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Scully/Architects has been very
pleased to co-sponsor with Keene
State College this CANstruction
Competition. Our usual planning
efforts take years to
materialize; Much more immediate
results come from such
sculptures designed over the
last weeks and built in 12
hours. The benefits to the
community are also more
immediate as all these cans will
be donated to the Community
Kitchen at the end of the week.
I want to thank my associate
Katie Sutherland for managing
this project in our office.
ONE CAN was the theme of this
Competition; Each team did a
creative job of defining the
meaning of One can for their
projects, and designing a
structure to express it. A very
fitting kick off to Hunger Week.
We have had 3 judges of the
competition, with excellent
representation of our democracy
with Pam Slack, City Councilor,
and the Mayor Dale Pregent .
Amazingly for democracy,
especially on the eve of our
elections, we 3 were able to
speak with one voice on these
awards. The general reaction was
the high quality of the
projects, the word “Creativity”
coming up so many times in our
deliberations. All should get
awards and gratitude for the
time and hard work for the
cause.We were given 4 awards to give
out: Appropriately: Best Meal;
Best Use of Labels; Structural
Integrity; Juror’s Favorite
Best Meal
We had to be reminded of the
food pyramid on this one,
learning something about what it
takes to make a complete
balanced meal. I actually doubt
Andy Warhol would recognize a
nutritious balanced meal if he
saw one, despite that, the
Warhol Banana piece receives the
Best Meal Award. |
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We would also like to suggest
one take a 2nd look at that
banana- very subtle use of the
greener cans at the ends of it-
in true ripening banana fashion.
Great can selections; I like
Cream Of Mushroom as a
selection- good humor. Clever
framing of the background;
Best Use of Labels
For shear boldness in the use of
an incredible range colored
labels, the, Shopping Cart wins
the Best Use of Labels Award.
As one juror said “Nailed It-
did not miss a thing in the
details”. Very clever in use of
the thin cans to create the see
through section of the basket;
and we would point out the use
of the smallest cans to make the
basket push handle-
Structural Integrity
All the projects bravely went
high, using close to the full 8
feet allowed by the rules. When
I 1st heard about this project,
I was terrified about how to
stack slippery cans on top of
each other without the natural
disasters we all had as kids.
Structural design often appears
to defy logic , and those blue
topped exuberant castle towers,
wider than their tower bases,
makes me want to stand well
back- yet it stands. The White
Castle wins the Structural
Integrity Award. The blue cans
get well used, almost as if
bricks, at the entries and the
tower tops; the walls step in
and out- structurally
reinforcing themselves.
At first, with Potato cans, I
thought it might be Irish
castle; but clearly the
Sauerkrauts won out and we were
in Germany, or Disneyland.
Juror’s Favorite
With that great big One Can in
the basket, the Shopping Cart
wins the Jury’s Favorite Award
as it summed up all this One Can
competition is about. It also
had lots of subtle detail
touches, like the shift in Tuna
brands to make the Habitat For
Humanity logo on the side of the
basket. A simple idea, full of
Irony, well executed- good use
of varied can sizes . Loved the
green tower of the Jolly Green
Giant Beans.
Again, all teams deserved great
credit for simply participating
in this for the Community
Service, and despite some
intense timing odds, making it
happen for the Community
Kitchen.
Daniel V. Scully/Architect/aia/LEEDs
17 Elm Street
Keene, NH 03431
#603/357-4544
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