Canstruction Polls Are Open: $1 = 1 Vote

By Chris von Spiegelfeld • September 4, 2013

On Sunday, families trying to B line it to the National Building Museum’s Building Zone were thwarted by an impressive display of structures resembling landmarks one would see on the National Mall. Astonishingly all Canstruction teams finished under Saturday’s afternoon deadline to complete their canscupltures. Now teams must turn from canstruction mode to marketing as they vie for the highly coveted People’s Choice Award.
Canstruction, an annual design competition among regional architectural firms, has teams “canstruct” structures out of canned goods. Fans then vote for their favorite canstruction by contributing to the team’s Razoo page or by donating non-perishables to the team’s bin located in the Building Museum. The team with the most “votes” wins the People’s Choice Award. After the event, all contributions, as well as canned goods, are given to the Capital Area Food Bank.
Below are this year’s participants. Click on the thumbnails below to see the project in full detail. Afterward, vote for your favorite canstruction(s) by clicking the link below the thumbnail.

Participants

Barnes Vanze Architects We Welcome you to MunchCAN Land Vote	David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc A Memorial to End All Hungers Vote	McKissack & McKissack I Have a Can Vote	Young Constructors Forum Make Merry Go ‘Round – Let’s Can Hunger Vote
Skanska USA and JMT Reflection Vote	MV+A Architects Tidal Basin &Jefferson Memorial Vote	WNUK Spurlock Architecture/NK Architects Cansforming the Hirshhorn Vote	EYP The Jefferson Memorial: To Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Cans Vote
WDG Architecture PLLC Bubble Boy Vote	R2L: Architects Give Peace a Can Vote	Wiencek & Associates Architects and Planners We CAN Burst the Hunger Bubble Vote	Turner Construction & HOK Next Stop, the National Mall Vote
Cannon Design Rollin’ with my CANnon Vote	Perkins & Will UnWINEd with a Picnic Vote	GPI/Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. The District of Columbia War Memorial Vote	Robert Silman Associates A Matter of Perspective Vote
Stantec Canned Vote	SmithGroupJJR Love from DC Vote	LEO A DALY The HirschCORN Museum: A Place for CANntemporary Art Vote	Hartman-Cox Architects METRO: Closing Doors on Hunger Vote
Michael Baker Jr. Inc. Controversial Hirshhorn Vote