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 • 3,448

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 3,123

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,687

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 3,143

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,530

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 4,225

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,486

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,701

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,879

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,615

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,859

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 7,048

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,912

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 10,023

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,623

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,884

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,281

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,296

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,446

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 9,122

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,727

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,606

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,661

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,676

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,725

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,759

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,434

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,923

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 12,069

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,279

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,734

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,913

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 8,057

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,309

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,737

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,910

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,915

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,398

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,959

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,428

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,624

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,876

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,599

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 12,233

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 11,096

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,383

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,245

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,904

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,378

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,647

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,969

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 10,170

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,310

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,881

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 7,032

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,493

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,333

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,575

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,631

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,791

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,988

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,691

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,419

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,226

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,286

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,901

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,833

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,662

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,753

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,529

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,897

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 9,036

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 6,162

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,981

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,604

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,511

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,868

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,758

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,744

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,493

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 7,106

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,536

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 7,118

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,406

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 5,079

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,884

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,468

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 8,196

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,635

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 7,241

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 8,031

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,410

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,692

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,733

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 11,079

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,983

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,655

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,382

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,542

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 12,240

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4665
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 8347 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4543
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7941
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 8014 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 6116
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12949 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6658
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 6350
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13195
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11704
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16600
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8759
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10980
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15627
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 13083
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 9163
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15974
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9437
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10559
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 15079
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 14103
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12976
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15998 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11836
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12493
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10883
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12682
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13629 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12949 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 13195 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13629 Winner
Winners