Complete Street Renderings Groundwork Studio has worked with the American Heart Association (AHA) since 2019 to develop visualizations of Complete Streets in multiple urban centers in New Mexico including Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Santa Fe. These visualizations were developed to support the AHA’s advocacy efforts and assistance in developing [...]
Roswell Wayfinding Plan
Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA2022-06-27T16:11:31-06:00Roswell Wayfinding Plan In the Spring of 2021, the City of Roswell engaged a project team led by Groundwork Studio to develop a comprehensive wayfinding plan. The purpose of the plan is to design a system of signs to guide travelers on the City’s thoroughfares to key public destinations [...]
Pueblo Alto & Mile hi Drainage Outreach
Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA2022-06-27T16:03:57-06:00Pueblo Alto & Mile Hi Drainage Outreach This unique outreach project involved the Pueblo Alto and Mile Hi community members in a transparent process identifying assets and opportunities to resolve local drainage issues. These neighborhoods regularly experience problematic flooding issues, caused mainly by an inadequately sized storm drain system. [...]
CABQ Nature Play Recommendations
Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA2022-06-27T15:30:31-06:00CABQ 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, [...]
Johnson Center Expansion & Renovation
Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA2021-12-20T15:46:56-07:00Photography by Matt O, 2018. UNM Johnson Center Expansion & Renovation UNM Johnson Center Expansion & Renovation (JCER) represents a major overhaul of UNM’s Johnson Center including facility upgrades, LEED certification, and landscape upgrades. GWS worked with FBT and the Civil engineer to reconfigure the entry [...]