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 • 2,913

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,718

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,042

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,610

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,997

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,678

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,001

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,223

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,142

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,099

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,389

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,579

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,426

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,405

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,034

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,362

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,761

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,872

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,891

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,352

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,264

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,034

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,091

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,189

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,154

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,204

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,799

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,391

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,502

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,811

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,173

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,395

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,518

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,777

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,122

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,523

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,511

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,954

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,482

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,853

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,072

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,245

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,115

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,688

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,694

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,862

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,788

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,421

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,726

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,116

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,288

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,566

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,869

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,415

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,526

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,943

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,814

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,073

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,103

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,321

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,474

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,312

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,018

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,797

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,678

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,259

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,359

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,162

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,155

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,018

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,305

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,401

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,636

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,541

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,100

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,014

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,285

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,284

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,252

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,058

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,650

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,076

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,658

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,954

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,655

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,392

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,966

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,726

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,215

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,700

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,568

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,888

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,366

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,317

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,607

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,503

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,168

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,935

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,072

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,786

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3739
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7218 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3814
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6800
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7157 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5187
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11249 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5750
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5585
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12046
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11065
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15720
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8113
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10377
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14852
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12179
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8509
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15170
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8666
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9909
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14380
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13277
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12292
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14849 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9549
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11213
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9926
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11821
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12481 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11249 Winner
Winners
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Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12046 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12481 Winner
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