Formative Architecture

We're excited about the next milestone for San Jon Municipal Schools' new combined K-12 school - construction is set to begin, and we have updated renderings to share!

The design celebrates the community's identity while expanding opportunities for hands-on learning through dedicated agricultural education, fabrication, and culinary spaces.

We're looking forward to sharing construction progress along the way.

Exciting times as construction officially gets underway on the New Mexico Reforestation Center in Mora, New Mexico!

We recently held our first construction meeting with Franken Construction Company, with discussions focused on preparing the site near the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center for the first two greenhouses and headhouse in this phase of the project.

Because the site is densely forested in some areas, the team carefully reviewed which trees will be preserved and which will need to be removed and salvaged for other uses onsite, balancing construction needs with thoughtful stewardship of the existing landscape.

📸: Jenn Auchter, Director, New Mexico Reforestation Center

Project Team: Greenhouse Design, Bridgers & Paxton, Pland Collaborative, Biohabitats, Bowman Consulting, Luchini Trujillo Structural Engineers, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Highlands University, The University of New Mexico - UNM, EMNRD Forestry Division, Franken Construction Company, and the New Mexico Reforestation Center

Some days the best part of the office isn't a fun meeting or finishing a deadline, it's being greeted by these two. Leo and Todd make every workday a little better.

From design to ribbon cutting. The Formative team was excited to celebrate the opening of 1st St Arts Space, designed in collaboration with Wes Lansford for the City of Albuquerque and 516 ARTS and constructed by Weil Construction.

Every project is an opportunity to do things thoughtfully, our own office space included.

📸: Patrick Coulie Photography