'Canstruction' design challenge returns to the Milwaukee Public Museum

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- They call it 'Canstruction' and over at the Milwaukee Public Museum awards were handed out to the architectural design teams that built these unusual pieces of work. 

Eleven teams created the 'can-structures,' the idea was to use non-perishable food cans. The food will eventually be donated. 

CBS 58 talked to one of the project managers whose team used tuna cans to recreate one of the ancient heads on Easter Island. 

"It's incredibly cool and I heard that having protein for the cans was really helpful for families," said Riley Steckert, project manager. "So I'm glad that our entire structure is basically made out of protein." 

The teams had to use at least a thousand cans.

Awards were given for best structural ingenuity, best use of labels, most cans and the people's choice. 

You can view the unusual structures until Feb. 16 at the Milwaukee Public Museum.