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 • 2,670

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,590

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 2,840

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,408

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,851

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,463

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,711

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,049

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 4,836

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 11,900

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,198

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,418

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,192

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,234

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 6,854

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,161

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,593

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,714

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,668

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 7,937

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,045

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 5,769

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 8,905

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 7,997

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,011

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 9,857

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,569

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,198

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,291

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,611

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 9,988

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,179

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,292

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,564

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 11, 2011 - 17:46 • 11,953

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,335

Taipei from the River

Apr 07, 2011 - 12:40 • 6,339

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,797

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,265

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,577

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 13,847

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 12,978

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 7,932

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,538

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,516

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,695

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,604

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,241

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,532

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 11,946

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,091

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,374

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,714

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,222

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,328

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,778

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,580

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 11,839

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 6,903

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,161

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,318

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,153

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,820

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,649

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,467

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,040

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,165

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 12,851

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 12,841

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 11,855

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,015

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,149

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,386

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,368

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 7,902

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,829

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,125

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,135

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,088

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 6,884

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,381

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 9,902

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,479

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,780

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,512

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,236

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,802

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:11 • 7,556

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:04 • 10,057

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,500

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,365

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,719

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 13:34 • 9,141

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,212

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,411

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,345

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 9,979

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,763

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 5,920

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,603

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architectural
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3410
Architectural
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 6790
Winners
Architectural
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3557
Architectural
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6402
Architectural
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 6800
Winners
Architectural
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 4818
Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10796
Winners
Architectural
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5475
Architectural
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5321
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11729
Architectural
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 10801
Architectural
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15333
Architectural
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 7787
Architectural
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10163
Architectural
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14502
Architectural
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 11899
Architectural
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8271
Architectural
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 14884
Architectural
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8434
Architectural
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9630
Architectural
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14111
Architectural
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13028
Architectural
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 11995
Architectural
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14265
Winners
Architectural
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9065
Architectural
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 10797
Architectural
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9586
Architectural
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11260
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12149
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architectural
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10796
Winners
Architectural
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11729
Winners
Architectural
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12149
Winners