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 • 2,961

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,765

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,100

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,655

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,035

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,725

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,059

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,272

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,224

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,145

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,441

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,634

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,473

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,483

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,088

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,409

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,817

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,923

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,938

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,430

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,312

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,107

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,147

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,244

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,199

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,263

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,855

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,435

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,562

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,856

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,226

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,454

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,575

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,838

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,182

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,572

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,551

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,995

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,530

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,910

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,120

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,319

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,183

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,749

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,738

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,910

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,827

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,470

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,811

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,197

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,350

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,636

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,910

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,464

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,598

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,000

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,880

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,126

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,145

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,371

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,512

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,348

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,067

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,849

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,778

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,309

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,418

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,225

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,219

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,072

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,382

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,452

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,693

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,587

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,168

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,060

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,331

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,322

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,301

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,127

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,691

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,123

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,710

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,000

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,696

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,438

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,013

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,771

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,257

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,768

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,619

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,936

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,404

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,365

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,648

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,543

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,229

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,976

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,116

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,825

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3832
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7350 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3887
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6897
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7246 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5289
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11417 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5844
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5666
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12167
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11137
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15816
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8173
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10431
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14930
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12253
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8582
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15245
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8738
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9975
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14441
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13333
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12352
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14963 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9662
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11297
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10021
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11943
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12631 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11417 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12167 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12631 Winner
Winners