Mikael Colville-Andersen

Mikael Colville-Andersen

Mikael Colville-Andersen during the ISPO Bike 2013 Conference in Munich
Born (1968-01-29) 29 January 1968
Fort McMurray, Canada
Alma mater National Film School of Denmark
Occupation Architect
Practice Copenhagenize Design Company

Mikael Colville-Andersen (born January 29, 1968 in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian-Danish[1] urban designer and urban mobility expert.[2][3][4][5][6] He is the CEO of Copenhagenize Design Company, which he founded in 2009, and he works with cities and governments around the world[7][8][9] in coaching them towards becoming more bicycle friendly.[10] He is a sought-after keynote speaker at design and architecture conferences and events around the world on the subjects of urbanism, liveable cities and bicycle history.

Cycling advocacy

He is known for his philosophy about simplifying urban planning and urban cycling and how cities should be designed instead of engineered.[11][12] He is at the forefront of utilising observational techniques inspired by the likes of William H. Whyte for pedestrian and bicycle planning and has been called "the Modern Day Jane Jacobs".[13] He employs anthropology and sociology in his work to develop liveable cities and, in 2012, he spearheaded the largest study of cyclist behaviour ever undertaken - The Choreography of an Urban Intersection - tracking the desire lines of 16,631 cyclists through an intersection in Copenhagen over a 12-hour period.[14][15]

His approach and philosophy have led to him being referred to as "the Richard Dawkins of cycling" by Peter Walker of The Guardian in 2014 interview with Esquire magazine in the UK,[16] "the Pope of urban cycling" by Canadian newspaper La Presse [17] and Austrian newspaper Der Standard,[18] among others and "the Bieber of urban cycling" in an interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[19]

Colville-Andersen has been instrumental in orchestrating the global bicycle boom, starting with what was later called "the Photo That Launched a Million Bicycles"[20][21][22][23][24] in 2006, which led to the Copenhagen Cycle Chic photography and streetstyle blog in 2007.[25] Regarding his early work with the Cycle Chic movement, The Guardian dubbed him The Sartorialist on Two Wheels.[26]

He coined the phrase Cycle chic in 2007,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] as well as the word Copenhagenize in the same year.[37][38][39] He has also coined and popularised other phrases such as Bicycle Urbanism, Viking Biking, Citizen Cyclist and he started The Slow Bicycle Movement in 2008.[40]

Before embarking on a career as an urban designer, he was a film director[41] and screenwriter. His debut feature film, Zakka West (2003), was the first indie film in Denmark[42][43][44][45] and premiered at the Copenhagen International Film Festival. He has written and directed several short films, including the award-winning short Breaking Up (1999) and founded the first pan-European organisation for screenwriters - Euroscreenwriters - in 1997.

As producer for The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) bicentenary website for Hans Christian Andersen, he and his team won the Prix Italia award at the Radiotelevisione Italiana 57th Prix Italia for Best Public Service Website.[46][47][48]

In 2013, he made appearances in Edinburgh to help celebrate that city's Bike Week.[49]

In 2014, he was cited as one of the influential urban planners suggesting that radical solutions were needed if improvement was to be seen in respect to congestion problems in the city of York.[50] He has also explained that cycle parking is needed for cities to be cycle-friendly.[51] He was booked as a keynote speaker at the Velo-city Global conference in Adelaide in May 2014.[52]

Exhibitions

Bibliography

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Béland, Gabriel (2011-05-28). ""Montréal doit montrer la voie", dit le pape du vélo urbain". La Presse. Montreal. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Franziska, Queling (2014-02-14). "In Praise of the Bicycle - Progress - don't regress - for quality of life in cities". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  3. ↑ "On urban cycling. Mikael Colville-Andersen". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Movimento 'cycle chic', que defende pedalar com estilo, ganha as ruas do Rio". O Globo (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  5. ↑ Bauldry, Jess (2014-05-14). "Making Luxembourg bike friendly". Luxemburger Wort. Luxembourg. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  6. ↑ Connolly, Mark (2015-01-28). "The Future of Bicycling in Edmonton". Edmonton: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  7. ↑ Stäuble, Mario (2012-11-01). "Zürich ist Lichtjahre im Hintertreffen". Tages Anzeiger. Zurich. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  8. ↑ Finnerty, Mike (2012-06-27). "Ambassador of Urban Cycling: Mikael Colville-Andersen". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  9. ↑ Babin, Tom (2012-05-24). "Chain Reaction". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  10. ↑ "Copenhagenize Design Company client list". Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  11. ↑ "Bicycle Urbanism by Design from TED x Zurich 2012". Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  12. ↑ "Bicycle Urbanism by Design: The Importance of Designing Streets Instead of Engineering Them at Architecture IO". London. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  13. ↑ Payne, Tom (2013-08-26). "Mikael Colville-Andersen - The Modern Day Jane Jacobs". Urban Times. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  14. ↑ Suhr, Agnete; Colville-Andersen, Mikael; Madruga, Pedro; Kujanpää, Risto; Maddox, Kristen (2013-05-01), The Choreography of an Urban Intersection (PDF), Copenhagen: Copenhagenize Design Company
  15. ↑ Maddox, Kristen (2013-08-19). "Digging Into Dearborn Data: Patterns and Behavior on the Two-Way Bike Lane". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  16. ↑ Merrett, Jim (2014-06-15). "How Cycling Became Britain's Most Fashionable Sport". Esquire Magazine (UK). Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  17. ↑ Béland, Gabriel (2011-05-28). ""Montréal doit montrer la voie", dit le pape du vélo urbain". La Presse. Montreal. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  18. ↑ Schilly, Julia; von Usslar, Maria (2013-06-15). "Radfahr-Papst: 'Wien ist altmodisch und irgendwo 1952 stecken geblieben'". Der Standard. Vienna. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  19. ↑ Finnerty, Mike (2012-06-27). "Ambassador of Urban Cycling: Mikael Colville-Andersen". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  20. ↑ Grice, Samantha (2013-05-03). "Cycle chic: Style on two wheels". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
  21. ↑ Safe, Georgina (2010-08-06). "Cycle Chic". The Australian. Sydney. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
  22. ↑ Payne, Tom (2013-08-26). "Mikael Colville-Andersen - The Modern Day Jane Jacobs". Urban Times. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  23. ↑ Babin, Tom (2012-05-24). "Chain Reaction". Calgary Herald. Calgary. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  24. ↑ Cahn, Megan (2010-11-26). "Copenhagen Cycle Chic: Redefining Bike Culture One Turn at a Time". Triba Space. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
  25. ↑ "How Cycling Became Britain's Most Fashionable Sport". Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  26. ↑ Reid, Carlton (2008-06-26). "Two Wheels". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  27. ↑ Payne, Tom (2013-08-26). "Mikael Colville-Andersen - The Modern Day Jane Jacobs". Urban Times. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  28. ↑ O'Reilly, Michael (2014-09-27). "Mikael Colville-Andersen: Australian cycling is 'the farthest behind in this conversation'". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  29. ↑ Sexton, Mike (2014-06-01). "Australian cities 'playing catch-up' on modern urban planning and bike lanes, Velo-City conference told". Adelaide: Australian Broadcasting Corp. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  30. ↑ Harding, Oliver-Michael (2011-06-02). "Cycle Chic: Denmark's bicycle ambassador is bringing sexy back to cycling". Montreal: Nightlife.ca. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  31. ↑ Nicholson, Rebecca (2008-09-03). "The Guardian - Cycling is officially chic". London. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  32. ↑ "Inframe.tv - Interview with - Mikael Colville-Andersen, Cycle Chic". Melbourne: InFrame.tv. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  33. ↑ Walker, Harriet (2011-05-18). "What your bicycle says about you". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
  34. ↑ "Movimento 'cycle chic', que defende pedalar com estilo, ganha as ruas do Rio". O Globo (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  35. ↑ ""Cykel Chic - January 2007 (page 25)" (PDF). Magasinet KBH (in Danish). Copenhagen. 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  36. ↑ "United States Patent and Trademark Office listing for Cycle Chic". Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  37. ↑ "Australian cities 'playing catch-up' on modern urban planning and bike lanes, Velo-City conference told". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  38. ↑ "Top 10 Innovations Denmark is Proud of". Danish Institute for Study Abroad. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  39. ↑ "The Origins of Copenhagenize". Copenhagenize Design Co. 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  40. ↑ Levitz, Jennifer (2013-08-16). "These Bikers Race for Last Place - Cyclists say slow riding is response to hard-core fitness world". The Wall Street Journal. New York City. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  41. ↑ "Internet Movie Database for Mikael Colville-Andersen". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  42. ↑ Neiiendam, Jacob. "Generation Zakka". Politiken. Copenhagen. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  43. ↑ Skotte, Kim (2003-07-29). "Klar til den store filmfest". Politiken. Copenhagen. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  44. ↑ "Zakka West". The Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  45. ↑ "Zakka West (2003)". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  46. ↑ "Winners 2005 Prix Italia" (PDF). Milan: Radiotelevisione italiana. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  47. ↑ "DRs H. C. Andersen-website og radiodokumentar får Prix Italia". Danish Broadcasting Corp. (DR). Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  48. ↑ "H. C. Andersen-website vinder Prix Italia". Copenhagen: ComputerWorld.dk. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  49. ↑ Pease, Victoria (18 June 2013). "Inspirational tales and bike breakfasts to celebrate Bike Week". STV News. STV. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  50. ↑ Robinson, Andrew (27 October 2014). "'Close York to cars' say urban planners". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  51. ↑ Otzen, Ellen (14 October 2014). "Copenhagen's piles of bicycles". BBC News.
  52. ↑ Kanki-Knight, Gordon (31 October 2013). "Danish cycling expert Mikael Colville-Andersen wins support in his fight against helmet laws". The Advertiser. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  53. ↑ "Royal Danish Embassy in Ireland - Dublin Cycle Chic". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  54. ↑ "Dreams on Wheels: Danish Cycling Culture For Urban Sustainability". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  55. ↑ "Monumental Motion -A Cycling Life in the Capital of Denmark". Dublin: Dublin City Cycling. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  56. ↑ "Monumental Motion Exhibition At Ethnographic Museum, Dubrovnik". Dubrovnik: JustDubrovnik.com. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  57. ↑ "Royal Danish Embassy in Estonia - Photo exhibition: Monumental Motion". Tallinn: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark). Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  58. ↑ "Danish Presidency of the EU 2012 - Photo exhibition: 'Monumental Motion – A Cycling Life in the Capital of Denmark'". The Danish Government. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
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