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 • 2,926

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,733

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,058

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,622

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,009

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,688

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,022

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,237

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,155

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,111

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,402

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,594

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,440

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,421

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,052

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,375

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,778

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,887

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,908

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,372

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,279

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,054

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,108

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,209

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,166

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,219

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,812

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,403

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,515

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,823

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,187

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,411

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,539

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,793

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,134

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,538

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,522

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,964

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,494

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,867

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,086

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,268

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,132

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,714

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,712

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,877

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,800

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,437

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,741

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,129

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,302

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,583

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,882

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,427

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,542

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,957

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,841

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,092

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,114

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,345

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,484

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,324

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,033

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,815

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,695

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,275

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,380

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,186

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,180

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,039

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,343

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,418

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,653

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,555

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,125

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,026

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,298

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,294

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,265

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,080

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,663

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,090

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,675

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,968

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,668

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,409

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,980

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,746

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,226

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,720

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,588

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,904

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,379

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,333

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,621

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,515

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,192

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,948

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,087

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,800

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3765
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7253 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3845
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6824
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7187 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5216
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11300 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5774
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5614
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12085
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11099
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15751
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8131
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10396
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14879
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12201
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8536
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15194
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8686
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9939
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14404
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13295
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12312
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14889 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9585
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11237
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9963
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11866
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12512 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11300 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12085 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12512 Winner
Winners