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 • 3,162

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,902

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,330

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,839

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,230

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,916

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,227

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,430

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,561

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,331

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,601

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,804

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,644

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,689

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,295

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,612

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,994

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,070

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,156

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,701

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,482

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,311

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,367

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,419

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,439

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,481

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,110

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,655

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,787

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,026

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,426

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,625

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,759

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,056

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,406

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,714

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,688

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,141

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,714

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,100

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,331

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,563

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,367

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,938

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,889

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,074

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,998

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,654

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,075

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,362

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,671

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,866

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,051

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,649

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,791

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,226

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,085

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,295

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,320

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,522

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,714

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,495

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,210

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,017

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,046

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,548

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,590

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,411

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,444

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,253

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,594

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,698

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,899

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,726

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,327

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,248

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,532

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,477

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,474

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,275

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,843

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,286

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,863

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,154

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,826

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,624

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,181

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,946

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,401

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,954

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,786

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,100

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,509

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,502

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,836

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,718

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,377

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,140

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,260

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,979

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4243
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7816 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4167
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7421
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7556 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5648
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12184 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6263
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5943
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12536
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11367
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16157
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8426
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10664
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15229
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12792
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8850
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15547
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9013
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10205
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14718
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13733
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12640
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15420 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11202
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11982
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10380
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12250
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13137 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12184 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12536 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13137 Winner
Winners