FOOTLOOSE
Mark, Femke Bijlsma, June 2010

"The amalgamation of disciplines into a Gesamtkunstwerk continues right down to the smallest detail. It's fair to say that not one building or park in the whole of China is as precisely designed as this one. The scale of the complex may be enormous, but everything is of an exclusive and impeccable quality, including the door handles: miniature aluminum models of the building."

"...what he effects is a subjective fusion of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture. To achieve this, he uses the most advanced energy and environmental technologies, but the most important element is Holl's own creative force."