What is Canstruction

Canstruction^® is the most unique food charity in the world! 

A foundation of the Society for Design Administration (SDA), Canstruction^® is a Trademarked design/build competition currently held in cities throughout North America Australia and cities from around the world will soon be participating.  Teams of architects, engineers, and students mentored by these professionals, compete to design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food.  It can take 8-12 weeks and thousands of cans of food to create a structure. 

The results are displayed to the public as magnificent sculpture exhibits in each city where a competition is held.  The public is invited to donate canned food at the time of the exhibition.  At the close of the exhibitions all of the canned food used in the structures is donated to local food banks for distribution to emergency feeding programs that include pantries, soup kitchens, elderly and day care centers. 

 

Details Teams will assemble their “Canstruction” sculptures on March 13-14 at the Billings Food Bank, 2112 Fourth Ave. N. The exhibits will be on display March 15-18, with a gala celebration and judging scheduled for Friday, March 19. Photos of the overall winner will be sent to a national competition. For more information, to make a donation or to get involved, contact Rocky Mountain College professor Karen Beiser at 657-1170 or karen.beiser@rocky.edu For details on Canstruction and to look at examples of canned-food sculptures created at other events, go to www.canstruction.org.