Annual Canstruction^® Competition

19th Annual Canstruction® Competition - Game Over for Hunger

Build Day Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Kahala Mall

Since its inception, AIA Honolulu’s Canstruction® event has gathered and donated 743,690 pounds of canned goods
– enough food to make 612,437 meals, and over $110,000 for the Foodbank.

2023 Best Original Design “Voyaging CANoe”
by Ferraro Choi & Associates and Nordic PCL Construction

For the last 19 years, AIA Honolulu has partnered with Hawai‘i Foodbank to help raise food donations through our annual Canstruction® Competition. Teams, led by architects builders and allied design and engineering professionals, will compete and showcase their talents by designing giant sculptures made entirely out of canned foods. Canstruction® combines the competitive spirit of a design/build competition with a unique way to help feed hungry people. All the canned food from the structures and monetary donations from the public will be donated to the Hawai‘i Foodbank at the completion of the event.

Information Meeting March 25

Are you interested in creating a team for the 2024 Canstruction® Competition? If so, attend this informational/kick-off meeting where we will go over this year’s competition rules and projected format!

When: Monday, March 25, 12-1PM
Where: AIA Honolulu Center for Architecture, 828 Fort Street Mall, Suite 100
RSVP: Click HERE to RSVP for this meeting.

Questions? Email Reid Mizue, AIA or Tiffany Tabbal, Allied Member, our Canstruction Committee Chairs

2024 Competition

Build Day: Saturday, September 14 from 9am-2pm
Where: Kahala Mall
Keiki Corner: Sep 14 from 10am-12pm
Structures Up: September 14 through September 21
Structures on display for public viewing and People's Choice Award voting

2024 Canstruction Theme - Game Over for Hunger

Participants are encouraged to draw inspiration from beloved games: board, video, and otherwise, to construct imaginative structures using only canned goods. From iconic characters to memorable scenes to your favorite tokens or pieces, teams can reimagine the gaming universe to combat food insecurity.

Whether representing a familiar classic, the Kingdom of Hyrule, or the pixelated landscapes of Minecraft, each structure becomes a symbol of hope, reminding us that together, we can level up in the fight against hunger.

Register Your Team for 2024

Enter Online: Online team registration is now open.
Entry Fee: $150 per Canstruction® Team
Team Limit: Max 8 teams, five to ten members per team.

Who CAN Participate? We encourage members of the Design and Building Industries to join forces and participate in this fun community effort i.e. architects, engineers, contractors, and other design-related professionals.

Canstruction Team Registration Form

$150.00

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What is Canstruction^®?

Competing teams, lead by architecture firms, allied designers and engineering and construction professionals will design and build structures by using canned goods and other non-perishable foods. Structures, ranging in size from 1,500 to 13,000 cans are created by stacking a variety of can sizes and shapes using the product labels as the color pallete. Structurally self-supporting, the only other materials to be used are 1/4inch leveling, cardboard, tape, rubber bands and wire. At the close of the exhibitions all of the food used in the structures is donated to the Hawai‘i Foodbank.

Canstruction^® is a national community service program trademarked and created by the Society for Design Administration (SDA) on behalf of the design and construction industry. 1 in 6 people and 1 in 4 children in Hawai‘i are facing hunger. The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Honolulu Chapter, working in tandem with the Hawai‘i Foodbank presents the annual Canstruction^® competition in Hawai‘i.

Canstruction^® is a design/build competition held in cities throughout North America. Visit the official Canstruction^® website (Web), hosted by the Society for Design Administration (SDA), and view photos of other cities’ winners. Canstruction^® is trademarked by the SDA.

View the 2023 Winners

View All Past Winners