It documents the issues, frictions and tension of the project as well as the pride and enthusiasm of the people involved.

[1] The project was controversial, being criticized as being too grandiose, too expensive to maintain and not well-adapted to the Belgian climate.

[3] It has been called a unique experience which Thierry Michel reveals each of the key moments that made a utopia into reality.

[5] Another says that, fascinated by the technical challenges, Thierry Michel sees the men involved with a less clear eye.

He portrays Santiago Calatrava as a man of dazzling ideas, but does not show how he is involved in the realities of the work.