Casagrande Laboratory is a Finland based multidisciplinary architecture and innovation office working on the field of built human environment.We are focused on wood architecture, landscape architecture, cross-over architecture, urban acupuncture and biourbanism.
Ruin is when man-made has become part of nature.With our designs we aim in realizing ruins.There is no other reality than nature.Architecture is the art of reality.
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2015, European Prize for Architecture 2013, Committee of International Architecture Critics CICA Award 2013.
Venice Architecture Biennale (2000, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2016) and in Havana Biennale 2000, Firenze Biennial 2001, Yokohama Triennial2001, Montreal Biennial 2002, Puerto Rico Biennial 2002, Demeter Hokkaido 2002, Alaska Design Forum 2003, Echigo-Tsumari Triennial 2003, Taipei on the Move 2004, London Architecture Biennial 2004, Sensoria Melbourne 2004, Taiwan Design Expo 2005 and 2014, Urban Flashes Mumbai 2006, 7-ELEVEN City 2007, World Architecture Festival 2009, Hong Kong & Shenzhen Biennale, Buenos Aires Biennale, Porto Biennale etc.

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Casagrande Laboratory, Aalto University, Ruin Academy

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News Articles by Marco Casagrande (297)

Interactive floor plan: Apelle House, Finland, by Marco Casagrande

Apr 30, 2014 - 11:26 • 2,771

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,630

Professor Marco Casagrande (Finland) appointed Vice-President of the International Society of Biourb

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 2,904

The Third Infoscape: Michel De Certeau, Gilles Clément, Marco Casagrande and the re-creation of our

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,485

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,906

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,547

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,825

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,112

Marco Casagrande’s Woven Willow Sandworm Rises from a Belgian Beach

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 4,944

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 11,985

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,272

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,467

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,281

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,297

Marco Casagrande’s Gorgeous Bamboo “Cicada” Pavilion Snakes its Way Through Urban Taipei

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 6,922

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,246

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,656

http://sustainablecities.dk/en/city-projects/cases/amsterdam-urban-acupuncture-creates-new-life-in-t

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,770

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,757

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,156

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,136

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 5,873

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 8,963

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,064

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,063

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 9,995

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,649

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,279

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,373

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,685

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,068

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,272

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,371

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,654

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,017

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,405

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,410

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,856

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,346

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,687

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 13,933

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,068

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 7,992

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,590

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,559

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,754

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,670

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,295

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,602

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,013

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,171

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,444

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,772

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,297

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,413

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,845

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,662

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 11,929

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 6,978

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,221

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,374

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,211

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,904

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,696

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,540

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,113

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,240

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 12,954

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 12,936

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 11,922

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,072

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,247

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,507

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,439

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 7,964

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,900

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,180

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,186

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,147

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 6,944

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,506

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 9,961

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,537

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,842

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,563

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,293

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,860

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,616

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,117

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,579

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,438

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,782

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,263

Bug Dome czyli pelna prowizorka na Biennale w Shenzen...

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,213

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,484

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,398

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,051

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,830

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 5,980

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,682

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3541
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 6989
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3641
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6569
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 6952
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 4970
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10990
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5592
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5435
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11861
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 10905
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15486
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 7926
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10251
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14627
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12012
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8361
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15003
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8512
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9737
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14212
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13122
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12108
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14480
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9247
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 10968
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9723
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11510
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12278
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

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Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10990
Winners
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Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11861
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Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12278
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