[3][4] The METRAG Consortium (made up of Metropolitana, Andrade Gutierrez and Proenge) was hired to build the station and the Operational Control Center.

[1] During the final stage of construction, the city government began to study a suitable destination for the areas left over from the building sites.

[5] In July 1974, Mayor Miguel Colasuonno launched a tender for the construction of two office towers, in which three consortia presented themselves: Construtora Adolfo Lindemberg S/A, CBPO-Formaespaço S/A and Guarantã Servlease S/A - Prourb.

After the bids were announced, the winning consortium was Guarantã Servlease S/A - Prourb, which hired architects Roger Zmekhol and Sidinei Rodrigues, who designed two 105-meter-high towers as well as a shopping center, library, hotel and a terrace with landscaped slabs, an underground garage and a footbridge over 23 de Maio Avenue, linking Santo Agostinho Square to the Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo.

[8] After much criticism of the project (which also threatened the expansion of Paulista Avenue), Setúbal annulled the tender on July 2, 1975, alleging breach of contract by the winning consortium.

[12] After a competitive bidding process, São Paulo City Hall hired architects Eurico Prado Lopes and Luiz Benedito de Castro Telles to design the new library, using part of the 300,000 square meter area of the now-defunct Nova Vergueiro project, located to the north of the subway station of the same name.

After Setúbal's term ended, the city government of São Paulo was assumed by Reynaldo de Barros, who modified the project at the request of his culture secretary Mário Chamie.

[19][20][21] The architect Eurico Prado Lopes, who worked hard to get the project completed, was unable to contemplate it because he died on April 12, 1985, at the age of 45; his memorial service was held in one of the cultural center's libraries.

The venue was awarded three stars, a "regular" grade, with the consensus: "In the Jardel Filho room, the space is simple, and the seats are not comfortable.

The [ticket] prices are attractive (...) The advisory says that the CCSP is working to resolve the two issues: the sound leak and the location of the area for wheelchair users.

[30] In addition to the activities provided by the cultural center, many young people get together to practice street dance in groups or to study and play board games at the tables outside the library.

[30] The cultural center has a free access program, where people with disabilities and reduced mobility can easily attend all the activities the space provides, since the staff is trained to help them.