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 • 3,098

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,869

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,285

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,776

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,181

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,852

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,188

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,384

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,489

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,276

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,564

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,763

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,590

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,617

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,249

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,550

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,953

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,031

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,103

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,616

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,438

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,250

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,311

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,377

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,380

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,425

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,050

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,597

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,743

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,977

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,357

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,581

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,715

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,006

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,339

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,682

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,651

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,095

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,664

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,033

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,279

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,507

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,325

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,874

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,846

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,032

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,957

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,615

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,015

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,315

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,613

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,817

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,006

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,601

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,749

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,168

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,038

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,249

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,274

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,482

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,671

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,459

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,170

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,980

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,987

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,476

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,543

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,366

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,370

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,206

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,542

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,636

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,854

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,688

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,284

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,199

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,471

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,439

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,425

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,238

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,798

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,238

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,829

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,126

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,787

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,587

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,135

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,901

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,361

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,904

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,746

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,057

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,488

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,463

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,795

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,672

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,327

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,101

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,217

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,940

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4126
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7703 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4085
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7262
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7478 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5547
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11999 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6173
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5870
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12436
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11303
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16086
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8362
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10616
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15144
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12723
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8780
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15471
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8942
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10141
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14652
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13618
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12556
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15311 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11085
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11876
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10286
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12183
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13021 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11999 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12436 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13021 Winner
Winners