The then Czech president, Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had avidly supported this project, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.
捷克總統瓦茨拉夫·哈維爾，其居住於此址隔壁十年之久，公開支持這項設計，希望此建築能成為文化活動的中心。