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 • 2,945

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,755

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,086

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,643

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,022

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,710

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,044

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,255

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,196

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,131

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,425

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,617

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,464

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,467

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,074

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,390

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,804

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,908

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,927

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,411

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,299

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,081

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,130

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,231

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,187

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,249

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,838

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,424

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,540

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,842

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,210

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,440

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,561

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,821

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,158

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,560

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,539

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,982

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,513

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,894

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,107

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,301

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,161

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,736

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,728

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,893

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,815

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,457

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,787

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,181

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,325

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,606

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,896

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,447

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,574

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,980

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,864

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,113

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,133

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,359

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,500

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,336

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,053

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,834

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,748

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,295

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,407

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,211

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,204

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,060

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,365

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,440

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,679

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,576

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,152

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,045

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,320

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,309

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,286

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,105

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,678

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,108

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,694

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,985

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,686

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,427

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,003

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,760

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,247

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,750

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,608

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,926

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,390

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,354

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,636

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,532

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,219

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,969

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,099

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,815

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3804
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7318 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3869
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6867
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7222 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5256
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11366 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5815
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5650
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12140
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11121
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15791
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8152
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10414
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14910
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12232
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8564
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15224
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8716
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9960
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14423
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13315
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12336
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14936 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9643
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11269
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10000
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11913
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12584 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11366 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12140 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12584 Winner
Winners