Marco Casagrande

Marco Casagrande

Marco Casagrande is a Finnish architect, biourbanist, social theorist, and professor of architecture.

By mixing environmentalism and urban design, Casagrande is developing methods of Urban Acupuncture to create ecologically sustainable urban development towards the so-called Third Generation City. He is Vice President of International Society of Biourbanism and Principal of the Casagrande Laboratory, internationally operating architecture, biourbanism, and innovation office based in Helsinki, Finland.

He is the laureate of the UNESCO Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, European Prize for Architecture, among others. His works have been exhibited in the Venice Architecture Biennale. Casagrande is holding professorships at the Tamkang University in Taiwan, Bergen School of Architecture in Norway, and O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy and King Danylo universities in Ukraine.

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