Canstruction Rochester

A foundation of the Society for Design Administration (SDA), Canstruction® is a trademarked design/build competition currently held in cities throughout North America and countries around the world including Australia. Teams of architects, engineers, and students mentored by these professionals, compete to design and build giant structures made entirely out of canned foods. It takes 8-12 weeks and

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10/30/2025

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our 16th Annual Canstruction Rochester design-build competition, which resulted in 32,631 lbs. of food donated to Foodlink!

This year’s theme, Cosmic Conquest: Rise of the Cans, inspired incredible creativity, teamwork, and heart from all participating teams. We’re so proud of how each build turned out!

🏆 Best Original Design (tie): Rochester Institute of Technology & LaBella Associates
💛 People’s Choice: Popli Design Group
💪 Structural Ingenuity: Wegmans Design Group
🎨 Best Use of Labels: Colliers Engineering & Design
🥫 Most Cans & Best Meal: CPL
👏 Honorable Mention: Canbusters & Stantec

Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Canstruction Rochester a stellar success! 🌌

06/17/2025

Join us TOMORROW at noon at The Strong Museum for the Canstruction Rochester 2025 Kick-Off Meeting!

We’ll cover this year’s schedule, layout, and unveil the theme: Cosmic Conquest: Rise of the Cans🚀, a sci-fi-inspired adventure through space, technology, and extraterrestrial life. Teams are encouraged to draw inspiration from movies, books, games, shows, or general space-age concepts.

New to Canstruction? It’s a design-build competition where teams create large-scale sculptures entirely out of canned food. After the event, all cans are donated to Foodlink to help feed our community.🥫❤️

We’re thrilled to launch this year’s event and hope to see you there! Can’t attend but want to participate? Email us at [email protected] to be added to this year's email list.