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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News Articles by Marco Casagrande (297)

Interactive floor plan: Apelle House, Finland, by Marco Casagrande

Apr 30, 2014 - 11:26 • 2,763

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,624

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 2,898

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,478

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,903

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,538

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,817

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,103

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 4,937

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 11,979

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,264

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,461

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,273

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,293

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 6,918

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,240

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,649

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,765

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,752

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,143

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,128

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 5,866

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 8,958

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,058

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,059

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 9,989

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,640

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,273

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,357

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,679

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,062

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,268

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,366

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,644

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,012

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,399

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,405

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,852

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,336

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,682

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 13,924

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,061

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 7,987

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,584

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,553

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,749

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,664

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,284

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,596

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,006

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,162

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,437

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,764

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,287

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,404

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,836

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,653

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 11,920

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 6,969

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,215

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,369

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,208

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,901

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,692

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,532

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,101

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,232

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 12,943

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 12,926

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 11,919

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,066

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,235

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,499

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,435

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 7,960

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,894

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,172

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,181

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,143

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 6,941

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,501

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 9,956

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,532

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,836

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,559

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,284

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,850

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,610

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,111

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,571

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,430

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,774

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,258

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,204

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,479

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,392

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,043

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,821

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 5,975

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,676

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3536
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 6974
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3632
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6561
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 6938
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 4957
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10976
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5581
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5424
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11849
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 10897
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15475
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 7913
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10243
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14618
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12003
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8353
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 14994
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8501
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9719
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14202
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13114
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12092
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14468
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9236
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 10945
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9703
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11487
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12264
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

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Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10976
Winners
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Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11849
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Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12264
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