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 • 3,022

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,813

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,191

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,705

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,108

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,779

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,121

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,315

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,352

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,210

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,500

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,702

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,532

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,535

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,167

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,474

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,871

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,984

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 10,007

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,517

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,373

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,168

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,238

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,307

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,300

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,343

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,952

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,509

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,663

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,914

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,286

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,509

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,629

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,901

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,263

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,634

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,594

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 5,044

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,598

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,956

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,188

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,414

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,264

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,799

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,785

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,963

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,888

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,537

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,910

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,250

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,537

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,728

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,958

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,528

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,671

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 9,069

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,957

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,174

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,202

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,411

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,585

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,395

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,116

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,904

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,911

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,383

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,475

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,283

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,286

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,144

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,444

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,549

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,761

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,632

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,219

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,126

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,390

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,377

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,356

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,187

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,742

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,171

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,763

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 5,063

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,740

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,510

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,061

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,833

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,304

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,817

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,668

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,987

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,446

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,406

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,724

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,595

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,267

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 8,026

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,158

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,885

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3960
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7512 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3988
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 7050
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7374 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5421
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11722 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5991
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5756
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12293
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11215
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15931
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8267
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10519
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 15028
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12606
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8670
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15347
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8833
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 10057
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14554
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13496
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12455
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 15140 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 10838
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11566
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10144
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 12048
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12837 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11722 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12293 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12837 Winner
Winners