“ In my judgment, Chen was most responsible for the design of the Luce Chapel, ” says Han Pao-teh, a famous scholar of architecture and former chairman of Tung-hai ’ s architecture department. “ Pei gave his consent or offered a few suggestions. ” Han reasons that in other works by Pei one sees joy in geometric forms but “ never emphasis on conceptual ingenuity. ”
「以我個人的判斷，路思義教堂的設計，出自陳先生之手，貝先生點頭同意，或者給一些建議。」國內知名建築學者、前東海大學建築系主任漢寶德，曾寫文章對此發表看法，所持的理由是，在貝聿銘其他的作品中，只看到對幾何造型的喜好，但卻「從來沒有出現過巧思。」