Welcome to Canstruction Santa Monica

Structures will be on display and open to the public at Watergarden Santa Monica in the building lobby adjacent to 26th St.

Canstruction is a long-running international design competition, held locally, between architects, engineers and design teams, that build inventive sculptures out of non-perishable food items. It is a festive affair that challenges these teams to “out creative” each other, involves the community in judging and participation, and benefits the local food banks. Canstruction Santa Monica has partnered with both Meals on Wheels West and the Westside Food Bank – they will receive 100% of the non-perishable food used in the construction of Canstruction. Canstruction Santa Monica will generate thousands of pounds of food for our community this year!

This year’s theme is, It's all fun and games at the beach. Awards will be given in the following categories:

Best meal
Structural ingenuity
Best original design
Best labels
People’s choice
Most cans

Building will occur overnight on November 1 and judging will occur on November 2 with an awards reception at 4 PM on that day. .

Registration
 

Register Your Team Here.

Please download and read the following prior to submitting.

Things to consider before committing to Canstruction:

  1. The theme for the Inaugural Canstruction Santa Monica is “It’s all fun and games at the beach.” Please feel free to play off of the fun and games at the sandy beach and here at “Silicon Beach”

  2. Please have a design idea and team name prepared for the mandatory Oct. 4 Exhibit Space Walkthrough – details and agenda are forthcoming. To help you get creative, see the examples of past Canstruction winners here: https://www.canstruction.org/2018-international-winners

  3. We have added a competition category that will not be eligible for entry into the International competition. The “Pet Project” category can include pet food. Both Meals on Wheels West and the Westside Food Bank accept pet food. If you are interested in designing and building a structure that includes pet food, please let us know

  4. Each sculpture typically averages around 3,500 cans. Generally, they range anywhere from 2,500-9,000 depending on the complexity and size of the sculpture

  5. Food costs average around $3,000 per display, but can go as high as $8,000. Please feel free to raise funds from sponsors to help support your Canstruction structure – we can thank your sponsors on our Canstruction webpage as well as on signage at your structure

  6. Build Night is a Friday night and it is all night

  7. Teams are responsible for the Decanstruction as well. Decanstruction will take place on Sunday, Nov. 17. All food will be stored in the parking garage for pick-up on Monday, Nov. 18. All waste support materials will be recycled and hauled by Water Garden facilities management. The deconstruction of the Canstruction structures must be done by the teams
Sponsorship
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Reach out to our sponsorhip team here.