History:
In 1925, the Commission for Public Assistance created a tumour centre (radium department) in the Brugmann hospital with the collaboration of the University of Brussels and the Miners Union.
In 1939, the C.P.A. completed the construction of a complex designed by the architects Brunfaut and Jasinski as an anti-cancer centre, close to and operating in association with the Saint-Pierre Hospital.
During the 60's, the facade comprising windows and balconies was clad using a curtain wall to extend the premises and to prevent suicides (8 storeys).
Throughout the 70's, internal fixtures and fittings were modernised, while respecting the modulation and general structure of the original layout.
To this day, the building continues to be used for its original purpose and specialisation.

Architecture:
This is an L-shaped building, designed in the Art-Deco style, with light coloured ceramic tile cladding. 8 storeys high, it's original total capacity was for 180 beds.
The building consists of a concrete clad steel structure.
Its profile is softened by the semi-circular layout of day rooms on the one hand, and by the monumental corkscrew ramp on the other. This ramp is mainly used by wheeled vehicles.