Architect Kuo Er-p'an in discussing the effects of such massive building says, "City land becomes scarce and consequently expensive, but building continues on unabated. People hope to be able to build where they can and of course until there is no space left." The government, in hoping to implement effective management of urban construction, introduced legislation that set fixed limits to building size.
「這一方面固然是因北市人口激增、地價飛漲，地主盡力把每分可建地蓋滿；另方面也是因以往房屋採取『建蔽率』管制所造成的」，建築師公會理事長高而潘指出。