C-LAB CV Marco Casagrande 16.10. 2007 CURRICULUM VITAE MARCO CASAGRANDE, architect www.clab.fi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Casagrande BORN: 7.5.1971, Turku, Finland STUDIES: Architect Helsinki University of Technology 1990-2001 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Journalist Etelä-Uusimaa -newspaper / 1988-90 Assistant Architect Office C & H / 1991 Construction work Various sites, own projects / 1991- Naval Architect Architect Office Lasse Heikkinen / 1994 TV –documentary producer YLE 2 National Broadcasting System, ATV / 1999 - 2000 Architect Architect Office Casagrande & Rintala / 1998-2003 Teacher / visiting lecturer Universities in Finland and abroad / 2000- Teacher 1 / Main teacher Bergen School of Architecture, Norway / 2003-04 Architect, principal Casagrande Laboratory / 2003- Visiting Professor Tamkang University, Architecture Dep., Taipei, Taiwan / 2004 – Visiting Professor Tallinn University of Technology, Architecture Dep., Tallinn, Estonia / 2006 – Deckhand Commercial salmon fishing crews / F/V Mecca, F/V Isanotski, F/V Liberty Bay / Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, Alaska / 2006 PRESENT POSITION: Architect, Principal Casagrande Laboratory, Helsinki Finland - Taipei Taiwan Visiting Professor Tamkang University Department of Architecture, Taipei Taiwan RESEARCH FOCUS: Cross over design in build human environments Third Generation City Ruin architecture 1 www.clab.fi The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart. C-LAB CV Marco Casagrande 16.10. 2007 REALIZED WORKS: INSTALLATIONS Katamaran Architectonic installation / Steve Badanes´ Workshop / Varkaus, Finland / 1991 Void Spatial installation / space inside a stone peer, resonating underwater sounds / Helsinki, Finland / 1996 Land(e)scape Architectonic landscape installation / three abandoned barns mounted on 10 meters high wooden legs / Savonlinna, Finland / 1999 Slaughter Carnival Burning of the barn installation / with dancer Reijo Kela / Savonlinna, Finland / 1999 60 Minute Man Architectonic installation / abandoned barge inside of which an oak park planted on human waste / Venice Biennale of Architecture / Venice, Italy / 2000 1000 White Flags Landscape installation / 1000 white flags of used sheets from mental hospitals on re-bars on a mountain slope / Koli national park, Finland / 2000 Convoy Landscape installation on water / three abandoned rowing boats mounted vertically on the surface of lake Saimaa / Rantasalmi, Finland / 2000 Quatzalcoathus Architectonic installation to the Havana Biennale of Contemporary Art / Havana, Cuba / 2000 Birdcage Architectonic installation to the Yokohama Triennial 2001 / Yokohama, Japan / 2001 Goldfields Environmental installation / post industrial landscaping, bioactive regional planning / together with Estonian Art Academy, University of Tarto and COO-Arhitektid / Kohtla- Nõmme, Estonia / 2001 Installation 1:2001 Architectonic installation of 15.000 books in Piazza Della Republica / Biennale Dell´Arte Contemporanea di Firenze 2001 / Florence, Italy / 2001 May Manifesto - Out Architectonic installation of hanging forest - urban nature in the facade of Helsinki Kunsthalle / Juuret - Juured - Roots Exhibition / Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland / 2002 May Manifesto - In Indoor installation of 81 aluminium hands on dirt with fishing lines up to roof / Juuret- Juured-Roots Exhibition / Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland - Tallin Kunsthalle, Estonia / 2002 Dallas-Kalevala Installation based on documentation made during a ground trip from Helsinki through Siberia to Japan / Demeter Contemporary Art -exhibition / Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan / 2002 Chain Reactor Architectonic installation presenting an open air fireplace framed by 6 x 6 x 6 m metal I- beam frame with hanging walls of chains / crossing of Prince Street & Wellington / Montreal Biennale 2002 / Montreal, Canada / 2002 CityZen Garden 12 installations as industrial Zen gardens on the Bayamon-Hato Ray Highway / Puerto Rico Biennale PR02 / San Juan, Puerto Rico / 2002 Prairie Shelter A straw bail shelter for 15 people on Manitoba -prairie / -40 degrees Celsius and extremely windy / together with University of Manitoba / Winnipeg, Canada / 2003 Redrum Architectonic installation in Anchorage downtown facing the Federal Building and Museum of History and Art / 15 m long, 5 m wide and 5 m high temple structure of used railroad oil tanks and 3500 kg of oyster shells / Alaska Design Forum / Anchorage, Alaska, USA / 2003 2 www.clab.fi The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart. C-LAB CV Marco Casagrande 16.10. 2007 Trojan Horse_Bergen A hole dug into ground water level and a 500 meters long exhibition of Trojan Horse_Bergen -book pages on railroad tracks mounted as flags on concrete ironing bars / Together with Bergen School of Architecture / Bergen, Norway / 2004 Human Cocoon Steel made one-man resting and sleeping shelter to be attached on existing building facades, between light poles, under bridges etc. A stove inside burning waste wood and paper. Protection against weather and violence. Public privacy. / Human Layer_London / Greetings from London / London Architecture Biennale / London, UK 2004 Dignity Unit Steel made gypsy stove collecting rain water from roof tops and cooking it for making food, washing clothes, taking a bath etc. in public places. Public privacy. / Human Layer_London / Greetings from London / London Architecture Biennale / London, UK 2004 Trojan Rocking Horse_London Prototype of a steel made adult size rocking horse working as a public mailbox collecting memories, wishes and comment from London citizens about their living environment. The data will later on be analysed by C-LAB as bases for urban planning. The army of the Trojan Rocking Horses will be places around London. / Human Layer_London / Greetings from London / London Architecture Biennale / London, UK 2004 Car Park Environmental art installation of a Mitsubishi car out of use parked on the Federal Square in Melbourne and changed into a garden. Park planted in a car. / Sensoria Design Symposium / Melbourne, Australia 2004 Public Attic_Helsinki A wooden attic construction standing on legs and facing the Finnish Parliament House collecting items and memories of Helsinki Citizens as headquarters of the Dictatorship of Sensitivity. / Human Layer_Helsinki / Helsinki Festival / Helsinki, Finland 2004 Center A round re-bar and plastic wall like construction working as a modern wailing wall in the Helsinki Museum of Modern Art KIASMA square. / Human Layer_Helsinki / Helsinki Festival / Helsinki, Finland 2004 Trojan Rocking Horse_Helsinki A plywood made adult size rocking horse working as a public mailbox collecting memories, wishes and comment from Helsinki citizens about their living environment. The data will later on be analysed by C-LAB as bases for urban planning. / Human Layer_Helsinki / Helsinki Festival / Helsinki, Finland 2004 All Man’s Right A public fire place facing the Finnish Presidential Castle. / Human Layer_Helsinki / Helsinki Festival / Helsinki, Finland 2004 Trojan Rocking Horse_Taipei Exhibition of 8 steel made Trojan Rocking Horses being the mediators between head and the hands in Taipei City. / Taipei Artist Village / Eslite Gallery / Taipei on the Move 2004 / Taipei, Taiwan 2004 / Taiwan Design Expo, Kaoshioung 2005 Dragon Fly Central installation for lectures, projections and festivities. A drum space out of two steel rings with 10 meters diameter hanged from a roof construction I-beam. The vertically parallel rings are connected with 20 km of fishing line. / Taiwan New Landscapes exhibition / Taiwan Science Museum / Taipei and Kaoshioug Fine Arts Museum / Taiwan 2004 Children’s City Workshop space construction out of laminated cardboard hosting various activities. / Taiwan New Landscapes exhibition / Taiwan Science Museum / Taipei, Taiwan 2004 Wishing Nest Ball shape nest out of steel and fishing net inside of which test tubes to put wishes in. / Yilan Chinldren’s Folk Festival / Yilan, Taiwan 2005 Chamber of the Post-Urbanist 104 3 www.clab.fi The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart. C-LAB CV Marco Casagrande 16.10. 2007 Steel furniture for Post-Urban rehabilitation / Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art , Taipei, Taiwan 2005 / Taiwan Design Expo, Kaoshioung, Taiwan 2005 Cold Eye Wooden eye –shaped boat floating vertically in the air / Taiwan Design Expo, Future Pavilion / Kaoshioung, Taiwan 2005 Eight Immortals 8 Taiwanese food stands camouflage painted and transformed into a small army of mobile gardens / Taiwan Design Expo, International Workshop / Kaoshioung, Taiwan 2005 Touch Down 9 tin made 1:1 copies of a hand of a Taiwanese farmer on top soil / Taiwan Design Expo, Future Pavilion / Kaoshioung, Taiwan 2005 Cloud(e)scape 1 x 1 meters floating mirror in the toxic Oshiwara river mirroring the blue sky / Urban Flashes Mumbai / Mumbai, India 2006 You-Yuan Industrial Zen –garden of recycled glass with a swing. / 10 x 14 m / Taiwan Pavillion exhibition “Paradise Revisited” for Venice Architecture Biennale 2006 / Venice, Italy 2006 VIDEOWORKS Land(e)scape documentation of Land(e)scape -installation / Valopilkku, YLE2, Finland 1999 / New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japan, Japan, 2000 / Urban Flashes 2, Taipei, Taiwan, 2002 / Taiwan Design Expo, Kaoshioung, Taiwan 2005 Bell-Smith insert / Valopilkku, YLE2, Finland, 1999 Kaarnen Veikko insert / sensored / Valopilkku, YLE2, Finland, 2000 60 Minute Man 7 part documentation / ATV, Finland, 2000 / New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japan, Japan, 2000 / Urban Flashes 2, Taipei, Taiwan, 2002