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 • 3,421

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 3,096

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,646

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 3,120

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,486

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,190

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,463

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,664

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,844

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,581

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,830

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 7,026

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,889

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,988

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,590

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,861

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,260

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,274

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,415

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 9,085

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,706

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,581

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,646

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,656

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,712

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,737

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,406

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,897

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 12,045

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,258

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,702

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,889

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 8,022

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,294

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,711

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,895

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,895

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,374

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,940

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,408

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,593

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,853

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,577

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,209

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 11,085

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,353

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,220

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,877

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,347

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,620

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,945

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 10,142

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,286

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,866

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 7,017

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,470

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,312

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,548

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,602

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,760

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,953

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,665

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,390

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,212

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,268

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,860

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,810

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,639

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,715

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,510

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,870

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 9,003

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 6,134

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,960

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,566

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,482

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,829

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,732

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,720

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,468

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 7,075

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,505

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 7,093

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,374

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 5,048

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,851

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,438

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,165

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,607

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,210

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 8,005

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,374

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,671

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,704

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 11,052

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,959

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,628

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,361

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,514

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,214

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4623
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8293 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4502
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7878
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7969 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 6062
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12880 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6621
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6300
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13128
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11662
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16531
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8711
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10934
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15577
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 13048
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 9118
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15918
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9376
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10512
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 15037
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 14071
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12936
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15941 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11756
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12442
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10825
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12642
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13588 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12880 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13128 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13588 Winner
Winners