Providence, RI – RGB Architects was once again a proud participant of Canstruction, as Rhode Island held its third annual design/build competition to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Local architects, engineers, contractors and students collaborated to construct giant sculptures using canned food, and on April 22 were given awards in the following categories; Juror’s Favorite, Best Use of Labels, Best Meal and Structural Ingenuity, as well as a People’s Choice award for their designs.
Team RGB won awards for Best Use of Labels and the People’s Choice Award with their design of “It IS easy being green” – Kermit the Frog with a solar powered miniature windmill. At 6′-8″ tall the structure was constructed of 5,180 cans, boxes of pasta and water bottles. RGB raised approximately $6,500, all received through fundraising efforts.
We would like to thank the RGB team for its efforts, as well as recognize the following sponsors;
The Foundry, Agostini/Bacon Construction, H.V. Collins, Koroseal, Building Resource Engineering (BER), Bill’s Pizza, Forbo, Pezzucco, Turgeon, CSI, LDD Collaborative, Omni Lite, Interfaceflor, ADS, D’Ambra Construction, TRAC Builders, and Pariseault Builders for their generous donations.
This years Canstruction event generated 30,000 cans of food, all of which will be distributed to the hungry throughout the state by the RI Community Food Bank.
For more information about the Canstruction program visit www.canstruction.org. For more information about
the RI Food Bank visit www.rifoodbank.org.