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Rightly or wrongly, its designer is credited with the idea of having associated the construction with a symbolic and imaginative calendar: 365 meters in length, the number of days in a year, four courtyards, like the seasons, fifty-two doors, and seven stories...Urban myth or the truth? What is certain is that esoteric symbolism and a taste for numbers were often the prerogative of master builders and architects and undoubtedly fascinate the Italians Alfonso Femia and Gianluca Peluffo of 5+1AA. Their renowned ability to bring together the know-how of artisans, artists, contractors, and suppliers of materials has produced a remarkable aesthetic result, in which color and material articulate the internal spaces, animated by stores, restaurants, and offices.

Historic buildings --- Historic preservation --- Architecture and society. --- Architecture et société --- Monuments historiques --- Monuments historiques --- Remodeling for other use --- Aspect social. --- Reconversion --- Protection --- 5 + 1 architetti associati. --- Compagnie des docks et entrepôts de Marseille. --- Marseille (France) --- Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) --- Construction.