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 • 2,588

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,523

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 2,761

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,335

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,779

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,375

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,609

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 8,974

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 4,679

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 11,824

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,124

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,351

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,128

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,179

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 6,779

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,085

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,525

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,648

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,604

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 7,799

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 4,962

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 5,658

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 8,825

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 7,927

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 10,954

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 9,769

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,471

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,117

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,180

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,530

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 9,922

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,088

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,217

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,482

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 11, 2011 - 17:46 • 11,875

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,262

Taipei from the River

Apr 07, 2011 - 12:40 • 6,286

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,745

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,189

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,423

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 13,757

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 12,893

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 7,878

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,482

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,466

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,619

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,540

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,176

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,450

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 11,886

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 8,985

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,303

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,657

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,133

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,272

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,720

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,504

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 11,764

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 6,817

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,091

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,253

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,088

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,737

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,588

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,401

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 11,968

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,093

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 12,745

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 12,741

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 11,784

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 11,945

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,080

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,260

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,292

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 7,840

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,762

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,053

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,061

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,016

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 6,810

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,294

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 9,816

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,410

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,723

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,454

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,168

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,733

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,495

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:04 • 9,987

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,423

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,299

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,644

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 13:34 • 9,084

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,149

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,331

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,284

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 9,896

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,686

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 5,857

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,536

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architectural
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3277
Architectural
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 6577
Winners
Architectural
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3453
Architectural
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6151
Architectural
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 6524
Winners
Architectural
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 4671
Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10528
Winners
Architectural
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5305
Architectural
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5149
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11482
Architectural
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 10645
Architectural
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15067
Architectural
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 7575
Architectural
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10042
Architectural
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14236
Architectural
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 11702
Architectural
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8117
Architectural
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 14725
Architectural
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8233
Architectural
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9456
Architectural
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 13912
Architectural
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 12844
Architectural
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 11793
Architectural
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 13867
Winners
Architectural
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 8769
Architectural
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 10492
Architectural
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9338
Architectural
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 10890
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 11894
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10528
Winners
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11482
Winners
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 11894
Winners