Ben Tsiang offers a logical analysis: "Although I studied engineering in university and graduate school, I don't have that much of an interest in pure mechanics. I applied to the architecture program at Harvard because architecture is a sort of synthesis between engineering and the humanities. I hoped to harmonize my background in engineering and my love for art, and to forge a career from it.
蔣顯斌則很理智地分析：「我雖然大學、研究所念的都是工科，但並不是真的對純機械那麼感興趣；申請哈佛的建築系，也是著眼在建築是工科與人文的一種結合，希望兼顧我的工科背景和對藝術的愛好，走出一條路來。