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 • 2,558

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,495

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 2,737

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,316

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,742

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,350

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,569

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 8,936

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 4,649

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 11,797

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,093

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,320

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,104

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,153

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 6,733

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,051

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,502

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,623

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,573

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 7,772

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 4,930

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 5,625

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 8,797

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 7,896

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 10,928

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 9,738

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,432

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,085

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,136

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,510

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 9,899

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,053

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,192

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,449

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 11, 2011 - 17:46 • 11,853

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,232

Taipei from the River

Apr 07, 2011 - 12:40 • 6,264

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,715

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,157

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,384

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 13,727

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 12,863

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 7,855

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,453

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,438

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,586

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,513

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,143

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,422

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 11,837

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 8,935

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,276

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,634

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,097

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,242

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,686

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,478

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 11,733

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 6,785

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,059

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,227

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,062

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,708

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,554

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,380

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 11,942

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,049

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 12,712

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 12,717

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 11,759

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 11,913

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,057

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,229

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,257

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 7,813

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,722

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,025

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,026

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 5,996

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 6,782

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,262

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 9,789

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,382

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,700

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,415

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,136

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,698

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,467

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:04 • 9,963

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,395

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,277

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,623

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 13:34 • 9,064

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,122

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,303

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,258

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 9,858

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,650

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 5,837

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,505

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architectural
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3237
Architectural
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 6514
Winners
Architectural
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3411
Architectural
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6083
Architectural
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 6455
Winners
Architectural
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 4629
Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10468
Winners
Architectural
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5250
Architectural
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5075
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11427
Architectural
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 10593
Architectural
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 14991
Architectural
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 7521
Architectural
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 9999
Architectural
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14167
Architectural
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 11658
Architectural
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8068
Architectural
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 14670
Architectural
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8189
Architectural
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9406
Architectural
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 13856
Architectural
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 12794
Architectural
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 11730
Architectural
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 13765
Winners
Architectural
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 8687
Architectural
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 10405
Architectural
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9272
Architectural
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 10804
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 11826
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10468
Winners
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11427
Winners
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 11826
Winners