Many of the decisions about its physical structure had already been made by the project architects and engineers. Nonetheless, Balsey welcomed the chance to soften the edges of the austere corporate center and, despite immense spatial and structural constraints, rose to the occasion to create a tranquil and mystical environment with water.

Inspired by the city's vision of itself as a "Cosmos City," Balsey imaginatively transformed unattractive ventilation towers into dramatic, awe-inspiring fountains. Set in a mist pool that glows red at night, the tall, stainless steel cones provide an astonishingly beautiful and mysterious sight while still serving their ventilation function. Not limited as to the amount of greenery he could use, Balsey designed decorative walkways to lead visitors among the fountains and into other areas of the new park.

An enthusiastic urban Landscape Architect, Thomas Balsey has a strong belief in and an "inevitable fascination" with water's muffling, cleansing, and regenerative powers. Water muffles all of the surrounding noises in an urban space; for instance, guests may sit and talk beside a fountain, and its "white noise" absorbs nearby noise and traffic rumblings. By elevating the entire park about three feet, Balsey was able to set the water features at eye level, presenting them as a visual buffer to the entire scene: in his own words, "a pool of water at eye level offers an extremely mystical view."

Surrounded by mists, artistic red spheres serve as "headlights on the surface" of the park; at night they glow, and during the wintertime, they emit steam. But it is the water itself that gives one of Osaka's tallest buildings its "particularly powerful," deeper meaning. For, as Balsey explains, ""Within the chaos of the urban environment, water's role is to make connections and seek things; as we all came from water initially, it provides a way of touching the human spirit quickly, quietly and effectively."