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 • 3,386

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 3,064

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,603

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 3,086

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,449

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,156

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,433

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,629

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,810

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,552

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,803

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,992

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,862

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,951

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,555

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,831

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,232

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,250

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,383

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 9,039

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,676

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,553

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,620

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,628

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,686

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,707

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,367

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,868

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 12,010

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,229

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,661

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,853

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,978

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,263

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,679

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,879

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,864

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,343

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,919

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,375

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,561

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,829

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,557

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,178

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 11,056

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,315

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,185

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,844

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,313

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,595

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,920

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 10,108

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,261

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,836

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,989

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,437

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,287

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,518

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,568

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,729

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,921

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,639

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,362

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,184

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,236

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,821

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,784

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,609

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,679

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,472

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,841

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,963

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 6,104

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,929

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,532

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,452

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,779

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,698

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,690

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,440

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 7,037

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,474

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 7,066

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,349

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 5,026

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,818

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,409

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,140

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,586

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,174

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,975

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,344

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,648

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,677

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 11,024

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,930

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,602

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,332

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,481

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,179

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4574
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8227 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4442
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7822
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7903 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 6011
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12785 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6560
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6235
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13041
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11616
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16467
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8658
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10878
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15521
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 13004
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 9069
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15866
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9322
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10459
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14981
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 14029
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12883
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15881 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11680
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12370
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10752
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12570
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13518 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12785 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13041 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13518 Winner
Winners