The complex was designed between 1929 and 1932 by the architect Alphonse Laverrière and has been listed in note 1 of the inventory of historic monuments since 1992.
The renovation and upgrading to safety standards of this emblematic building called for advanced skills in the field of renovation, transformation and sanitation.
It also required specific skills for the promotion (marketing) of complex surfaces located in difficult areas, architectural sensitivity to the construction methods and design of the 1930s, and finesse in site management given its central location.
