Canstruction Chicago 2015
Merchandise Mart - South Lobby

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Canstruction Chicago, in partnership with AIA Chicago, celebrates the 9th annual design and build competition benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Twenty-one participating teams from local Chicago architecture, engineering design & construction firms use their skills to create incredible structures using canned goods throughout the first-floor lobby of the Merchandise Mart. At the close of the exhibit, all canned goods will be donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Last year’s event brought in more than 113,000 pounds of shelf stable food for the Food Depository’s network of 650 soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters and programs throughout Cook County. Canstruction Chicago is the Food Depository’s largest one-day food drive that helps to put food on the table for the 1 in 6 men, women and children who turn to the Food Depository annually.

CANstruction 2015 Winners:

Most Creative Name: Chicago's CANley Cup, Team:BSA Life Structures

Best Use of Labels: Redefining the Face of Hunger, Teams: Exp US Services, Milhouse Charities

Best Meal: Wanna Pizza it?, Teams: Ross Barney Architects, Transystems

Structural Integrity: _ in 6, Teams: Eriksson Engineering, Fitzgerald Associates, Power Construction, ECS Midwest

Judges' Favorite: Diagnosis: Hunger, Cure: Cans, Team: RTKL

Honorable Mention: Close the Book on Hunger, Teams: RAITO Architects/SMDP, Bulley & Andrews, Stearn-Joglekar

Most Cans Used: Kung Fu CAN-da, Teams: Myefski Architects, Valenti Builders, Manhard Consulting

Most Needed Items: Kung Fu CAN-da, Teams: Myefski Architects, Valenti Builders, Manhard Consulting

People's Choice: Shut the Front Door on Hunger, Teams: Ware Malcomb, McShane Construction

Important Dates

Aug. 12 – Build Night

Aug. 13 - Sept. 7 – Exhibit – open to the public, free for all ages

Sept. 3 – Awards Reception – 6 to 8:30 p.m., $40/ticket (21+) 

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Presenting Sponsors

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