The New York Gateway National Park Design Competition was an invitation to develop a 21^st century landscape for New York's Lower Bay. Urban Progress Studio led a team of Dutch designers and enironmentalists. Its proposal invites New York to lead the way in urban ecology. The design for the Lower Bay transforms the area into an ecologically diverse area that helps to reduce the carbon footprint of the city and protects it against storm surges. The proposal delivers a recreational environment of unprecedented quality to the people of New York.

The plan comprises of a delta landscape that provides a superb haven for recreational uses and an ecological refuge for plants and migratory birds. The scheme generates energy through wind turbines, solar power, coastal wave energy, osmosis and other resources. The level of accessibility determines the type of energy production, ecological function and level of recreation. The Floyd Bennet Airfield -one of the key sites of the area- becomes a park for new concepts in energy and ecology in the proposal. The experiments are headed by a proposed World Center for Urban Ecology. A hydrogen powered water transportation network provides access to the outer islands. The competition attracted over 350 entries.