Gruzen Samton • IBI Group’s “QR-CAN: Link to Fight Hunger” won Best Use of Labels at 2011 Canstruction competition (photo by Canstruction/Kevin Wick)
World Financial Center Winter Garden
200 Vesey St.
Sunday, November 20, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, and Monday, November 21, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
212-945-0505
www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com
www.sdanyc.org/canstruction
Sponsored by the Society for Design Administration, the annual Canstruction competition believes that “one can make a difference.” For the nineteenth year, design firms have constructed sculptures made out of cans and boxes of food, using no tape, glue, staples, etc., resulting in entertaining, often awe-inspiring installations that are best seen through a camera lens to get the full effect. Among this year’s winners are Gensler / WSP Flack + Kurtz’s “Loaded Dice” pair of die (Juror’s Favorite), Skanska USA’s “Suspending Hunger” suspension bridge (Structural Ingenuity), Dattner Architects’ “Root Against Hunger” tree (Best Meal), and Gruzen Samton • IBI Group’s “QR-CAN: Link to Fight Hunger” QR code (Best Use of Labels). Also be on the lookout for Ferguson & Shamamian Architects’ “Rise Against Hunger” hot-air balloon, Kohn Pederson Fox’s “Alexander McCan” high-heeled shoe, Thornton Tomasetti’s “High-Tops for Hunger” Chuck Taylor sneaker, Robert Silman Associates’ “TICANic” sinking ship, and Langan Engineering / John Fotiadis Architect’s “Time to End Hunger” clock. When the competition at the World Financial Center ends on November 21, all of the food from the twenty-five entries will be given to charity. Although admission is free, it is suggested that everyone bring a can or two (or three or four) to contribute as well (for City Harvest), adding to the more than fifteen million pounds of food Canstruction has raised around the world since 1992.