CANstruction is an AIA sponsored event where architectural firms and schools have twelve hours to build structures/sculptures of cans and food products...they are judged and awards are given...then all of the food is donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank...so its a win-win situation: the firm and the sponsors get publicity, you get to do something fun with your group, and a huge donation is made to the food bank.
I was kinda forced into being in charge this year, as the former CANstruction leader of our firm just left to form her own firm...so she passed the torch...I had never participated in this event while I was at Tulane and the firm hasn't participated since I've worked there...needless to say I was a bit anxious about the whole thing...especially after horror stories of the structures falling in years past...
I'm happy to report that our structure came together perfectly...no structural failures...and my co-captain Dante and I led our happy design team to create an amazing structure...I'm really proud...
So with out further ado, I present...our mexi.CAN.tina....aka the TACO TRUCK
mexi.CAN.tina (n): A FESTIVE EXAMPLE OF MOBILE ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTING THE SPICY NEW INGREDIENTS OF NEW ORLEANS' CULTURAL GUMBO AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REBIRTH OF THE CITY.
UPDATE: Last night at the judging we won one of the most prestigious awards...BEST MEAL!
