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 • 2,959

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,765

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 3,097

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,652

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 3,031

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,723

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 4,057

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,270

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 5,219

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 12,143

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,439

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,632

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,473

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,481

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 7,084

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,406

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,814

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,921

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,936

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,427

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,307

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 6,101

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 9,144

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,242

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,196

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 10,260

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,851

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,433

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,559

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,854

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,222

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,452

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,573

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,836

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,177

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,570

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,549

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,993

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,524

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,908

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 14,118

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,317

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 8,179

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,747

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,736

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,907

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,825

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,467

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,809

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,193

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,344

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,634

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,905

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,461

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,593

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,998

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,877

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 12,124

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 7,143

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,369

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,509

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,346

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 7,063

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,847

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,775

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,307

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,416

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 13,222

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 13,215

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 12,070

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,377

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,449

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,691

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,585

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 8,165

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 8,058

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,329

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,320

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,299

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 7,124

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,689

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 10,120

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,707

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,998

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,694

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,436

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 8,011

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,769

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,255

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,765

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,616

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,934

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,400

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,361

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,646

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,541

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,227

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,976

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 6,114

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,823

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3828
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 7347 Winner
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3885
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6892
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 7243 Winner
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 5285
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11412 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5838
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5663
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12162
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 11135
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15815
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 8166
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10429
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14926
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12249
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8580
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 15241
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8735
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9973
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14438
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13329
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12349
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14957 Winner
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9660
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 11293
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 10018
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11938
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12626 Winner
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 11412 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 12162 Winner
Winners
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12626 Winner
Winners