The architect Danièle Diwouta-Kotto restored the location and created offices, an exhibition space, a cafeteria and the outside garden.
Sculpted by the sculptors of Douala in the bay of Cameroon, this type of zoomorphic mask were produced for the initiates of the society ekongolo , always active, in order to honor ancestors during ritual ceremonies, and wore like a helmet.
In December 2007 it is launched the first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala.
Governance doual'art is directed by its president Marilyn Douala Bell and its artistic director Didier Schaub.
Between 1991 and 2012 doual'art produces artworks in over 12 neighborhood of the city.
It perceives cultural and artistic initiatives as a tool for consolidating freedom of expression and social cohesion, which allow in their turn transcending and overcoming closures and cleavages.