Delighting kids and adults alike, an exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum is combining expertise, fun, and purpose.
The exhibit, called Canstruction, features several structures made mostly of canned food and it’s the work of 12 teams of engineers, architects, and designers in the Milwaukee area.
“A lot harder to stack cans structurally than one might think,” HGA architect and participant Hannah Hobach said. “We use a lot of the tools we use in our everyday work.”
Representatives from Women in Design, which led the imitative said it was a friendly competition to see who could come up with the best build, using items you’d find at your local grocery store.
Each structure needed to incorporate at least one thousand non-perishable food items and designers couldn’t use glue or tape to keep everything together.
“I am very impressed with what the teams have put forward,” Nathan Shieve said.
Shieve is …