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 • 3,220

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,933

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,422

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,908

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,279

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,983

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,274

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,482

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,636

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,391

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,641

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,850

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,717

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,766

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,351

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,677

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,065

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,111

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,218

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,782

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,528

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,384

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,440

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,479

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,500

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,545

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,171

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,700

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,846

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,065

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,484

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,684

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,807

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,109

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,483

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,751

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,726

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,192

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,760

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,180

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,382

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,640

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,412

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,013

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,928

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,139

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,041

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,692

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,141

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,415

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,753

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,919

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,100

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,695

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,832

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,270

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,135

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,350

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,379

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,571

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,767

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,532

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,247

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,067

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,093

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,621

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,646

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,473

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,526

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,304

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,651

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,761

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,942

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,765

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,369

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,304

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,596

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,526

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,514

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,316

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,894

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,326

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,899

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,202

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,871

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,667

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,224

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,993

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,438

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,005

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,836

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,150

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,539

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,560

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,882

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,778

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,436

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,189

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,306

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,023

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4359
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7948 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4258
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7572
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7665 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5784
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12397 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6370
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6046
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12693
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11440
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16239
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8496
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10716
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15328
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12866
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8913
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15651
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9115
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10273
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14798
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13842
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12710
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15554 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11335
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12107
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10492
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12347
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13265 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

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Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12397 Winner
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Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12693 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13265 Winner
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