The local chapter of the American Institute of Architects opened its "Canstruction" charity exhibit Saturday at Westfield Southgate Mall on March 1.
Teams of architects, engineers, builders and students have built sculptures out canned food. The exhibit is open near Saks Fifth Avenue until March 10.
After the event, all canned food and proceeds will be donated to All-Faiths Food Bank.
Information is online at aiagulfcoast.org/canstruction or canstruction.org.
Awards will be given for the sculptures, including Structural Ingenuity, Best Meal and Best Use of Labels.
Some of the displays use thousands of cans of food.
Using 5,558 cans of Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water, Sweet Sparkman Architects designed and built this structure, inspired by sand-sculpting contests on Siesta Beach, for Canstruction 2014, an exhibit of sculpture/architecture created with cans of food. Presented by the American Institute of Architects' Gulf Coast chapter, the event benefits the All Faiths Food Bank and is on display at Westfield Southgate mall through March 20. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 3-3-2014.
Fawley-Bryant Architects' 1,826-can "Leaning Tower of Pizza" was designed and built for Canstruction 2014, an exhibit of sculpture/architecture created with cans of food. Presented by the American Institute of Architects' Gulf Coast chapter, the event benefits the All Faiths Food Bank and is on display at Westfield Southgate mall through March 20. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 3-3-2014.
Canstruction 2014, an exhibit of sculpture/architecture created with cans of food , is presented by the American Institute of Architects' Gulf Coast chapter to benefit the All Faiths Food Bank. The sculptures, made by local architecture firms, are on display at Westfield Southgate mall through March 20. Then the cans will be donated to the food bank. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 3-3-2014.
Using 4,335 cans of food, MES Group built a mouse in a maze to show how some families must navigate a maze every day to provide nutritious food for their children. It was designed for Canstruction 2014, an exhibit of sculpture/architecture created with cans of food. Presented by the American Institute of Architects' Gulf Coast chapter, the event benefits the All Faiths Food Bank and is on display at Westfield Southgate mall through March 20. Staff photo / Harold Bubil; 3-3-2014.
