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 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 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 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 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 [...]

Photography 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, [...]

Photography 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 Library Parklet & Fran Atchley Plaza Groundwork Studio collaborated with Lovington MainStreet and the City of Lovington in developing plans for a new Library Parklet and targeted improvements to Fran Atchley Plaza. The Library Parklet design included a large turf area, stock tank seating, picnic tables, a shade pergola [...]

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 [...]