Increasingly, large‐scale buildings isolate surrounding neighborhoods from Broward County’s coast. An iconic gateway could reconnect the community to the water. DeckChair Gateway will rise up 14 Ft, offering a shaded passageway to the beach and a landmark for Broward’s shoreline. The form of a vintage deck chair at this large scale becomes an elegant architectural structure, transforming into a bridge with its triangulated beams and a canopy with its curved seat. The main structure will be made of painted aluminum beams. Painted woven steel will be used to make the canopy, providing substantial shade, while revealing the sky, the clouds, and the beach behind. DeckChair Gateway offers different experiences depending on the viewer’s distance: first as a visual marker on the shore, then as a portal to the waterfront, finally as an intimate space. With the ocean lying to the east, DeckChair Gateway will provide a frame for sunlight in the morning and will become illuminated by the sunlight in the afternoon. As beach goers walk through this grand entrance the vista dramatically opens up before them. The experience parallels the release as you transition from the street/park to the beach, the hardness of concrete yielding to the softness of sand.