This attempt to integrate economic and cultural power through spatial design and community organization was an idealistic experiment far ahead of its time in 1980s Taiwan. The fact that community redevelopment has become a catchphrase all over Taiwan since then is evidence of the genuinely creative character of that generation of Tunghai architects.
這種透過空間設計與社會組織，整合經濟及文化力量以重建社區的嘗試，在 1980 年代的台灣是十足先鋒的理想主義實驗，之後各地群起效尤，掀起台灣社區營造的風潮，也見證了前一代東海建築人集體的開創性格。