For Immediate Release: August 29, 2013
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
Canstruction® 2013 at the National Building Museum
Architects and engineers build monumental structures out of canned goods
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| Submission for the 2012 Canstruction. Photo by Museum Staff. |
WHAT
Twenty-two teams representing architecture and engineering firms throughout the D.C. Metro area will gather at the National Building Museum to assemble their own works of edible architecture for Canstruction®. Canstruction is an international design competition that raises food for the hungry in a creative and exciting way. The sculptures will be on display in the Great Hall from September 1 through September 6. Canstruction DC is sponsored by the Washington Architectural Foundation.
All canned food goods donated for this year’s Canstruction will be donated to the Capital Area Food Bank.
Saturday, August 31, 10 am–4 pm
Build-Out! In the Great Hall of the National Building Museum
Watch top area architecture and construction teams build fantastic structures entirely out of thousands of canned goods. Bring your own canned goods and vote for your favorite project.
Tuesday, September 3, 6:30–8:30 pm
Canstruction Exhibition Party and Awards Ceremony
Emerging professionals are invited to an after-hours Canstruction viewing reception with an opportunity to network with members and principals from participating teams. Judges Derek Gallardo, director of business development at HITT, Teresa Durkin, senior project director of the Trust for the National Mall, and Delon Hampton, PhD, PE, founder of Delon Hampton Associates, announce this year’s winning entries. Visit go.nbm.org/Keystone for registration details. Press passes available.
Saturday, September 7, 10 am
deCANstruction®
Watch the Canstruction teams disassemble their entries to donate the canned food used in their projects to the Capital Area Food Bank.
WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)
WHEN
Saturday, August 31, 10 am–4 pm: Canstruction Build-Out!
Sunday, September 1–Friday, September 6, 10 am–4 pm: On display in the Great Hall
Tuesday, September 3, 6:30–8:30 pm: Canstruction Exhibition Party and Awards Ceremony
Saturday, September 7, 10 am: deCANstruction
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