The site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016 for its contribution to the development of modern architecture along with sixteen other works by Le Corbusier.
[1] The first project presented by Le Corbusier in 1956 included the Maison de la Culture and the bleachers of the municipal stadium.
It was decided to dissociate the sports equipment from the cultural center in order to avoid conflicts of financing by the State, between the two ministries.
[2] The application of several sites built by Le Corbusier (the cultural center) at World Heritage of UNESCO has already been rejected in 2009 and in 2011 because of too long a list and the absence of the site of Chandigarh in India[3][4] A new application file taking into account the various remarks was submitted at the end of January 2015[5] and proposed at the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 10 to 17 July 2016.
Finally, with the Stribick company, Le Corbuisier decided to make a roof suspended by pairs of cables connected to the two facades and on which concrete slabs were placed.