CANstruction Designs Benefit the San Antonio Food Bank at North Star Mall

Mallwalking is one of our favorite free-or-cheap things to do on a rainy day. We recently visited North Star Mall for a mallwalking session and to see the latest edition of CANstruction, a project of the San Antonio chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration, that benefits the San Antonio Food Bank. Through September 22, the mall is abode to ten constructions fabricated of canned food by local architects, designers, and students. My kids enjoy the inventiveness of the designs, and the project besides raises sensation of the challenges of hunger in our community.

Our favorite was the matador by Alamo Architects and Turner Construction. The folds of the cape are amazing—how did they make these curves out of cans?

Nosotros loved the popular-culture timeliness and creativity of "Forknife" (get it—Fortnite?) by RVK and Lundy & Franke Engineering science.

The luchador mask design from Luna Middleman was beautifully synthetic.

The piñata with candy design from UTSA AIAS was a hit.

The design from San Antonio Higher's chapter of AIAS featured downtown landmarks including the Belfry of the Americas and a river barge.

IES and Lopez Salas Architects, Inc. built the San Antonio Food Bank's wrestler mascot out of cans.

Marmon Mok honored San Antonio's tricentennial. There is too a Spurs logo on the dorsum. This sculpture has geometric shapes that await dissimilar depending on the angle.

Merrick & Company paid homage to the classic video game Ass Kong.

PBK and Kimley-Horn congenital a slinky dog, familiar from Toy Story.

Joeris and LPA presented Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. Sully even has a few socks on his back.

There is withal time to accept your family mallwalking at North Star Mall and appreciate these designers' inventiveness for a good cause. The exhibit closes later on September 22, and then the forty,000 or so cans volition exist donated to the San Antonio Food Bank to help families in need.

Read more than:

• "CANstruction Announces People's Choice Laurels Winners for 2018," Order for Design Assistants San Antonio Chapter,Rivard Report, Oct 1, 2018
• "Students replicate downtown San Antonio using cans," Jason Durant,Ranger, September 17, 2018
• "San Antonio'southward Design and Construction Community Unites to Fight Hunger with CANstruction," Society for Blueprint Administration San Antonio Chapter,Rivard Report, September xiii, 2018
• "Whimsical structures can help fight hunger," Richard Marini, San Antonio Limited-News, September ten, 2018
• "Canstruction Design/Build Competition," San Antonio Current, September 9, 2018

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