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Chronos is a research firm specializing in sociology and innovation advising. Our strength lies in our unique ability to blend observations, questioning and analysis of the evolution and issues surrounding mobility.

Under the direction of Bruno Marzloff, Chronos was created as a platform of exchange. Groupe Chronos brings together the actors from the transportation, information technology, and media sectors as well as from cities.

The group's objective is to conceive a complete package of future services to accompany individuals' throughout their daily lives.

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Ghent - how to give a human face to places

20 10/2011 Lou Marzloff

Ghent, the second biggest city in Flanders, is viewed as a model when it comes to urban renewal projects. The specificity of the municipality is to develop these projects in a "one to one" dynamic: local renewal projects are carried one after the other, for the municipality to only focus on one project at a time and thus better reach its objectives.

Oxigen for the Brugse Poort, which started in 2002, is one of those flagship Ghent's urban renewal projects. The Brugse Poort is part of the so-called 19th century belt, an industrial working class neighbourhood. It has faced different types of problems: lack of public spaces, poor housing conditions and a negative public image.

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Who owns the world?
Open Street Map was launched in 2004 in the UK and now lies in its philosophy 80,000 contributors. But who does own the mapped data? Who, users or operators, will be the owner of the world, "he who holds rights on the map of the globe?"

13/01/2009
The Time Collaborative
As Swatch's ad campaign stated in 1996, "Time is what you make of it." This emphasizes the empowerment of individuals and practices of accountability by enabling regulations over which they largely have control. The question that arises is to know at which point of the disintegration of time can be an opportunity to build new time regulations.

13/01/2009
La Poste - Clean Mobility Provider
The French Post Office "La Poste" is investing in clean transportation with more than 5,000 electrically assisted bicycles commissioned. The already-established network could serve as a battery recharging station for electric vehicles. Why not post your mail and change your battery at one convenient location?

12/01/2009
The infernal triangle
"The car and parking is only possible because some motorists migrate to public transport. Otherwise, the streets would be totally congested and the movement of cars and buses would be paralyzed."

30/12/2008
Interview with Jean-Louis Fréchin, Digital Designer
Architect Jean-Louis Fréchin explained to Chronos why Renault's Scenic added yet another page to the car manufacture's already long saga. The Scenic's design did not align with consumers' desires to purchase more than a car - but a mobile information base.

26/12/2008
You are a Receiver, an Emitter, and a User
The individual is increasingly mobile and connected to the cellular phone network opens up many opportunities for mapping in real time. Maps are constructed in an organic way. They move, adapt, and evolve in real time, even anticipating the movements of the city. Smile, you're being traced... because you asked for it.

25/12/2008
Could the Cost of Transportation Lead to the End of “Desperate Housewives?”
Looking at the housing and car costs,the white-picket-fence dreams of life in the suburbs (lustfully spying on the neighbor's gardener) might soon no longer be accessible to the middle class.

20/12/2008

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Présentation de Chronos

Chronos est un cabinet d'études et de prospective dont les travaux s'articulent autour de quatre grands thèmes : les mobilités, la ville, le numérique et le quotidien.