Harvest, Thanksgiving and Hunger - CANstrustion Competition

One CAN Can Make a Difference!

21 - National Reprographics - "Hunger Free Terminal", 2014

MY 1st FAVORITE.

An autumn is a season of harvest and wealth, time of Thanksgiving and kindness. It’s a great season and opportunity to educate our children and remind the grownups, teach compaction and donate food to those in need, those who safer hunger.

18 - Severud Associates - "CAN You Spot the Issue?," 2014

On this occasion I raised the issue with my daughter, did some resurge and held a discussion during an eye opening exhibition – “Canstruction” and continued it after returning home.  “Canstruction Competion” has spent two decades feeding the hungry while also inspiring creativity, originality, and goodwill among designers and audiences alike.

Brookfield Place, Winter Garden, New York

From November 6 till 20, 2014 Brookfield Place in lower Manhattan in the Winter Garden and the Lobby at 250 Vesey Street, hosts the New York installment known as Canstruction, an extraordinary annual design competition and the most unique food charity in the world. The top architecture, engineering, and design firms as well as the students from all around the world gather to compete in designing and building giant structures made entirely from unopened cans of food. The imaginative sculptures are then on view to the public until they are dismantled and donated to City Harvest for distribution to those in need. 

Check the event http://artsbrookfield.com/event/canstruction/

13 - MTA-NYCT - "Ameri'can Eagle," 2014

The philosophy of the competition is to raise public awareness in our communities about world hunger and those in need. Suggested donation is one can of high quality food, non-perishable, such as tuna, beans, and canned vegetables to the exhibition’s collection station at various times. All collected food will be donated along with the cans used in the competition to City Harvest http://www.cityharvest.org/ . Now serving New York City, City Harvest is a food rescue organization that distributes the food collected from Canstruction to New Yorkers in need during the Thanksgiving season. New York City is joined by numerous cities across North America and other countries such as Australia and New Zealand, who will hold Canstruction Competitions in the coming year. Last year, around 80,000 pounds of food was collected, translating into nearly 74,00 holiday meals for the city's hungry.

20 - Robert Silman Associates - "R.I.P. Hunger," 2014

Canstruction, Inc. was founded in 1992 by the late Cheri Melillo and her colleagues from the Society for Design Administration (SDA). Cheri created a Canstruction chapter in New York and held the first official "Canstruction Competition" in New York, NY on November 13, 1993.

Since its inception, Canstruction has grown to become one of the largest and most consistent canned food contributors to food banks in the world. Canstruction events have been held in over 150 cities worldwide donating over 25 million pounds of food to feed the hungry. For more information, visit http://www.canstruction.org/

8 - CetraRuddy - "The Thinker," 2014

My 3rd favorite.

It was proved that Canned food is a smart solution for better eating in today’s fast-paced world. The can seals in freshness, flavor and nutrition without sacrificing convenience, enabling to be confident about creating more, healthy meals. Canned food is affordable, accessible all year long and environmentally friendly, because the metal cans are endlessly recyclable.

3 - Leslie E. Robertson Associates - "Hungry to the Core," 2014 

BASIA'S 1st FAVORITE

1 - GACE Consulting Engineers, PC - "Turn it Around"

Basia's and my 2nd favorite.

 25 - RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC - "Hounding Hunger," 2014

Basia's 3rd favorite.

SEE THE EXHIBITION! 

DONATE CANNED FOOD! 

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE SCULPTURE!

- from the 22nd Annual Canstruction New York Competition, 2014. 

23 - Eleanor Roosevelt High School - "Hunger's No Picnic," 2014

List of Sculptures:
1 - GACE Consulting Engineers, PC - "Turn it Around"

2 - Thornton Tomasetti - "Put Hunger Behind Us"

3 - Leslie E. Robertson Associates - "Hungry to the Core"

4 - Ennead Architects - "The Good, the Bad and the Hungry"

5 - Ted Moudis Associates - "The Astronaut"

6 - Ammann & Whitney - "Together We Can Le-Go of Hunger"

7 - Arup - "Mushroom RepliCANt"

8 - CetraRuddy - "The Thinker"

9 - WSP - "Give A Hoot About Hunger"

10 - STUDIOS Architecture - "Van Gogh Away Hunger!"

11 - Stantec Consulting Services Inc. - "Fountain of Food"

12 - Gensler - "A Balanced Meal"

13 - MTA-NYCT - "Ameri'can Eagle"

14 - HOK - "Food Banksy"

15 - Parsons Brinckerhoff - "Can2pect"

16 - ads Engineers - "The Bros Can Do It!"

17 - Skanska USA - "If Wall-E CAN, We All CAN"

18 - Severud Associates - "CAN You Spot the Issue?"

19 - DeSimone Consulting Engineers - "Smite Hunger!"

20 - Robert Silman Associates - "R.I.P. Hunger"

21 - National Reprographics - "Hunger Free Terminal"

22 - Perkins Eastman & HRBI - "Jeter CAN Turn 2 for Hunger"

23 - Eleanor Roosevelt High School - "Hunger's No Picnic"

24 - Cerami & Associates - "Put the Drop on Hunger"

25 - RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC - "Hounding Hunger"

26 - Weidlinger Associates - "May the CANs Be Ever in Your Favor"

27 - Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP - "StaTUNA of Liberty"

27 - Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP - "StaTUNA of Liberty," 2014