Awards Announced for Hawaiian Canstruction Competition

People’s Choice Food Drive through Sept. 6 to determine People’s Choice Award

For six hours in Pearlridge Center, Haiwaii’s largest indoor shopping center in Aiea near Honolulu, 13 teams of local architects and allied design and engineering professionals “canstructed” giant structures made entirely out of canned foods in the islands’ third annual Canstruction competition.

Members of the public are now encouraged to participate in the People’s Choice Food Drive by visiting Canstruction and bringing canned food donations to support Hawaii’s hungry families. Completed structures will be on display for voting through Saturday, Sept. 6.

After a blind judging, architects John Black, AIA and Joy Davidson, AIA, event co-chairs, announced the outstanding creations.

Jurors’ Favorite canstruction project: “Aloha Means Goodbye to Hunger in Hawaii” [Aloha Tower] by Belt Collins

These structures will compete at the national level with winners from over 100 local Canstruction competitions across the U.S. and Canada.

Jurors included attorney and novelist Tony Clapes; Joe Farrell, AIA, principal of Architects Hawaii; Richard Malmgren, president of RCM Construction Corporation; and Kathy Merrill Kelley, principal of interior design firm Merrill & Associates.

The final award will be determined by the public between now and Sept. 6 via the People’s Choice Food Drive. The structure that receives the most votes from members of the public (one can equaling one vote) will be named People’s Choice Award winner.

On Sunday, Sept. 7, the structures will be “de-canstructed” and the food delivered to the Hawaii Foodbank.

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 (AIA), Honolulu Chapter presents the annual Canstruction competition in Hawaii. Canstruction is also sponsored by Pearlridge Center, C & S Wholesale Grocers, Honblue and Meadow Gold Dairies.

Competing teams include Actus Lend Lease/Hickam Community Housing, Allana Buick Bers, Belt Collins, Design Partners/Castle & Cooke, Durrant Media Five, Ferraro Choi & Associates, Fung Associates, Group 70 International, Kiewit Building Group, Parsons Brinkerhoff, U.S. CAD Hawaii/Next Design, Urban Works and WATG.

Since 1926, The American Institute of Architects, Honolulu Chapter has served its membership and the community by promoting design excellence in Hawaii’s built environment. The organization’s education programs promote leadership and professionalism among its membership of approximately 800 architects and allied building professionals, and educate the public about architecture and the value of quality design.

WINNERS

• Jurors’ Favorite: “Aloha Means Goodbye to Hunger in Hawaii” [Aloha Tower] by Belt Collins
• Structural Integrity: “One Can One Dream” [Olympic torch and rings] by WATG
• Best Use of Labels: “Think Outside of the Can!” [fish] by Fung Associates
• Best Meal: “Shoyu Can Feed Kama’aina in Need!” [sushi] by Allana Buick Bers
• Honorable Mention: “Melting” [penguin] by Ferraro Choi & Associates and “Cleaning Up Hunger with WALL-E” by Kiewit Building Group
• Pearlridge Honorable Mention: “Wishes Can Come True” [wishing well] by Actus Lend Lease/Hickam Community Housing

Photos: 808Talk Hawaii