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 • 3,282

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,983

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,497

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,974

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,340

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,045

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,336

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,535

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,703

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,446

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,704

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,911

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,774

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,839

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,415

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,733

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,130

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,164

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,281

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,878

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,585

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,456

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,517

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,535

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,564

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,605

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,240

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,763

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,909

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,126

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,545

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,749

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,870

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,169

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,553

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,790

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,775

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,243

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,823

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,261

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,447

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,716

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,468

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,058

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,984

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,200

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,096

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,745

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,210

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,480

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,822

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,993

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,154

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,752

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,887

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,330

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,192

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,406

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,453

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,636

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,821

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,570

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,284

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,109

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,152

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,689

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,697

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,532

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,577

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,370

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,723

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,843

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,998

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,826

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,434

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,367

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,670

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,586

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,580

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,358

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,935

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,375

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,961

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,257

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,925

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,721

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,285

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,043

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,489

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,056

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,892

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,225

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,574

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,604

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,935

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,841

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,494

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,245

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,363

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,074

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4463
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8058 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4324
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7669
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7746 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5869
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12544 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6448
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6116
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12843
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11511
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16325
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8559
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10782
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15406
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12924
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8976
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15727
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9196
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10334
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14870
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13925
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12775
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15676 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11465
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12207
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10587
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12439
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13369 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12544 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12843 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13369 Winner
Winners