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 • 2,905

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,706

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,022

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,597

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,987

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,669

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,990

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,216

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,120

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,088

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,380

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,571

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,417

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,393

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,020

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,348

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,749

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,857

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,878

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,338

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,256

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,022

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,076

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,175

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,145

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,198

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,781

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,381

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,492

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,796

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,163

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,386

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,507

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,767

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,113

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,512

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,500

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,942

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,470

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,843

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,054

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,223

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,102

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,677

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,681

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,849

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,778

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,405

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,719

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,106

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,277

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,557

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,859

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,402

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,513

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,930

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,805

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,062

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,090

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,309

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,465

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,299

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,008

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,785

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,667

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,250

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,349

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,132

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,129

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,011

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,264

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,393

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,624

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,528

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,079

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,005

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,271

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,271

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,236

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,049

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,636

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,064

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,644

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,941

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,644

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,383

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,954

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,705

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,201

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,682

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,555

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,874

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,354

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,310

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,594

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,493

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,157

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,923

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,062

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,776

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3718
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7197 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3795
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6770
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7134 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5170
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11223 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5730
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5564
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12022
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11049
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15702
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8088
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10359
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14827
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12165
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8497
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15153
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8645
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9884
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14356
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13263
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12272
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14822 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9522
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11192
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9907
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11804
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12460 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11223 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12022 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12460 Winner
Winners