The purpose of this study is to examine Kahn;;s concept of ;;Incompleteness;; in children;;s play spaces by analyzing ;;Levy Memorial Playground;;, designed by Isamu Noguchi and Louis I. Kahn in NYC, 1961-66. Although the playground was never conceived, the design itself was peculiar for its aim to accommodate and contain in one space all the different purposes that the individuals seek for. By adding the unpredictable character of children to the structural space, the need of availability became obvious, since for Kahn, rather than the original purpose of the space, searching for new ways of usage was more interesting. His architectural structures give individuals the choice. The extension of the selective territoriality that is offered through Kahn;; designs, is the notion of availability.The Levy Memorial Playground is open to the vast range of users. Moreover, the composing elements were scattered in a way to organize void, and help the children play, interact, and move to the next play element without any boundaries. This fluidity of connectivity in-between the play elements and the site itself makes possible much more varied activities. The Play in Levy Playground is not pre-determined and planned in advance, it is created in the instant, spontaneously, and gives rise to a constant voluntary expression of freedom. Kahn defined this as the concept of Incompleteness. The individual;;s flexible character is at the basis of the concept of Incompleteness, demonstrated in Kahn;;s Levy Playground, and it can be extended to the contemporary society. Therefore, the program that the contemporary architect designs, is complex, interdependent and open. The operative landscape allows the architect;;s program to be realized, and thus, the infra-structures built within the site become part of the whole landscape.
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(A) Study on the 'incompleteness' of Louis I. Kahn's 'Levy memorial playground'
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