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 • 3,217

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,931

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,418

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,907

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,274

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,983

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,271

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,480

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,630

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,388

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,637

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,847

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,712

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,762

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,345

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,671

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,060

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,106

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,210

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,776

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,528

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,381

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,437

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,478

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,496

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,541

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,169

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,696

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,835

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,061

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,479

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,677

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,804

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,105

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,478

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,751

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,725

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,186

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,757

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,176

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,377

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,633

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,410

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,006

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,926

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,137

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,035

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,689

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,133

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,410

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,747

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,915

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,096

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,691

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,830

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,268

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,131

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,349

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,376

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,567

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,766

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,531

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,244

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,065

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,090

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,617

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,644

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,465

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,523

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,302

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,647

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,757

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,939

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,763

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,365

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,300

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,592

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,522

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,513

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,313

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,882

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,323

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,896

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,202

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,869

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,663

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,222

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,989

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,435

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,001

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,831

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,147

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,539

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,557

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,879

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,775

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,432

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,186

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,298

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,020

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4347
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7940 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4255
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7566
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7659 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5775
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12379 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6365
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6041
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12685
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11436
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16233
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8495
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10713
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15321
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12860
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8909
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15647
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9102
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10273
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14794
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13838
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12706
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15547 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11326
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12097
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10482
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12342
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13254 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12379 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12685 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13254 Winner
Winners