February 2 Following years of fundraising, political turmoil and no small amount of pandemic setbacks, construction is set to begin on the Vladem Contemporary satellite wing of the New Mexico Museum of Art this week. The 15,000-square-foot addition to the site of the already 20,000-square-foot former Halpin Building at the corner of Montezuma Avenue and Guadalupe Street in downtown Santa Fe was designed by local firm DNCA of Santa Fe and Albuquerque s Studio GP. Bradbury Stamm Construction Inc., also of Albuquerque, is set to do the heavy lifting. Most of the work at the very beginning is going to be done on the inside, says Daniel Zillman, director of marketing and communications for the state Department of Cultural Affairs. Ramps for access, tearing up the basement, doing the demo work inside they can do it s not going to look like a whole lot s going on.