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 • 3,375

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 3,060

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,597

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 3,073

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,441

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,146

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,423

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,626

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,800

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,544

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,791

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,985

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,852

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,942

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,539

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,822

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,219

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,242

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,378

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 9,021

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,662

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,546

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,609

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,618

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,674

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,697

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,359

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,861

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 12,007

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,223

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,652

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,849

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,971

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,254

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,666

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,867

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,857

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,332

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,908

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,367

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,542

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,813

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,546

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,169

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 11,046

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,307

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,178

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,841

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,306

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,581

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,913

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 10,097

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,253

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,827

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,979

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,430

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,278

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,514

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,560

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,723

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,912

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,635

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,356

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,180

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,230

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,809

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,781

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,606

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,675

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,465

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,829

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,948

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 6,097

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,920

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,526

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,443

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,772

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,690

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,677

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,434

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 7,029

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,471

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 7,055

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,345

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 5,019

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,811

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,395

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,134

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,580

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,155

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,964

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,331

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,645

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,670

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 11,021

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,925

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,596

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,324

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,465

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,170

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4562
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8211 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4427
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7800
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7883 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5990
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12765 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6547
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6219
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13015
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11603
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16449
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8642
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10867
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15506
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12993
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 9059
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15847
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9306
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10448
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14969
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 14018
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12877
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15865 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11645
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12347
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10736
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12557
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13498 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12765 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13015 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13498 Winner
Winners