Canstruction® Competition
Canstruction® Competition September 18 at Pearlridge Center Uptown - "Kids-Can"
The Fifth Annual AIA Honolulu Annual Canstruction® competition will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010 where teams will actively “canstruct” their sculptures from 9 am to ~2 pm. Completed structures will be on display for voting through Sunday, Oct. 3.
Theme: The theme this year is "Kids-Can!"
 Hawaii’s design community believes we can build a world without hunger, one can at a time and drive positive change through the power of design. To that end, teams of local architects, allied design and engineering professionals will “canstruct” giant structures made entirely of thousands of cans of food in Hawaii’s Fifth Annual Canstruction® competition.
Members of the public are encouraged to participate by visiting Canstruction® and bringing canned food donations to support Hawaii’s hungry families. The Canstruction® structure that receives the most votes from members of the public (one can of donated food equaling one vote – but only cans count!) during the two-week exhibition will be named People’s Choice Award winner. The structures will be taken down on Sunday, Oct. 3 and all the canned food will be donated to the Hawaii Foodbank.
We all have a role in building stronger communities and to enusre that everyone is a winner… in this time of need. Over four years, the Canstruction® competition has raised 165,000 pounds of canned food for the Hawaii Foodbank.
Who can Enter? All AIA Honolulu Member Firms, Architects, Associate Architects and Local Allied Members. Any group of Small Firm Practitioners are welcome to band together to form a team like last year. You can also include allied partners like engineering firms and product representatives if you would like to create a multi-disciplinary team.
Information: Email or call Jennifer Camp, AIA, Canstruction Committee at (808) 441-2151.
A Message from the Hawaii Foodbank
 A child going hungry is simply unacceptable. Yet without your help, thousands of island keiki are at risk of hunger. Scientific evidence suggests that hungry children are less likely to become productive citizens. A child who is unequipped to learn because of hunger and poverty is more likely to be poor as an adult. As such, the existence of childhood hunger in Hawaii threatens our future prosperity.
Nearly 33,000 of our island keiki are served through the safety net of Hawaii Foodbank and member agencies. With your help island parents are able to provide for their children, hot meals are provided during the summer -when school lunch is not available and hundred of children living in poverty are sent home with a backpack of nutritious food to ensure they return to school on Monday, having eaten over the weekend and ready to learn.
4th Annual Canstruction® Competition Winners
The 4th Annual AIA Honolulu Canstruction® competition took place on Saturday, August 15, 2009 from 8am-2pm at Pearlridge Mall - Uptown where 9 amazing canstructions was built by over 200 volunteers. They were on display for two weeks and during that time members of the public were encouraged to vote for the People's Choice Award. One Can. One Vote. View 4th Canstruction Photos.
Total Pondage: The 4th Canstruction® Competition collected a total of 33, 223 lbs of food this year that was delivered to the Hawaii Foodbank to help the hungry! The grand total collected from 2006-2009 is now at 165,106 lbs. Together we truly CAN make a difference! Mahalo once again to all the teams and volunteers for all your efforts and hard work!
More 4th Annual Canstruction Competition Entrants
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| Hawaii State Quarter |
Food-luck-sticking to a Green Cantribution |
| Kiewit Building Group Inc. |
Kober Hansen Mitchell Architects Inc. |
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| Big Okole Musubi |
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| Urban Works & Group 70 International, Inc. |
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This is a collaborative community effort sponsored by AIA Honolulu and is open to all design, engineering and construction professionals where they will design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food. All donations benefit the Hawaii Foodbank and people of Hawaii who are especially in need our help in this struggling economy.
4th Canstruction® in the Media
Printed Media
Broadcasted Media
- KGMB Morning Show: Monday, August 10 from 6am-7am. Fung Associates built live in the studio while Joy Davidson, AIA and Polly Kauahi from Hawaii Foodbank were being interviewed.
- KITV Morning Show: Thursday, August 13 from 5 am-7 am. Belt Collins with Mark Tawara in the lead built live in the studio while Joy Davidson, AIA and Polly Kauahi from Hawaii Foodbank were interviewed.
- KGMB9 Evening News: Saturday, August 15, 2009. Jai Cunnungham interviewed Joy Davidson, AIA about Canstruction live from Pearlridge showing canstructions.
- Canstruction on YouTube: Saturday, August 15, 2009. Fung & Associates live YouTube broadcast from Canstruction.
- KHON2 Morning News: Monday, August 17, 2009 from 6am-8am. Jai Cunningham did a live on-site interview with the four big Canstruction winners.
Past Canstruction® Competition Entrants & Winners
Click here to view entrants and winners from our First, Second and Third Canstruction® Competitions.
Canstruction® is Trademarked by the Society for Design Administration
Canstruction® is trademarked by the Society for Design Administration (SDA), working in tandem with the American Institute of Architects and other members of the design and construction industry. Canstruction® is a design/build competition currently held in cities throughout North America. Click here to visit the official Canstruction® web site hosted by SDA and view photos of other cities' winners. Photos of the Honolulu Canstruction competion are available for media purposes by contacting Amy Blagriff, EVP, AIA Honolulu.
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