The studio's mission is to enhance the Nihonbashi neighborhood through carbon neutrality, climate resiliency, and post-Covid-19 consciousness. The studio focused on:
1. Celebrating the progress and history of the neighborhood
2. Engaging stakeholders across social, cultural, and geographic distances
3. Ensuring that future development supports climate resiliency and livable- and people-focused communities
4. Adding open spaces that support synergy between blue and green systems
5. Designing streetscapes and transit that makes movement enjoyable and accessible
6. Helping the neighborhood become more resilient to shocks such as Covid-19 or natural disasters
7. Anticipating trends and needs of population changes with land use
8. Harnessing smart technologies to enhance quality of life and economic opportunity, as well as our designs and processes
9. Catalyzing Tokyo's pursuit of carbon neutrality by using Nihonbashi as an example