Liou Yaw-hwa, director of the urban planning department at Feng Chia University, opines that although the large amount of time that Jason Hu devoted to the Guggenheim in his first term may have led to neglect of other aspects of city government, the process definitely inspired the growth, and improved the quality, of cultural creative capabilities in the private sector.
逢甲大學都市計劃系主任劉曜華表示，第一任市長期間，胡志強雖然放了太多心力在古根漢，導致其他施政有所偏廢，但過程中的確把民間的文化創意能量誘發、提升起來。