Fokke Moerel

“sustainability and architecture is uh and in essence actually a contradiction building is not sustainable in itself so how to minimize your footprint and I think keeping the building to whichever structure is already sustainable in itself”

— From DnA+ | Fokke Moerel (MVRDV): bet kokios struktūros pastato negriovimas jau yra tvaru, STRUCTUM (July 17, 2023)

“the legislation is going too slow so some laws really need to be changed for instance in Timber you can only and it varies per per region or per country how tall you can actually go but uh very often it's just like one two three layers maybe”

— From DnA+ | Fokke Moerel (MVRDV): bet kokios struktūros pastato negriovimas jau yra tvaru, STRUCTUM (July 17, 2023)

“it's not just places for all but it's really places for all for everybody for people”

— From Future Fest: Places For All With MVRDV's Fokke Moerel, Architizer (September 01, 2022)

“how can we create comfortable cities for people how can we really make use of other resources and the space that we have in a smart way for future-proof environment and but also how can art or architecture actually really be a tool for inclusiveness”

— From Future Fest: Places For All With MVRDV's Fokke Moerel, Architizer (September 01, 2022)

“how can we create comfortable cities for people, how can we really make use of other resources and the space that we have in a smart way for future-proof environment, and but also how can art or architecture actually really be a tool for inclusiveness so places for all”

— From Fokke Moerel to speak about "Places for all" at the Architizer Future Fest, MVRDV (September 21, 2022)

“the fact that it's really mirroring so it's not just reflective but it's really mirroring makes the birds actually fly away because they really see another bird coming towards them so so they fly away”

— From Fokke Moerel to speak about "Places for all" at the Architizer Future Fest, MVRDV (September 21, 2022)

“Architecture, urbanism and interiors, installations and everything in-between. That is not the... architecture and to give value to great new places and new places.”

— From How MVRDV approaches the topic of city transformation?, MVRDV (June 23, 2021)

“We try to design to make indeed this unique spaces in... housing to create for residential area which you not build... office is mix with regional and commercial space and residential.”

— From How MVRDV approaches the topic of city transformation?, MVRDV (June 23, 2021)

“we think cities are super valuable um of course they have a lot of history they have their own economy uh their own dynamics uh etc so uh use that and and use the value uh of those places”

— From CLOSING SESSION - F. Moerel „Transforming a city from within", Regeneracja Miast Przemysłowych (June 23, 2021)

“you can force sometimes and sometimes it's needed and not just to be all delicate and and try to hide within the urban scape but actually to do a tour of the force”

— From CLOSING SESSION - F. Moerel „Transforming a city from within", Regeneracja Miast Przemysłowych (June 23, 2021)

“every time we have to do that in a dramatic way, it actually really improves the project, you really have... At first, it hurts, and then you're like 'Uh, but actually, this makes much more sense!' because then you, I don't know, you get rid of all the fuzz and the things that you added because they're nice or whatever...”

— From Architectural Talk | Manni Group meets MVRDV, Manni (February 01, 2021)

“have fun, you know, you should know where you want to go, have ambition and of course have a very open mind, otherwise, you're not getting anywhere and look around, I think that's what I try to show with the projects, to really understand what the real issue is and not just to start but really try to understand and dig...”

— From Architectural Talk | Manni Group meets MVRDV, Manni (February 01, 2021)

“how to make the perfect machine where we can actually free lots of space and given to the sport picks”

— From Fokke Moerel - How does the architecture affect the environment and the local community?, Element Talks (November 22, 2018)

“the future of architecture urbanism blair er zoal en hoe de duivel in niet door research en ex-hoer tenzij je trikes plein met in dit de social skills de politieke skills en de communicatieve skills”

— From Fokke Moerel - How does the architecture affect the environment and the local community?, Element Talks (November 22, 2018)

“to create a water adaptive city you really need people who actually make use of and live in this city to get to all the depth of it so we need a crossover of people who live in the city since it's not just the mayor running a city it's also a community which with needs and demands it's not just an architect or planner...”

— From Interviews: Fokke Moerel & Jago van Bergen, silpakorn lecture (January 27, 2013)