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Photo gallery: Can-struction projects at Pearlridge |
Video: Teams vie in can sculpture competition |
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Fourteen teams created giant canned-food sculptures — from an ear of corn to Kikaida — on display at Pearlridge Center, marking the second annual Canstruction Competition to benefit the Hawaii Foodbank.
Foodbank will receive the cans after the presentation of the People's Choice Award on Sunday, given to the group with the most votes, which will be determined by a "one can, one vote" system.
The teams were from Architects Hawaii, Design Partners, Durrant Media Five, Ferraro Choi & Associates, Group 70 International, In+Form Design, KYA Design Group, Mason Architects, Peter Vincent Architects, Richard Matsunaga & Associates, Skylights of Hawaii and Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo. Students from the University of Hawai'i School of Architecture and the Chaminade American Society of Interior Designers Student Chapter also competed.
Designs were limited to an 8-foot by 8-foot base and a maximum height of 8 feet. Awards were given for best use of labels, best meal, structural ingenuity and favorite.
Last year's competition raised 41,000 pounds of canned food for Hawai'i's needy families, said Polly Kauahi, with Hawaii Foodbank. It was the largest single-day collection in the nonprofit's history, Kauahi said in a press release.
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, Honolulu Chapter, presents the competition in Hawai'i.
The sculptures will be on display until Sunday.