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6th Annual Canstruction Competition Awards Announced
SIXTH ANNUAL CANSTRUCTION® COMPETITION AWARDS ANNOUNCED
-- Public now votes with canned food for favorites in Hawaii Foodbank’s largest single-day promotion --
Aiea, HI (Sept. 24, 2011) – For five hours in Pearlridge Center’s Uptown Center Court today, dedicated teams of local architects and allied design, construction and engineering professionals “canstructed” giant structures made entirely out of canned foods in the islands’ sixth annual Canstruction® competition – a benefit for the Hawaii Foodbank.
Canstruction® is the largest single-day promotion for the foodbank, donating some 180,000 pounds of highly nutritious and needed canned food in the past five years.
After a blind judging this afternoon, architect Reid Mizue, AIA, Canstruction® co-chair, has announced the following honors:
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Jurors’ Favorite: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner!” (from the movie Monsters, Inc.) by InSynergy Engineering
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Structural Ingenuity: “Green CAN-tern” (from the movie Green Lantern) by KYA Design Group
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Best Use of Labels: “Enter the Gateway to a Hunger-Free Hawaii” (from the movie Jurassic Park) by Hawaiian Dredging
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Honorable Mention: “Weeeeee’re Off to Feed the Hungry!” (from movie The Wizard of Oz) by Bowers + Kubota Consulting
Now that the Canstruction® judging is complete, members of the public are encouraged to participate in the People’s Choice Food Drive by visiting Pearlridge before Oct. 9 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 equaling one vote) will be named People’s Choice Award winner. One can make a difference!
Companies participating in the local Canstruction® competition this year included Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Hawaiian Dredging, InSynergy Engineering, KYA Design Group, Richard Matsunaga & Associates Architects and WATG.
For the first time, the Keiki Can Corner structure created at Canstruction® by AIA Honolulu member-architects and island keiki was judged as part of the competition. Dozens of kids who brought at least five cans of food as a donation to the Hawaii Foodbank helped to build a giant hot dog with thousands of cans of their own.
This year’s Canstruction® theme was “Canned Cinema – Dinner and a Movie.”
These winning structures will compete at the international level with other local winners. In 2010, 103 Canstruction® competitions were held across the world.
Competition jurors this year were Angela Marshall, Ko Olina district executive for the Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America; Russell Siu, chef of 3660 on the Rise and Kakaako Kitchen; and Philip “Pip” White, AIA of Philip K. White & Associates and AIA Honolulu 2011 vice president/president-elect.
On Oct. 9 at 2 p.m., the Canstruction® structures will be “de-canstructed” and the food delivered to the Hawaii Foodbank.
Canstruction® is a national community service program created by the Society for Design Administration on behalf of the design and construction industry. The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Honolulu Chapter presents the annual competition in Hawaii. Canstruction® is also sponsored by Pearlridge Center, C & S Wholesale Grocers, HONBLUE, Breezeway, Evergreen by Debra and US CAD.
More information is available at www.AIAHonolulu.org. Images of 2011 winning designs are available to the media by request.
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Since 1926, the AIA Honolulu has served its membership and the community by promoting design excellence in Hawaii"s built environment. Its continuing education programs promote leadership and professionalism among its membership of ~800 architects and allied building professionals, and educate the public about architecture and the value of quality design.
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