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 • 3,320

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 3,018

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,539

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 3,021

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,381

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,090

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,372

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,578

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,742

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,484

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,745

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,941

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,807

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,882

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,479

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,773

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,167

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,198

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,324

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,945

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,616

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,489

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,557

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,566

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,607

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,643

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,300

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,804

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,950

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,169

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,590

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,796

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,914

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,204

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,596

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,824

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,818

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,283

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,861

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,307

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,489

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,763

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,511

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,107

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 11,011

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,252

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,132

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,788

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,252

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,530

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,858

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 10,041

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,200

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,786

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,930

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,366

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,234

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,457

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,506

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,673

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,858

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,599

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,316

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,143

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,185

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,750

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,734

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,559

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,620

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,410

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,773

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,886

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 6,047

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,869

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,484

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,397

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,710

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,622

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,619

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,387

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,974

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,419

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,999

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,298

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,970

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,762

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,337

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,088

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,530

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,098

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,924

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,268

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,609

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,633

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,972

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,874

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,541

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,284

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,407

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,117

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4512
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8123 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4365
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7724
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7797 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5916
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12646 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6490
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6160
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12918
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11556
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16374
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8590
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10809
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15445
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12948
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 9011
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15778
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9244
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10377
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14910
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13965
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12812
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15756 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11542
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12252
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10658
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12488
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13422 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12646 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12918 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13422 Winner
Winners