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 • 3,178

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,908

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,342

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,856

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,238

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,934

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,236

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,446

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,580

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,344

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,609

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,811

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,661

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,703

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,305

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,626

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 10,009

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 9,076

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,168

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,710

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,490

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,329

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,378

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,429

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,449

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,491

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 11,119

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,665

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,796

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 11,031

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,439

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,636

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,767

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 6,064

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,425

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,721

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,694

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,150

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,722

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 11,118

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,341

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,577

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,374

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,954

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,899

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 12,082

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 11,005

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,662

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 10,084

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,371

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,692

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,876

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 7,058

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,654

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,803

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,235

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 10,092

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,306

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,333

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,529

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,725

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,503

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,218

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 9,028

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 6,053

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,570

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,600

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,420

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,460

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,263

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,605

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,709

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,906

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,737

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,336

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,259

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,550

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,485

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,479

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,284

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,847

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,292

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,868

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,163

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,831

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,635

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,189

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,954

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,408

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,962

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,796

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 5,113

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,516

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,511

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,842

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,726

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,393

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,152

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,268

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,988

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 4271
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7843 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 4190
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7452
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7583 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5669
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12236 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 6289
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5967
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12567
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11386
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 16176
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8448
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10678
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15250
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12813
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8865
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15567
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 9037
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10223
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14743
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13768
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12656
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15447 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 11231
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 12010
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10404
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12265
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13168 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 12236 Winner
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Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12567 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 13168 Winner
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