Alain Moatti, the architect and scenographer of the Les Franciscaines cultural space in Deauville presents his project as a place to live where one likes to stay and take advantage of the space to stroll, read, study, watch a film, listen to music, or do research. He wanted to create a site not only needed but above all wanted by the public. The choice of the city of Deauville to reinvest in a building steeped in history, the former Saint-Joseph orphanage of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters, and to perpetuate its initial vocation of welcoming, sharing, and transmitting knowledge participate in its symbolic value.