NeoCon East teams up with AIA Baltimore to present Canstruction

For the first time in its 10-year history, NeoCon East will partner with AIA Baltimore to host Canstruction, a design and build competition for the architecture and design community to  create inspired structural designs made entirely of canned food. Since 1992, Canstruction has contributed over 17.5 million pounds of food to community food banks demonstrating that we can win the fight against hunger.

Themed “Boos and Ghouls of Baltimore,” the structures will be on display on the  NeoCon East show floor, near the theater, October 17-18 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Once the competition is complete, the structures will be deconstructed and all the canned food will be donated to the Maryland Food Bank. In its 4-year history, AIA Baltimore's participation in Canstruction has given the Maryland Food Bank a total of more than 60,000 pounds of food and over $5000 in cash donations. 

“There are 460,000 people in the Maryland Food Bank’s service area who don’t know where their next meal is coming from.  This is a huge issue and we must constantly think creatively and pursue innovation to get more food out to those who need it," said Maryland Food Bank President & CEO Deborah Flateman.  "We love Canstruction because it mirrors our own commitment to creativity, and is enormously effective in raising both awareness and resources to fight hunger.  We’re grateful for the support from NeoCon East and AIA Baltimore and can’t wait to see what the teams come up with!”