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 • 2,891

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,697

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,011

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,586

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,981

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,652

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,974

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,203

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,110

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,081

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,366

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,560

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,405

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,378

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,009

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,333

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,732

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,846

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,868

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,310

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,241

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,000

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,065

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,161

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,133

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,153

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,763

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,366

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,476

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,786

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,155

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,372

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,495

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,756

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,101

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,497

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,489

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,932

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,456

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,820

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,043

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,204

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,086

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,663

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,660

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,840

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,766

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,388

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,709

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,098

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,264

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,547

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,847

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,393

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,504

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,921

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,793

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,042

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,080

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,298

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,454

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,289

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,997

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,770

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,653

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,223

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,338

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,107

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,105

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,002

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,218

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,377

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,609

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,514

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,071

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,987

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,259

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,259

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,226

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,032

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,625

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,054

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,632

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,927

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,633

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,372

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,945

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,696

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,192

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,670

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,547

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,863

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,342

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,299

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,578

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,482

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,145

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,912

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,053

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,764

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3684
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7171 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3769
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6742
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7106 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5136
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11167 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5718
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5543
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11997
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11027
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15673
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8070
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10348
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14788
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12146
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8480
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15123
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8608
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9847
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14332
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13241
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12242
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14734 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9467
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11148
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9866
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11759
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12435 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11167 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11997 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12435 Winner
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