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 • 2,759

Real Reality

Mar 24, 2014 - 08:34 • 2,620

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

Feb 07, 2014 - 11:22 • 2,896

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

Nov 25, 2013 - 13:25 • 2,476

Chen House wins the Union of Russian Architects Award

Oct 25, 2013 - 09:46 • 2,899

FINNISH ARCHITECT MARCO CASAGRANDE WINS EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE

Sep 17, 2013 - 15:10 • 3,536

Urban Applications: Urban Acupuncture

Mar 11, 2013 - 15:58 • 3,813

A man in the woods

Aug 24, 2012 - 16:15 • 9,102

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

Apr 11, 2012 - 13:02 • 4,934

Cicada by Marco Casagrande

Jan 31, 2012 - 14:14 • 11,977

Signs of Life

Jan 25, 2012 - 20:13 • 8,260

Cicada, un rifugio naturale nel caos metropolitano di Tapei

Jan 20, 2012 - 13:14 • 6,459

Cicada par Marco Casagrande

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:09 • 8,270

Cicada by Marco Casagrande is a Reminder of the Simple Life

Jan 18, 2012 - 09:07 • 9,289

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

Jan 17, 2012 - 08:48 • 6,912

marco casagrande: cicada

Jan 16, 2012 - 08:45 • 10,237

Urban Acupuncture - Treasure Hill

Dec 30, 2011 - 10:07 • 9,646

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

Dec 27, 2011 - 14:55 • 8,761

Compost City

Dec 12, 2011 - 07:43 • 9,745

WIKIPEDIA: Urban Acupuncture

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:56 • 8,136

Better Blocks: One of Many Urban Acupuncture Needles

Dec 06, 2011 - 18:46 • 5,124

London’s Urban Acupuncture: The Urban Physic Garden

Dec 04, 2011 - 11:54 • 5,860

Urban Acupuncture: Revivifying Our Cities Through Targeted Renewal

Dec 01, 2011 - 08:26 • 8,953

Could cities problems be solved by urban acupuncture?

Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 • 8,056

Ruin Academy: Towards the Third Generation City

Nov 11, 2011 - 15:02 • 11,056

URBAN ECOPUNCTURE

Oct 24, 2011 - 12:16 • 9,987

Nikita Wu / Wikipedia

May 30, 2011 - 15:48 • 10,637

Anarchist Gardener

May 30, 2011 - 15:46 • 12,271

Anarchist Gardener

May 21, 2011 - 09:15 • 11,356

Taipei River Urbanism

May 20, 2011 - 15:03 • 10,677

Returning Humans to Nature and Reality

May 05, 2011 - 08:10 • 10,060

Building the Third Generation City

May 05, 2011 - 08:05 • 6,266

Inspire by...Japan

Apr 26, 2011 - 19:58 • 7,364

Illegal Architecture

Apr 21, 2011 - 10:16 • 5,640

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Apr 10, 2011 - 10:46 • 12,009

ELEMENTS

Apr 08, 2011 - 06:57 • 5,394

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 22:56 • 6,404

Taipei from the River

Apr 06, 2011 - 13:54 • 4,849

Urban Compost / Turning Over Taipei

Apr 06, 2011 - 08:46 • 10,333

Illegal Architecture

Apr 05, 2011 - 08:52 • 10,667

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 04, 2011 - 13:11 • 13,922

Illegal Architecture in Taipei

Apr 02, 2011 - 11:24 • 13,059

Taipei from the River

Mar 29, 2011 - 05:02 • 7,982

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:02 • 11,583

Taipei from the River

Mar 28, 2011 - 07:00 • 10,553

Taipei River Urbanism

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:10 • 11,746

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:07 • 10,661

Anarchist Gardener

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:05 • 6,284

Urban Ruins: Abandoned Building Houses Architecture Academy

Mar 17, 2011 - 03:03 • 9,593

Parque Potemkin

Dec 29, 2010 - 09:40 • 12,004

POTEMKIN - park for post industrial meditation by Casagrande & Rintala

Dec 22, 2010 - 15:44 • 9,160

Ruin Academy

Nov 22, 2010 - 08:21 • 9,433

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:17 • 6,763

Taipei Organic Acupuncture

Nov 07, 2010 - 08:15 • 11,283

Ruin Academy in Taipei

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:34 • 6,403

Ruin Academy

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:31 • 8,834

Ruin Academy active and kicking

Nov 02, 2010 - 04:29 • 9,650

Ruin Academy - What We Do Is Secret

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:40 • 11,918

Ruin Academy in Taipei | Marco Casagrande

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:39 • 6,966

c laboratory: ruin academy

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:37 • 9,214

Facebook

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:34 • 5,368

Ruin Academy Blog

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:33 • 4,205

FLICKR set of photos

Oct 29, 2010 - 04:32 • 6,899

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:12 • 8,688

Ruin Academy

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:09 • 5,530

Casagrande opens up Ruin Academy in Taipei

Aug 15, 2010 - 06:07 • 12,098

AR House Awards

Aug 02, 2010 - 09:25 • 10,230

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:36 • 12,940

Laurits Elkjær - Marco Casagrande: Urban Acupuncture

Jun 18, 2010 - 11:33 • 12,921

6th Cycle of 20+10+X Architecture Awards

Mar 16, 2010 - 22:24 • 11,916

Floating Sauna

Mar 10, 2010 - 19:47 • 12,065

Chen House / The Taiwanese House Which Embraces Nature

Mar 10, 2010 - 15:11 • 8,227

Treasure Hill

Mar 10, 2010 - 14:40 • 5,498

Bug Dome

Mar 05, 2010 - 08:38 • 8,434

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 12:37 • 7,955

Anarchitect

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:24 • 7,891

ANARCHITECT

Mar 01, 2010 - 10:23 • 7,168

Chen House

Feb 26, 2010 - 19:10 • 6,178

Guandu: River Urbanism

Feb 22, 2010 - 21:58 • 6,141

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 17:59 • 6,941

Floating Sauna

Feb 15, 2010 - 13:16 • 6,494

Floating Sauna

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:47 • 9,954

Treasure Hill

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:42 • 6,530

Chain Reactor

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:39 • 4,834

Obihiro Walking Street

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:37 • 4,557

Redrum

Feb 13, 2010 - 09:34 • 6,284

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:39 • 7,848

Projet insolite en bambou

Feb 08, 2010 - 08:37 • 7,609

Arquitectura natural: Bug Dome

Feb 07, 2010 - 20:12 • 10,109

Bug Dome by The WEAK!

Jan 31, 2010 - 11:10 • 6,570

Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 18, 2010 - 20:59 • 7,426

Bug Dome / the WEAK!

Jan 16, 2010 - 18:45 • 4,771

Cicada

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:37 • 5,256

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

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:35 • 9,203

Ultra Ruin

Jan 13, 2010 - 11:16 • 10,471

Ultra Ruin

Jan 12, 2010 - 22:20 • 8,389

Bug Dome

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:57 • 10,042

Arquitectura débil

Jan 12, 2010 - 19:55 • 7,818

8 artsy reasons to go to Shenzhen

Jan 05, 2010 - 20:35 • 5,973

Students

Jan 05, 2010 - 11:55 • 11,672

Projects by Marco Casagrande

Architecture
TIKKU
Finland
Nov 17, 2017 - 15:55 • 3531
Architecture
ULTRA-RUIN
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2014 - 08:45 • 6965
Winners
Architecture
APELLE
Finland
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 • 3628
Architecture
Nomad Sauna
Norway
Jun 06, 2012 - 08:28 • 6552
Architecture
S A N D W O R M
Belgium
Apr 05, 2012 - 12:46 • 6932
Winners
Architecture
CICADA
Taiwan
Jan 08, 2012 - 07:25 • 4950
Architecture
Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10969
Winners
Architecture
Guandu River City
Taiwan
Feb 22, 2010 - 21:35 • 5575
Architecture
T-Factory
Taiwan
Jan 02, 2010 - 22:16 • 5423
Architecture
Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11845
Architecture
Pekkaniska Shelter
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 22:07 • 10893
Architecture
Uunisaari Summer Theatre
Finland
Apr 14, 2009 - 21:50 • 15467
Architecture
Human Layer_Taipei
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:26 • 7910
Architecture
Chamber of the Post Urbanist
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 18:08 • 10239
Architecture
7-Eleven Sauna
Taiwan
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:35 • 14616
Architecture
Installation 1:2001
Italy
Apr 14, 2009 - 10:13 • 12000
Architecture
Obihiro Walking Street
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:45 • 8348
Architecture
Bird Cage
Japan
Mar 17, 2009 - 21:12 • 14988
Architecture
Future Pavilion
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:24 • 8499
Architecture
Public Attic
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 23:06 • 9713
Architecture
Post Industrial Fleet
Denmark
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:52 • 14195
Architecture
Redrum
United States
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:37 • 13107
Architecture
Chain Reactor
Canada
Mar 16, 2009 - 22:01 • 12088
Architecture
Floating Sauna
Norway
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:51 • 14461
Winners
Architecture
60 Minute Man (construction)
Italy
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:42 • 9221
Architecture
POTEMKIN - park for Post Industrial Meditation
Japan
Mar 16, 2009 - 21:23 • 10941
Architecture
Land(e)scape
Finland
Mar 16, 2009 - 14:51 • 9698
Architecture
Treasure Hill
Taiwan
Mar 16, 2009 - 10:45 • 11475
Architecture
Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12259
Winners

Favorited Projects (3)

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Ruin Academy
Taiwan
Oct 29, 2010 - 04:19 • 10969
Winners
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Bug Dome
China
Dec 14, 2009 - 17:21 • 11845
Winners
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Chen House
Taiwan
Mar 11, 2009 - 14:30 • 12259
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