist, have made an impact in thisprospect. The# have set the pioneerin de!nition of $hat it takes for an innovation to happen. But reardless of their credi"ilit#, does tradition and innovation reall# ives "irth of a sustaina"le future or it,s -ust a fallacious misconception in order to make an excusa"le account to create somethin ne$ and prove the desiner,s pro!cienc# in his !eld of expertise. /oes innovation induce sensitivit# to the tradition. Is the future reall# de!ned "# these t$o components. Thomas *uhn, a philosopher durin the modern period, has made a controvers# in his "ook, The Structure of Scientifc Revolution. He claims that innovations are produced throuh the anomalies that lies on the present paradim. If $e,ll follo$ the postulate of imperfections of ever# solution and its ina"ilit# to provide all the ans$ers, $e can sa# that innovations $ill al$a#s "e perpetual and inde!nite in its phase, thus helpin to solve existin pro"lems and at the same time,produce ne$ pro"lems. In *uhn,s point of vie$, the main misconception that planners and scientist comes into, is the total reliance on theories and not cruciall# lookin on its oriins and failure to develop concrete analoies. This intellectual dependence leads to vaue innovations and produces more con'icts. Form-linked solutions out of dependence on theories $ill never "e sensi"le enouh to e0cientl# solve the present issues. If $e need to o "ack to our oriins, then $e can have an assumption on the concept of tradition as our prime source of innovation. Tradition is the concept of oriinalit# and peculiarit# of a certain communit# that sets it apart from other communities. It is often characteri&ed "# a distinct culture and it is shaped "# the situations that the communit# ets involved over time. If these traditions $ill "ethe "asis of our model, there is a reater pro"a"ilit# that innovations and form-linked solutions $ould have its more tani"le source of credi"ilit#. 1oreover, iven the di)erent ph#sical site and conditional di)erences, these traditions $ould also have certain circumstances 2durin those times3 that speci!call# shaped the frame$ork of the tradition itself. If $e $ould never "e certain of those circumstances, then $e $ill never have a perfect analo# to develop thus, $e $ill never have the most concrete solutions to ever# pro"lems. If this concept holds trueto ever#thin, then innovations and con'icts $ill "e perpetual and the future will never become the future that we might expect.(ne example is the present situation of Intramuros.4entur#-old $alls ma# not have dilapidated due to preservation "# the administration "ut it doesn,t help to the prevalence of ur"an spra$l inside the historic district. The innovation that has "een done toda# is the renovation and retro!ttin of the neo-hispanic "uildins inside intramuros. (n the other hand, this priorit# has left the administration to inore the ur"an residential context and the historic interit# of intramuros. Bein sensi"le to tradition does not totall# incorporate a sensi"le solution. The district,s situation onl# concerns the tani"le and concrete exemplars "# $hich the vie$ers and users "ene!ts, usin the plasters and other architectural skins to develop a fraud frontae to make historic district, historic. Furthermore, another concept have in'uenced on our perception on innovation. The concept of *u"leron innovation lies on its d#namic model of chane and modi!cation of form. He interprets that innovation is due to chane in pattern, thus producin a ne$ one. This is developed throuh drift, noise, and5or interference. In *u"ler,s point of vie$ , modif#in somethin $ill eventuall# chane it,s structural con!uration thouh it doesn,t remove the fact that the oriin,s core is still there. This proposition $as opposed "# 6o#ce Brodsk#, $ho states that innovation is the radual revealin as sta#in close in revealin the real pattern , and not necessaril# creatin a ne$ pattern , $hich displaces the old. (ver time, she developed a concept $hich opposed *u"ler,s point of vie$. %he translated *u"ler,s opinion into the idea of continuit# and discontinuit#. For Brodsk#, continuit# and discontinuit# are natural phenomena that occur in the "uilt and natural environment. 7ver# pro"lem triers the need for a ne$ solution that in the lon run , $ill produce future con'icts. In this loical sense, the concept of chained reaction produces societal insta"ilit#. (ne example on this concept is "est illustrated on the consecutive patterns on 1arcosian Brutalism architectural st#le and the 8ernacular Filipino concept "# other architects such as 1anosa. /urin the 9:;