Keeb kwm ntawm txoj haujlwm no tau pib plaub xyoos dhau los, thaum lub nroog Hadid tau raug caw los ntawm tsoomfwv hauv nroog kom koom nrog kev sib tw kaw rau kev tsim qauv ntawm lub tsev tshiab ntawm kev sib tw yeeb yam - "Lub Nroog Twv Txiaj" - thiab kev tsim kho dua ntawm lub qub. Lub Ib Hlis xyoo 2005, nws daim ntawv thov tau tshaj tawm tias yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws, thiab thaum lub caij ntuj sov 2006 tus kws kes duab vajtse nthuav tawm nws qhov kawg hloov, kho raws li cov cai ntawm cov neeg hauv nroog (lawv tsis txaus siab rau tus nqi siab thiab qhov loj ntawm lub tsev yav tom ntej) Cov. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2007, Grand Council (parliament) ntawm canton ntawm Baselstadt pom zoo Zaha Hadid qhov project.
Txhawm rau pib tsim kho, tsuas yog kev pom zoo los ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv nroog yog xav tau, txij li peb tab tom tham txog lub xeev txoj haujlwm. Raws li qhov tshwm sim, nrog 50% cov neeg pov npav tawm suab, 37.4% (kwv yees 21,000 pej xeem uas muaj hnub nyoog 20 xyoo) txhawb kev txiav txim siab ntawm Grand Council, thaum 62.6% (yuav luag 36,000) tsis lees txais nws.
Txawm hais tias cov neeg siv khoom ntawm peb tes num thiab cov neeg muaj kev hlub nrog lawv tsis tau xav tsis thoob los ntawm qhov tshwm sim tsis zoo, xws li cov txiaj ntsig tseem ceeb ntawm lawv cov neeg tawm tsam tuaj ua rau lawv xav tsis thoob.
Hauv kev xav ntawm cov kasmoos txhawb nqa qhov project, rov hais dua rau lub tswv yim ntawm cov neeg nyob rau hauv aesthetic teeb meem ua rau poob qis, vim tias feem ntau ib txwm tawm suab txhawb nqa qhov xwm txheej uas twb muaj lawm. Hauv keeb kwm niaj hnub ntawm Basel, cov xwm txheej zoo li no tsis tshua pom, thiab yog tias Hadid qhov project tuaj yeem hu ua tsis meej xwm, tom qab ntawd, piv txwv li, Santiago Calatrava qhov kev thov rau tus choj Wettstein tshiab nyob rau xyoo 1990 tau raug tsis lees yuav luag yam tsis muaj laj thawj, thiab thawj qhov haujlwm ntawm tus kws kes duab vajtse Spanish tau hloov los ntawm hom banal. Cov thawj coj hauv zos Herzog & de Meuron kuj tau raug teeb meem los ntawm kev tso cai no: hauv 2003 lawv ua tsis tau tsim kom muaj ntau daim yeeb yaj kiab nyob hauv lawv lub tebchaws.
