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 • 2,944

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,752

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,083

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,641

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,020

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,709

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,042

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,254

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,192

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,130

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,423

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,615

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,463

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,460

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,073

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,388

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,800

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,905

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,924

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,410

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,298

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,080

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,128

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,229

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,185

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,243

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,837

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,422

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,538

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,841

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,209

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,438

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,560

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,820

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,156

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,558

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,538

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,981

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,512

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,893

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,106

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,299

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,158

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,734

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,726

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,892

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,814

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,456

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,783

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,180

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,323

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,601

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,894

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,447

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,572

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,980

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,863

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,111

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,132

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,358

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,499

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,336

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,052

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,832

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,744

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,295

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,405

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,211

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,203

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,058

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,363

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,437

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,678

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,571

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,152

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,043

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,319

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,308

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,284

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,104

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,677

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,106

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,693

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,984

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,685

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,426

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,001

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,759

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,246

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,748

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,607

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,924

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,390

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,351

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,635

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,531

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,218

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,965

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,099

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,814

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3804
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7316 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3866
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6865
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7221 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5254
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11365 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5815
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5649
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12137
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11119
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15789
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8150
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10411
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14909
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12230
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8563
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15221
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8714
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9958
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14423
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13314
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12335
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14933 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9642
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11269
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10000
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11912
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12581 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11365 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12137 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12581 Winner
Winners