Friday, May 11, 2012

CANstruction 2012 [at Merchandise Mart]


Nuts about Fighting Hunger [Mr. Peanut]

CANstruction 2012
6th Annual Chicago Design/Build Competition
Presented by Whole Foods..
Location: Lobby of the Merchandise Mart.

More than 85,000 pounds of food from the 19 colossal structures of the Sixth Annual Canstruction design/build competition will go to provide food for hungry people in Cook County. Chicago architects, engineers and construction companies are showing off their designs and engineering genius to aid in the cause to fight hunger. All cans used in the structures benefit the Food Depository


Nuts about Fighting Hunger [Mr. Peanut]
Alfred Benesch & Company


The V8 Summit
RTKL/GRAEF


A Healthy Balance
KJWW Engineering / VOA / Berglund


Chicago Harbor Lighthouse - A beaCAN of hope
Hirsch Associates / C.E. Anderson & Associates / Linn-Mathes



Hungry Birds
HDR Architecture, Inc.


The LEGO ManCAN
BSA Lifestructures


Shake Off Hunger
Potbelly Sandwich Works


Cape CANaveral
The Boeing Company


Hunger is Not a Game
OKW Architects Inc.



Hunger is Not a Game
OKW Architects Inc.


Feed Me
Murphy / Jahn Architects


Feed the Hungry, Not the Meter
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects/ W.E. O'Neil


InterCANected
Smith Group JJR


Jonquilla hyperbola [aka Daffodils]
Skidmore, Owing & Merrill LP


Block Out Hunger
RJN Group, Inc.


CANacopia
Goettsch Partners


Show Your Helping Hand
Muller+Muller, Ltd. / Primera Engineers


Hole Food - Do it for Chicago
Harley Ellis Devereaux / AVI-SPL



Hole Food - Do it for Chicago
Harley Ellis Devereaux / AVI-SPL

2 comments:

uienifer said...

cool!

Anonymous said...

So cool. Is this still on? Would like to go see this. You should add all your points on a map so travelers can go to each venue sequentially!
Thanks for the blog