CABQ Nature Play Recommendations In collaboration with MRWM Landscape Architects, Parks and Recreation Department staff, and Nature Play Roundtable volunteers, Groundwork Studio assisted in the development of the City’s new Nature Play Recommendations. The purpose of the document is to raise awareness of the need for nature play and [...]
Jewish Community Center Garden
Mike Pace2022-06-27T15:46:21-06:00Jewish Community Center Garden The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater Albuquerque, founded in 2000, is a non-profit organization, open to all regardless of religious affiliation. The JCC 10-acre campus has fitness and athletic facilities, an outdoor aquatics center, early childhood education center. It provides a wide variety of [...]
Coyote Creek State Park Master Plan
Mike Pace2021-12-21T10:21:06-07:00Coyote Creek State Park Master Plan Coyote Creek State Park is located in the Guadalupita Canyon in northern New Mexico. Primary recreational activities available in the approximately 465 acre park include camping, fishing and hiking. Coyote Creek runs north to south through the park and is considered critical habitat for [...]
Gallinas River Park Improvements
Mike Pace2021-12-21T09:06:33-07:00Gallinas River Park Improvements Groundwork Studio has been working with community members and the City of Las Vegas to actualize the conceptual master plan that was created through a Community Design Workshop in 2018. The three-day workshop was attended by representatives from every part of Las Vegas and its surroundings [...]
Wells Park Redevelopment
Mike Pace2021-12-20T15:44:37-07:00Wells Park Redevelopment Groundwork Studio has been working with the Wells Park Community since 2020 to envision, plan and redesign Wells Park and the adjacent vacant property (also known as the “Walker Property”). The process began with a 6 month public engagement process to develop a community based vision for [...]
Randall Davey Audubon Center – Nature Discovery Area
Mike Pace2021-12-20T15:46:47-07:00Photography by Matt O, 2018. Randall Davey Audubon Center Nature Discovery Area This pioneering nature discovery area takes interaction with and interpretation of the natural environment to a new high for New Mexican children of all ages. Building from Audubon Southwest’s mission to provide hands on, [...]
Bisti Bay at Brookside Park
James Foty2021-12-20T15:47:08-07:00Bisti Bay at Brookside Park Groundwork Studio collaborated with FBT Architects and the City of Farmington in the development of a master plan, feasibility study and construction documents for Phase I of the renovation of the beloved Brookside Park Pool. The renovation of this historically important community facility [...]
International District Urban Agriculture Plan
James Foty2022-06-07T13:25:47-06:00International District Urban Agriculture Plan In partnership with Bernalillo County and the International District Healthy Communities Coalition (IDHCC), Groundwork Studio is developing a plan to create a sustainable framework for urban agriculture in Albuquerque’s most diverse urban neighborhood. Through comprehensive inventory and mapping of assets and partnerships, responsive [...]
Downtown Junkers Tea Room Mural and Upcycling Courtyard
James Foty2019-09-12T10:19:05-06:00Downtown Junkers Tea Room Mural and Upcycling Courtyard This one of a kind, creative placemaking project exemplifies the potential of business partnerships with their local MainStreet organization, as well as the incredible ability of community to come together to complete a project. The Grand Union Tea Company photo [...]
Tucumcari Great Blocks Breezeways
James Foty2019-09-12T10:19:48-06:00Tucumcari Great Blocks Breezeways The renovations of two breezeways located within Tucumcari’s Great Blocks on Main Street project area will maintain momentum for the larger streetscape and infrastructure improvements project while providing valuable outdoor public space in the downtown. Major improvements focus on themes central to Tucumcari’s history [...]