Chiang Le-ching, who joined the project fresh out of university, relates that the architect, planners, and designers who worked on it eventually spread out across Taichung's construction industry and into academia. Equipped with both humanistic inclinations and practical experience, they have had a considerable effect on investors 'attitudes toward architecture.
當年大學剛畢業就參與「理想國」專案的姜樂靜表示：這批和白董（白錫旻）共事過的建築、企劃、設計人才，後來分散到台中建築業界與學界，因為兼具人文理念和實務經驗，相當程度地影響了出資者對於建築的觀念。