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 • 3,454

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 3,131

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,697

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 3,151

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,540

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,232

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,492

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,710

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,888

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,619

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,863

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 7,052

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,916

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 10,034

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,631

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,891

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,286

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,300

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,454

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 9,130

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,734

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,614

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,668

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,684

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,736

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,767

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,440

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,931

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 12,077

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,287

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,743

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,920

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 8,067

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,316

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,743

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,916

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,922

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,404

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,965

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,433

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,629

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,880

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,602

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,240

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 11,104

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,392

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,255

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,915

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,387

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,655

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,975

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 10,179

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,314

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,888

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 7,038

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,502

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,337

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,580

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,636

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,796

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,994

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,699

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,426

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,233

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,294

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,908

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,839

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,669

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,762

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,534

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,904

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 9,041

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 6,167

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,987

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,608

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,517

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,878

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,765

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,752

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,498

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 7,114

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,542

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 7,123

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,410

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 5,084

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,890

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,471

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,201

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,639

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,246

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 8,036

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,415

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,695

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,736

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 11,085

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,989

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,664

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,387

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,547

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,245

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4671
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8356 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4551
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7951
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 8027 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 6125
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12965 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6666
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6369
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13205
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11711
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16608
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8766
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10988
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15637
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 13089
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 9170
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15982
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9447
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10571
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 15090
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 14111
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12982
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 16006 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11849
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12506
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10892
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12688
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13641 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12965 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13205 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13641 Winner
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