The architectural reconversion of the former convent of the Franciscaines of Deauville into an ambitious cultural center was led by the architect Alain Moatti. He transformed the former cloister - a link between the Franciscan sisters - into a space for wandering, of which he kept the brick and millstone walls pierced with arcades. The whole is surmounted by a canopy whose entire surface is covered with an imposing convex chandelier made up of 14,000 plastic tubes. This chandelier, symbolic of the luminous joy of bringing people together through arts and culture, sifts the overhead light, whether artificial or natural, and respects the relationship with heaven of the Franciscan sisters.