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 • 2,929

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,739

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,062

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,624

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,012

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,694

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,026

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,243

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,162

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,116

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,412

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,602

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,446

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,435

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,059

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,379

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,786

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,895

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,913

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,380

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,285

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,065

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,112

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,216

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,174

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,228

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,817

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,407

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,518

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,827

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,195

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,423

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,541

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,801

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,138

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,545

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,526

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,969

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,498

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,874

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,094

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,275

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,136

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,717

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,715

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,880

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,806

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,441

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,751

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,169

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,311

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,589

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,885

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,430

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,544

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,964

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,846

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,098

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,121

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,348

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,488

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,328

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,035

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,822

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,706

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,279

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,387

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,192

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,191

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,042

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,347

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,424

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,660

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,560

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,128

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,033

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,305

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,300

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,271

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,086

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,668

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,094

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,681

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,972

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,670

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,411

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,987

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,748

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,232

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,734

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,589

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,908

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,382

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,339

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,627

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,518

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,204

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,951

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,091

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,805

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3774
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7264 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3849
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6830
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7199 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5222
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11313 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5781
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5621
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12097
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11102
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15767
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8136
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10401
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14888
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12208
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8541
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15198
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8697
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9944
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14411
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13302
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12320
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14899 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9603
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11251
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9970
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11874
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12520 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11313 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12097 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12520 Winner
Winners