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 • 3,490

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 3,152

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,746

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 3,190

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,563

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,262

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,527

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,738

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,911

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,652

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,894

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 7,076

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,938

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 10,068

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,675

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,922

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,315

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,324

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,489

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 9,182

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,762

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,643

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,692

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,706

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,767

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,789

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,473

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,960

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 12,108

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,321

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,775

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,950

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 8,098

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,344

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,763

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,933

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,954

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,430

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,987

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,476

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,664

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,916

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,629

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,275

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 11,129

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,428

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,283

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,942

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,420

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,680

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,997

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 10,210

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,344

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,913

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 7,066

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,533

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,361

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,612

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,664

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,820

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,019

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,716

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,456

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,259

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,325

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,945

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,858

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,694

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,789

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,557

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,939

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 9,075

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 6,205

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 9,014

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,631

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,537

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,913

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,796

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,784

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,525

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 7,144

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,572

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 7,144

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,441

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 5,112

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,919

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,507

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,232

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,668

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,274

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 8,064

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,446

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,721

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,757

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 11,111

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 9,014

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,686

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,413

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,573

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,274

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4710
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8418 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4615
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 8003
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 8101 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 6179
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 13041 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6720
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6419
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13288
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11780
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16655
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8812
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 11038
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15721
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 13123
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 9214
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 16035
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9501
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10611
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 15133
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 14143
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 13028
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 16107 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11926
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12580
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10958
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12725
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13687 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 13041 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13288 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13687 Winner
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