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 • 3,096

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,867

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,278

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,772

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,176

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,852

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,186

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,384

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,483

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,273

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,562

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,758

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,587

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,613

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,244

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,548

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,951

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,027

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,100

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,612

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,429

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,245

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,308

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,372

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,379

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,421

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,046

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,596

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,739

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,977

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,355

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,580

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,713

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,005

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,336

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,680

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,650

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,094

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,664

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,031

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,275

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,503

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,319

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,872

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,843

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,028

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,952

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,613

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,011

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,315

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,610

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,813

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,002

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,598

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,747

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,165

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,033

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,244

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,268

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,478

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,667

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,458

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,167

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,977

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,979

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,473

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,538

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,363

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,360

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,204

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,533

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,631

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,847

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,685

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,281

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,196

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,468

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,437

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,423

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,238

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,796

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,235

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,824

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,123

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,787

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,582

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,132

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,898

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,358

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,904

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,744

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,055

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,486

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,461

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,793

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,671

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,324

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,098

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,214

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,938

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4115
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7697 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4082
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7255
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7476 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5537
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11989 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6168
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5867
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12429
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11301
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16081
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8357
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10612
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15143
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12722
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8763
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15468
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8937
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10137
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14648
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13610
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12553
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15298 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11073
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11868
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10279
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12178
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13010 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11989 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12429 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13010 Winner
Winners