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 • 3,263

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,968

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,476

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,956

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,321

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,028

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,313

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,516

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,685

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,429

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,685

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,889

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,755

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,817

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,396

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,720

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,114

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,152

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,264

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,844

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,572

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,439

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,495

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,523

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,538

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,584

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,223

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,747

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,893

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,098

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,529

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,727

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,856

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,155

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,529

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,782

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,762

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,227

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,803

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,232

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,424

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,694

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,449

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,047

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,970

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,180

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,079

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,724

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,194

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,464

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,806

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,969

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,137

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,737

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,876

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,310

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,174

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,393

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,423

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,615

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,805

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,559

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,274

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,096

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,139

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,665

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,682

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,519

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,563

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,346

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,699

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,812

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,980

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,809

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,410

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,348

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,646

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,569

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,559

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,347

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,923

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,360

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,941

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,240

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,913

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,705

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,262

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,027

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,473

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,041

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,878

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,204

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,564

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,593

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,924

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,822

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,470

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,226

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,344

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,058

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4438
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8022 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4312
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7648
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7725 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5852
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12505 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6426
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6097
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12795
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11484
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16295
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8542
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10762
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15389
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12910
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8961
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15704
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9177
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10320
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14853
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13904
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12757
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15638 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11425
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12179
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10559
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12406
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13350 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12505 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12795 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13350 Winner
Winners