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 • 3,062

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,843

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,231

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,733

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,136

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,815

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,147

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,348

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,423

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,236

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,532

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,726

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,552

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,570

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,198

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,505

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,911

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,003

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,048

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,558

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,397

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,195

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,266

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,336

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,330

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,384

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,003

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,557

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,700

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,946

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,317

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,538

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,677

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,966

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,294

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,661

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,619

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,067

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,623

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,989

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,236

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,449

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,291

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,830

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,815

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,992

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,918

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,575

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,957

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,284

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,558

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,766

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,979

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,559

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,700

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,109

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,987

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,202

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,227

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,439

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,637

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,431

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,143

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,942

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,937

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,428

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,504

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,322

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,312

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,168

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,487

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,588

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,805

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,660

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,245

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,163

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,431

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,410

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,385

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,212

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,768

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,205

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,795

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,096

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,761

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,548

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,088

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,859

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,334

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,857

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,702

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,020

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,469

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,425

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,761

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,633

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,300

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,061

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,180

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,914

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4032
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7590 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4037
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7115
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7412 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5466
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11886 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6095
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5808
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12346
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11254
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16019
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8304
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10566
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15074
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12673
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8720
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15408
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8882
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10098
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14597
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13546
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12499
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15214 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 10943
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11738
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10204
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12102
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12911 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11886 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12346 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12911 Winner
Winners