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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lovington Wayfinding
Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA2022-06-01T16:52:15-06:00Lovington Wayfinding In our role as the Urban Design Revitalization Specialist for New Mexico MainStreet, Groundwork Studio is working with Lovington MainStreet to develop design and implementation plan for wayfinding signage downtown. The signage will convey the importance and evolution of the energy industry to Lovington, and will include gateway [...]
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 [...]
McKinnon Center at Anderson Business School
James Foty2021-12-20T15:46:15-07:00Photography by Matt O, 2018. McKinnon Center at Anderson Business School In collaboration with FBT and Bora Architects, Groundwork Studio completed the site and landscape design for the new UNM McKinnon Center for Management at the Anderson School of Business. This major [...]
Farmington High School
James Foty2021-12-20T15:42:03-07:00Farmington High School This new facility transforms the 50-year old Farmington High School campus into a state of the art learning environment. The layout is focused on a central student commons that serves circulation, cafeteria, recreation and assembly needs. Groundwork Studio worked in close collaboration with FBT Architects to ensure [...]