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 • 3,252

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,961

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,458

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,943

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,310

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,017

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,303

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,508

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,670

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,421

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,674

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,877

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,748

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,803

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,382

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,710

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,098

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,138

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,251

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,814

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,556

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,420

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,475

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,512

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,527

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,576

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,204

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,734

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,880

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,088

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,514

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,715

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,841

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,140

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,517

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,775

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,754

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,216

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,793

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,215

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,412

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,684

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,440

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,037

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,962

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,173

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,070

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,714

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,183

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,451

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,794

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,957

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,130

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,725

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,862

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,299

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,161

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,381

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,408

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,600

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,793

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,556

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,267

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,090

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,130

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,652

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,673

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,504

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,549

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,336

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,685

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,797

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,970

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,801

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,396

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,334

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,633

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,556

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,544

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,342

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,915

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,352

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,931

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,229

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,901

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,696

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,252

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,020

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,466

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,032

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,870

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,189

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,556

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,585

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,914

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,813

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,462

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,218

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,332

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,047

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4424
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8010 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4294
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7632
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7712 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5837
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12480 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6415
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6086
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12779
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11475
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16280
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8534
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10751
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15373
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12901
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8949
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15688
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9162
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10310
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14843
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13889
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12743
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15616 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11403
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12162
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10545
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12392
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13336 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12480 Winner
Winners
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Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12779 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13336 Winner
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