Lovington 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 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 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 [...]

Photography 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 renovation project master planned [...]

Farmington 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 [...]

New 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 [...]

Pine 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. [...]

Parkway Sommerville Center In partnership with Texas Tech and FBT Architects, Groundwork Studio worked with the nonprofit Parkway Sommerville Center to create a Learning Garden for the Center’s at-risk student population. In collaboration with Parkway Sommerville Center, Groundwork Studio worked to secure funding for the project through a Community Development [...]

Munson Senior Center Outdoor Recreation Area The Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department likes to call this project their Senior Playground. Through an on-call contract, this project upgraded an unused acre behind the Munson Senior Center and Heske Garden, providing adult exercise equipment, a 1/2 mile trail, shade, seating, pollinator [...]

Albuquerque BioPark Zoo Playground Groundwork Studio teamed with Exerplay and Landscape Structures Inc. to design and build this unique custom playground for the Albuquerque Zoo. The playground replaces an old climbing structure that was creating a maintenance and safety hazard for the Zoo. This one of a kind structure design [...]