Selected Press Highlights
Michael William interviews Marianne Weinreich (Danish Cycling Embassy) and Steven Fleming for Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/cycling-cities/6866696
“What Would a ‘Cycling Utopia’ Look Like?” Interview with Sarah Goodyear, in City Lab [The Atlantic]. http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/10/what-would-a-cycling-utopia-look-like/411031/#disqus_thread
“Blame it on the bike: does cycling contribute to a city's gentrification?” Interview with Peter Geoghegam in The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/05/blame-bike-cycling-contribute-city-gentrification
'Een fietsvriendelijke stad is geen linkse kwestie' interview with Hella Hueck, in fd.nl, https://fd.nl/economie-politiek/1259483/een-fietsvriendelijke-stad-is-geen-linkse-kwestie
“Rental bikes or e-scooters: Who will win Berlin's urban mobility battle?” interview with Enrique Anarte for Deutsche Welle (DW) https://www.dw.com/en/rental-bikes-or-e-scooters-who-will-win-berlins-urban-mobility-battle/a-49616348
Felicity Stone “How to plan a city for cyclists“, in BC Business. http://www.bcbusiness.ca/lifestyle/how-to-plan-a-city-for-cyclists?utm_source=BCBusiness+Newsletters&utm_campaign=37cb2c9781-BCBusiness_enewsletter03November201511_2_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ca728b16ff-37cb2c9781-141516477
“Australische Designer erdenken die perfekte Fahrradstadt” (Australian designers think up the perfect cycling city) in Wired.de. https://www.wired.de/collection/latest/wie-wurde-die-perfekte-stadt-fur-radfahrer-aussehen
Interview with Sophie Kleman, by in .mic. https://mic.com/articles/126823/cycle-space-is-what-a-city-would-look-like-with-bikes-instead-of-cars#.ckcnSvVJ6
“vêm aí as cidades só para bicicletas?” (Velotopia, cities coming just for bikes). In Pedais (Portuguese) http://pedais.pt/velotopia-vem-ai-as-cidades-so-para-bicicletas/
“What a city would look like if it was designed for only bikes (no cars allowed!)” interview with Adele Peters from Fast Company. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052018/what-a-city-would-like-if-it-was-designed-for-only-bikes-no-cars-allowed/7
Lloyd Alter, “Architect imagines a neighborhood and a whole new building type designed around bikes” in Treehugger. http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/cycle-tracks-will-abound-velotopia-architect-proposes-new-building-type-designed-around-bikes.html
“Arquitectura ciclista: una revolución sobre pedales“, interview with Rebeca Queimalino for Ciclosfera Magazine (Spanish). http://www.ciclosfera.com/arquitectura-ciclista-revolucion-pedales/
“Could Australia become a Utopia for Cycling? on ABC Radio National Drive with Kirsty Kelly, CEO Planning Institute of Australia http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/could-australia-become-a-utopia-for-cycling3f/5764134
Steven Fleming interview by Archinect: “Working Out of the Box: Steven Fleming.” http://archinect.com/features/article/84683423/working-out-of-the-box-steven-fleming
Cycle Space reviewed by L.A. Review of Books. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/chain-reaction-urban-politics-in-the-age-of-the-bicycle/
Cycle Space reviewed by Domus http://www.domusweb.it/en/reviews/2013/04/19/bike_culture_andurbanspace.html
Cycle Space reviewed by Archidose http://archidose.blogspot.nl/2013/02/28-in-28-12-cycle-space.html
“Bike and the City”, in Vogue Italia. June 2014, n. 766, p.68 http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/vogue-arts/2014/06/bike-and-the-city
“Cycle Space, Steven Fleming” interview in Singapore Architect http://cycle-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Fleming-interview-Singapore-Architect.pdf
“On your Bike,” Interviewed for HR Monthly http://cycle-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/On-your-bike.pdf
Interview in Dutch building industry newspaper Cobouw (Dutch language) http://cycle-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cyclespace_page.pdf
Review of The Dutch Bike and Cycle Space in NRC Handelsblad (Dutch language) http://cycle-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Cycle-Space-NRC-Handelsblad-Maartje-Somers-Lux-spread-10-11-2012.pdf
Interview in Volkskrant, “De week van de fiets”, (Dutch Language) 19.10.2012.
Review of Cycle Space in ArchiNed (English translation)
Review of Cycle Space in RO Magazine (Dutch language)
Awards
22.11.2013 DARCH Horse Award for “Urban Provocateur” from the Australian Institute of Architecture
Grants
Transport for NSW, $1,300,000— for 2 year on-demand transport trial, commencing May 2018, using electric assist bicycle sharing. Grant authors: Monica Zarafu and Steven Fleming.
City of Rhyde, $5000 for urban analysis of Macquarie Park. Won through prospectus written by Monica Zarafu and Steven Fleming.
University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment/Pilot Grant, “World Heritage Architecture & Archaeological Survey and Development: Pilot study of a Roman City named Bosra”, $11,000— Dr S Fleming, Dr J MacKee, Dr M Schroder, Mr R Ackland
Australian Research Council (ARC) Indigenous Researchers Development Scheme Project, “Aboriginal identities within architecture and the built environment: Perceptions of a sample of indigenous and non-indigenous architects”, $16,000, with Tara Mallie and Assoc. Prof Nerida Blair.
Independent Investigator Grant, “Designing works of paper architecture inspired by post-historical artworks that have been reviewed by Arthur C. Danto”, $9,000—
Early Career Researcher Grant, “Towards a Taxonomy of Architectural Dialectic: Surveying Practices Within the Design Juries of American Schools of Architecture” $12,770—
Early Career Researcher Grant, “An inquiry into architect Louis I. Kahn’s use of regulating geometry in his three American masterworks” $12,700—
Key Memberships
Member of City of Newcastle, Livable Cities Advisory Committee. 2019 to 2021
Member of the Pådriv partnership, a city-funded initiative shaping an urban development vision for Hovinbyen within Oslo. 2018-2019
Expert Advisory Panel member to the Australian Cyclists Party. 2013 - 2016
Member of advisory board of the international Bicycle Urbanism Symposium series of the University of Washington. 2013 – 2015.
Founding and life member of the NEXUS Association for Architecture and Mathematics (NAAM)