Close the Gap,an international design competition sponsored by Transportation Alternatives and d3, invites architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, and students worldwide to broaden the dialogue of alternative solutions for sustainable urban living. The competition focuses on the Midtown sector of New York City’s East River Greenway--a critical missing link in Manhattan’s alternative transportation infrastructure.

Top concepts, designs, and images will be selected as finalists by a diverse jury of distinguished academics and professionals.  Winning and top projects will be publicized in a broad media campaign in Fall 2011. An exhibition of competition winners will be shown at the Center for Architecture in NYC, Center Gallery at Fordham University, as well as other venues.  A permanent gallery of all projects submitted to the competition will be published on-line.  A print publication of winning and top design proposals is anticipated.

  competition categories
· First Prize   $3000 cash prize
· Second Prize   $2000 cash prize
· Third Prize   $1000 cash prize
· Special Mention Categories

Registration deadline: September 1, 2011
Submission deadline: September 15, 2011