Everyone on the CYCU team applauded the idea of building with recycled materials, but they had a hard time accepting that electric poles could be made aesthetically pleasing, and they disagreed with the locals on where the windows should be placed and how big the teahouse should be. After finally getting a model together, the team returned to Taiwan.
以「參與式建築設計──鐵板經驗」為碩士論文的中原建築系助教吳振廷表示，當時大家對以廢棄物作建材表示贊同，但很難認同電線桿的美感，同時對開窗位置及茶亭的大小都和村民意見不一。