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 • 2,613

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,544

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 2,779

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,359

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,808

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,405

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,642

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 8,995

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 4,745

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 11,847

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,143

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,367

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,147

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,195

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 6,805

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,106

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,546

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,670

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,621

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 7,821

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 4,991

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 5,691

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 8,846

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 7,953

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 10,968

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 9,798

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,503

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,144

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,226

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,549

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 9,946

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,116

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,238

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,504

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 11, 2011 - 17:46 • 11,905

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,282

Taipei from the River

Apr 07, 2011 - 12:40 • 6,296

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,761

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,214

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,492

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 13,787

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 12,927

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 7,898

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,499

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,487

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,639

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,561

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,195

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,478

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 11,912

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,024

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,322

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,673

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,157

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,288

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,739

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,527

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 11,787

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 6,836

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,113

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,269

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,106

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,762

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,607

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,426

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 11,992

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,109

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 12,776

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 12,780

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 11,805

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 11,966

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,102

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,326

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,317

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 7,861

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,782

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,072

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,081

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,037

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 6,829

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,332

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 9,841

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,429

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,740

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,468

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,187

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,756

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,516

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:04 • 10,004

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,444

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,318

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,673

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 13:34 • 9,100

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,166

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,362

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,299

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 9,914

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,709

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 5,873

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,551

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architectural
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3336
Architectural
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 6658
Winners
Architectural
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3504
Architectural
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6254
Architectural
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 6617
Winners
Architectural
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 4715
Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10635
Winners
Architectural
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5386
Architectural
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5261
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11609
Architectural
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 10728
Architectural
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15212
Architectural
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 7693
Architectural
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10104
Architectural
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14376
Architectural
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 11808
Architectural
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8203
Architectural
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 14801
Architectural
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8353
Architectural
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9567
Architectural
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14032
Architectural
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 12931
Architectural
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 11922
Architectural
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14052
Winners
Architectural
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 8925
Architectural
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 10658
Architectural
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9473
Architectural
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11076
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12033
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10635
Winners
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11609
Winners
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12033
Winners