The spirit behind the movement was a desire to open the design of schools to all of the nation's architects, with an emphasis on participatory design along with an open and fair process for awarding the work to architectural firms and contractors. Architects responded enthusiastically.
新校園運動的精神，是開放全國建築師參與、強調參與式設計，以及公開公平遴選建築師和營造廠商，結果得到建築師團隊踴躍回應。