Jewish 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 cultural, [...]
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, [...]
International District Urban Agriculture Plan
James Foty2021-12-21T10:07:19-07:00International 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 [...]
Aerial Adventures Market Analysis
James Foty2021-12-20T15:47:43-07:00Aerial Adventures Market Analysis Groundwork Studio collaborated with Bonsai Design and the City of Farmington to develop a market analysis for the feasibility of Aerial Adventure activities at Lake Farmington and Berg Park. This project is an integral part of the City’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Initiative to build and support [...]
Ruidoso Outdoor Recreation Master Plans
James Foty2021-12-20T15:47:50-07:00Ruidoso Outdoor Recreation Master Plans: Grindstone Lake and Moon Mountain Groundwork Studio is working with the Village of Ruidoso on recreational master plans for Moon Mountain and Grindstone Canyon. For Grindstone Canyon, Groundwork Studio has assessed the existing conditions for approximately 275 acres in and around Grindstone Lake in order [...]
New Mexico MainStreet
James Foty2019-12-19T12:36:43-07:00New Mexico MainStreet Groundwork Studio’s Amy Bell is the Urban Design member of the New Mexico Mainstreet Revitalization Specialist Team. Working with Mainstreet’s Four Point Approach of Design, Promotion, Economic Vitality, and Organization, the team provides valuable training and technical assistance for the State’s Mainstreet, Frontier, and Arts and Cultural [...]
Pop Up Playgrounds
James Foty2021-12-20T15:38:38-07:00Pop Up Playgrounds A Pop Up Playground is a temporary event in the tactical urbanism family that brings people together around an activity to raise awareness of an issue or need. With a variety of donated or recycled loose parts like cardboard, PVC pipe, wire spools or wooden pallets, participants [...]
Pine River Library Park
James Foty2021-12-20T15:38:56-07:00Pine River Library Park Groundwork Studio worked with the Pine River Library and the Town of Bayfield to design-build a new park that will serve as a multi-generational community center. The project was initiated by the Library in direct response to middle school students overusing the library grounds after school. [...]