The 3rd annual Chicago CANstruction® Competition successfully raised over 70,000 pounds of food for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. In addition, the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) donated $2,500 to the organization, both of which will help make significant strides towards feeding hungry people across Chicago. The gala event on June 11 was attended by over 200 guests.
CANstruction® is a design and build competition that benefits local food banks across the nation. It allows local architects, engineers, and construction companies to create incredible structures using canned goods, while using their design skills to fight hunger. All of the canned goods used in the structures are donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
JURORS’ FAVORITE
“CANtilever with Souper Graphics”
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP/Mortenson Construction
STRUCTURAL INGENUITY
“CANtilever with Souper Graphics”
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP / Mortenson Construction
BEST USE OF LABELS
“Hope” (pictured, above left)
TGRWA
MOST CANS (over 7,000!)
“Food Bank”
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
HONORABLE MENTION
“This global eCANomy is fishy”
SmithGroup
HONORABLE MENTION
“Can I Have Another Scoop?”
Halvorson and Partners, OKW
LOCAL CHICAGO AWARD WINNERS
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
“HUNGER IS NO JOKE.”
HDR Architecture, Inc.
AIA/SEAOI AWARD “MAKE NO SMALL CANS”
“CANtilever with Souper Graphics”
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP / Mortenson Construction
CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY AWARD “IN DEMAND”
“Put Out the Fire – End Hunger Now!”
RJN Group
This year’s teams included:
Bailey Edward Design Inc.
BLDD / Gilbane
Booth Hansen
Bovis Lend Lease
BSA Lifestructures
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
Epstein / Areotek
Firm
Gensler
Ghafari
HDR
Klein and Hoffman
Larson Engineering
Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney Architects
OKW Architects and Halvorsen Engineering
RJN Group
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Smithgroup
TJRWA
V3 Companies
Willis HRH
CANstruction® once again ran in conjunction with The Merchandise Mart’s NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair, the country’s largest conference and exhibition of contract furnishings for the design and management of the built environment.
