Kuo says that he maintains a critical view of modernist architecture. Historically, we can see in the cities created by the ancient peoples of Europe examples of liberated consciousness greater than those created by modernism ﹘ the stadiums and arenas of ancient Greece, the salons of 18th-century France, and Britain ’ s pubs were all created as spaces in which to criticize authority.
郭肇立表示，他對所謂的「現代性」建築是抱持批判態度的，從歷史觀察，由歐洲古老公民意識所形塑的城市，往往比號稱解放的現代建築更煥發出強烈的自由意識：古希臘的競技場、歌劇院，十八世紀的法國沙龍、英國酒館，都是群眾為批判當權者而集結蘊生的場所。