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 • 2,958

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,764

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,095

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,651

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,030

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,722

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,055

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,268

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,215

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,141

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,436

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,630

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,471

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,479

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,082

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,403

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,813

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,918

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,935

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,424

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,306

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,099

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,142

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,241

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,196

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,259

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,848

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,431

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,557

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,852

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,221

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,447

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,570

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,834

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,175

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,568

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,547

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,992

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,522

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,908

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,115

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,314

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,176

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,744

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,736

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,905

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,824

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,465

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,806

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,190

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,342

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,629

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,904

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,458

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,592

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,993

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,876

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,122

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,140

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,366

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,508

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,344

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,061

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,846

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,773

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,306

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,415

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,220

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,214

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,069

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,374

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,447

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,689

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,583

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,163

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,057

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,328

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,317

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,297

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,121

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,686

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,116

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,705

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,995

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,692

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,434

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,009

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,767

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,253

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,761

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,614

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,932

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,398

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,359

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,645

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,540

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,225

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,974

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,111

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,821

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3826
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7342 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3883
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6886
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7241 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5282
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11406 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5836
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5661
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12161
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11132
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15814
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8164
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10428
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14925
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12247
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8578
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15240
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8733
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9971
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14435
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13327
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12348
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14955 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9658
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11289
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10015
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11936
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12622 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11406 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12161 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12622 Winner
Winners