Amazing CANstructions Raise Money for Los Angeles’ Hungry

Yes we CAN!

Uncanny resemblance to the LAX Theme Building, don’t you think? Submission from CANstructionLA 2013.

Don’t you love it when architects and designers have a can do attitude?

Witness it firsthand this week at the 8th annual CANstructionLA, where many of L.A.’s top designers and architects will participate in a competition to build large-scale sculptures using solely canned food items.

In an effort to raise awareness of hunger in Los Angeles, the competition is a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank where all cans used in the project will be donated. Expect to see canned sculptural iterations of the Grand Canyon, an In-N-Out Burger and the minions from Despicable Me 2 this year among a few other themes that the teams have chosen. Visitors can vote on their favorite canned structure by donating $1 or a canned food item.

The submissions will be judged by a panel of architecture, media and culinary experts and will be judged in categories ranging from Juror’s Favorite, Best Meal, Best Use of Labels, Structural Ingenuity, Honorable Mention and a People’s Choice Award based off of the votes of visitors.

For the second year in a row, the competition will be held at the Farmers and Merchants Building in downtown Los Angeles and will be part of Downtown Los Angeles’s monthly Art Walk.

When: Construction Event– Thursday, March 13 12:00-10:00 P.M.

Public Exhibition+Voting–Friday, March 14, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, March 15–16, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

Where: The historic Farmers & Merchants Bank Building; 401 S. Main St., Los Angeles

Tickets: Free and open to the public.