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 • 3,007

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,808

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,169

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,693

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,096

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,763

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,104

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,309

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,322

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,198

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,492

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,688

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,519

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,521

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,155

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,455

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,863

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,975

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,998

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,504

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,366

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,157

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,219

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,295

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,283

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,323

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,930

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,497

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,648

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,903

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,276

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,497

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,613

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,882

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,252

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,619

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,590

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,039

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,589

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,945

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,173

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,386

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,253

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,790

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,782

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,949

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,880

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,524

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,897

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,241

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,461

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,714

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,951

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,510

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,657

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,055

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,933

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,167

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,196

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,404

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,569

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,390

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,107

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,895

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,890

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,362

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,462

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,272

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,273

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,133

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,429

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,533

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,745

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,624

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,211

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,115

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,376

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,368

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,344

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,178

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,735

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,162

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,752

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,053

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,735

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,498

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,051

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,821

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,299

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,802

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,654

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,979

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,443

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,398

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,702

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,585

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,262

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,018

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,150

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,876

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3933
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7474 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3972
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7016
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7347 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5400
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11663 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5961
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5741
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12275
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11193
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15907
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8246
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10509
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14999
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12573
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8650
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15324
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8819
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10040
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14532
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13464
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12439
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15102 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 10627
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11531
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10111
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12028
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12802 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11663 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12275 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12802 Winner
Winners