CANstruction

Thank You to all of our teams!

Winners of the 4th Annual Canstruction design/build competition in Louisville were announced on March 10. Over 30 different interior design, architecture and engineering firms along with contractors, dealerships and students partnered into 17 teams that competed to design and construct amazing edible works of art using canned goods. Approximately 40,000 lbs of food worth more than $37,000 was donated to Dare to Care Food Bank in Louisville. Winners include:

Honorable Mention: JRA – AmeriCAN Construction
Honorable Mention: Whittenberg Construction – Hunger Bulldozer
Best Use of Labels: Swope Design Group/CMTA/H&H Design Build/Generation 14 – It’s Easy Being Green (Kermit the Frog)
Best Meal: OEC/Brasch Barry General Contractors – “Can”tar Hero
Structural Ingenuity: Abel Construction – Abel to Beat World Hunger (Earth)
Juror’s Favorite: Interior Design Institute (underwritten by Benjamin Moore Paint) – No Hungry Homes (Living Room Suite)
People’s Choice: Bravura/Messer Construction/Cort Furniture Rental – Hungr*e?: Cleaning Up Hunger (Wall-E)

A foundation of the Society for Design Administration (SDA), Canstruction® is a design/build competition currently held in cities throughout North America. Local winners (except People’s Choice) from Louisville will move onto compete in a national competition with national winners announced in May at the American Institute of Architects National Convention.

February 22-29, 2009 Mall St. Matthews hosts CANstruction

Canstruction^® is a design/build competition that is held in cities throughout the United States. Teams of architects, engineers, and students mentored by these professionals, compete to design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food.

The results are displayed to the public as magnificent sculpture exhibits in each city where a competition is held. At the close of the exhibitions, all of the canned food used in the structures is donated to local food banks for distribution to emergency feeding programs that include pantries, soup kitchens, elderly and day care centers.

Thank you to all of our participants and volunteers that made this year’s CANstruction the most successful ever! Dare to Care Food Bank received over $37,000 worth of non perishable food. Over 50,000 pounds of food will be used in our Emergency Food Program to help feed our neighbors in need.

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