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 • 3,177

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,907

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,339

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,854

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,237

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,932

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,234

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,443

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,580

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,343

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,608

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,809

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,659

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,701

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,304

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,625

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,007

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,076

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,167

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,707

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,490

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,328

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,377

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,427

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,449

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,489

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,117

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,664

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,795

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,028

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,437

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,634

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,766

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,062

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,423

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,721

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,693

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,148

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,720

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,115

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,340

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,574

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,373

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,953

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,899

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,080

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,003

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,661

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,084

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,370

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,689

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,873

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,057

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,654

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,801

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,232

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,091

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,305

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,330

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,527

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,720

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,502

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,217

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,027

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,050

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,568

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,597

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,419

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,459

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,260

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,603

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,707

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,905

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,734

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,334

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,257

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,547

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,484

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,479

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,280

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,845

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,291

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,868

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,162

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,830

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,633

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,188

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,953

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,407

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,960

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,792

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,111

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,515

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,509

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,840

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,725

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,392

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,150

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,268

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,986

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4266
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7840 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4187
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7450
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7581 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5667
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12227 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6284
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5964
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12562
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11381
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16173
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8444
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10676
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15247
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12811
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8862
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15564
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9033
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10221
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14737
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13763
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12655
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15445 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11227
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12005
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10403
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12263
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13164 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12227 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12562 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13164 Winner
Winners