Marco Casagrande (born May 7, 1971 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish architect, writer and professor of architecture. He is known of cross disciplinary, radical and ecologically conscious works moving freely in between architecture, urban planning, environmental art and other disciplines of art and science. Casagrande graduated from Helsinki University of Technology in 2001. Turku (IPA:  , Swedish:  ), founded in the 13th century, is the oldest and fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of 174,868 (as of 2005). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... Nef pour quatorze reines by Rose-Marie Goulet, a memorial to the École Polytechnique Massacre, featuring sculptural elements integrated into a specially landscaped site Site specific art, also environmental art, is artwork created to exist in a certain place. ... Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) (Finnish: Teknillinen korkeakoulu; Swedish: Tekniska högskolan) is the premier technical university in Finland and the largest in the Nordic Countries with over 15000 students. ...

Early life

Casagrande was born in Turku, Finland, to a well-off family. He was raised in Ylitornio in the Finnish Lappland before moving to Helsinki to study architecture. After his Finnish Army service in 1993 Casagrande volunteered to the Bosnian Croat Defence Forces HVO. He wrote a controversial book Mostarin tien liftarit / Hitchhikers on the Road to Mostar (WSOY 1997)[1] about his experiences in the Bosnian Civil War. Ylitornio (ÖvertorneÃ¥ in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Lappland is the name of a geographical region in Sweden and Finland which can refer to: Laponia, or Lappland - a historical Province of Sweden and Finland Lapland, or Lappi/Lappland - a current Province and Region of Finland Part of Norrbotten County or Norrbottens län - a current County of Sweden... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... The Croatian Defence Council (Croatian Hrvatsko vijeće obrane, HVO) was the main military formation of the Croats during the Bosnian War charged with achieving the military objectives of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. ... Combatants Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predominantly Bosniak) Army of Republika Srpska, Yugoslav Peoples Army, various paramilitary units from Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian) Croatian Defence Council, Croatian Army (Croatian) Commanders Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (Army chief of staff 1992-1993) Rasim...

Career

Casagrande founded Architect Office Casagrande & Rintala in 1998 together with architect Sami Rintala and became world famous in 1999 with architectonic installation Land(e)scape and getting awarded by the Architectural Review's Emerging Architecture Prize. Casagrande and Rintala worked together till 2003 producing many internationally recognized works of architecture and environmental art. Since 2003 Casagrande has been leading the Casagrande Laboratory, an international co-operative of architects, artists, humanists and scientists working with inter-disciplinary methodes within the fied of build human environment. Close co-operation with industrial artist Marty Ross and scientist Antti Antinoja. Sami Rintala (born 1969 in Helsinki) is a Finnish architect, artist and professor of architecture. ... The Architectural Review is a monthly international architectural magazine which has been published in London since 1896. ... Casagrande Laboratory is a international co-operative of artists, architects, urban planners, humanists and scientists. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Humanist may refer to: a scholar or academic in the Humanities a proponent of the group of ethical stances referred to as Humanism a long-running email discussion list on humanities computing in typography, a group of sans-serif typefaces with some calligraphic features, such as Humana, Optima, Frutiger, Johnston... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Recent works include the theories of Third generation city and Urban Acupuncture, in which post industrial cities are treated as energy organism in order to find design solutions for environmentally sustainable urban development and urban environmentalism. According to Casagrande the best human living condition is an organic and openly transforming combination of a simultaneous ruin and a construction site. City must be a compost. For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ...

Lives and works in Finland and Taiwan. Professor of architecture in the Taiwan based Tamkang University since 2004. Tamkang University, Tamshui Campus Lights, Tamshui Campus, June 2006 Tamkang University (Traditional Chinese:淡江大學) is a private Taiwanese university located in Danshuei township, Taipei County. ...

Land(e)scape architectonic installation.

Selected works of Casagrande & Rintala

• Land(e)scape, architectonic installation, Savonlinna Finland 1999. Three abandoned barnhouses mounted on 10 metersh high stilts to follow the farmers to the cities of the south. In the end the installation was set on fire.
• 60 Minute Man, architectonic installation, Venice Biennale Italy 2000. An abandoned barge inside of which a small forest of oaks on top of biologically claned and composted human waste from the city of Venice.
• Bird Cage, architectonic installation, Yokohama Triennial Japan 2001. A silo building in Yokohama of hemp rope and steel reinforcing bar releasing balsa birds attached on meterological balloons carrying vegetable seeds to the city.
• Dallas-Kalevala, Demeter [2]Environmental Art Exhibition Japan 2002. A land journey from Finland to Japan across the Eurasian continent collecting polaroid pictures of grandmothers.
• Potemkin, park, Etchigo Tsumari Triennial Japan 2003. A 130-meter long steel park in the middle of rice fields for post industrial meditation.

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Selected works of Casagrande Laboratory

Treasure Hill in 2003.

Industrial artist Marty Ross on a Trojan Rocking Horse.

Glass zen garden in Venice Biennale 2006.

• Treasure Hill[3], urban acupuncture realization, Taipei Taiwan 2003. An illegal community of 400 residents changed into a laboratory of sustainable urban living and enjoying a cult status in Taiwan.
• Post Industrial Fleet, naval architecture, Venice Architecture Biennial 2004 Italy. Recycling strategies for big scale industrial ships as fixed architectonic objects. Together with CREW*31, Denmark.
• Human Layer, Open Form urban design, London Architecture Biennial and Greetings from London 2004. A network of democratic stations along the city tuning the environment towards kindness.
• Trojan Rocking Horse, urban acupuncture, Taipei on the Move 2004. Attacking the Taipei City with 8 Trojan Rocking Horses. Together with Marty Ross and Tamkang University.
• Future pavillion , ultra ruin, Taiwan Design Expo 2005[4]. An abandoned Japanese army laundry building changed into an interdiciplinary art and architecture gallery.
• Chamber of the Post-Urbanist 104, life style concept, Taiwan Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005. Steel made furniture for cave man style hi & low tech futuristic living.
• S.L.U.M., urban design, Urban flashes Mumbai India 2006. Environmental urban design for third generation city in the Oshiwara chain of slums.
• Yuo Yuan, installation, Taiwan Pavillion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2006 Italy. A zen garden out of recycled crushed glass with transparent glass rocks and a swing. Together with 3RW-Architects.

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External links

• Casagrande Laboratory