Hoʻolālā ka hui Kepanī ʻo Sumitomo Forestry e kūkulu i ka hale nui lāʻau kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua e hōʻailona i kāna 350th makahiki i ka makahiki 2041. E kūkulu ʻia ka hale he 70 hale i 90 pākēneka wahie.
Wahi a ka hui, ʻo ka hale kiaʻi he 350 mika ka lōʻihi, i kapa ʻia ʻo W350, e komo ana he 185,000 cubic mika o ka lāʻau. Manaʻo ʻia ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o 600 biliona yen Iapana ($ 5.6 biliona).
W350 e kūkulu i nā keʻena, nā hale kūʻai a me nā hōkele, a ma kahi o 8,000 mau hale. E loaʻa nā balconies a me nā greenery ma kēlā me kēia pae.
"Hana ʻia ka hale o loko i ka lāʻau maʻemaʻe, e hana ana i kahi ākea e hoʻopuka ai i ka mahanahana a me ke akahai," wahi a Sumitomo i loko o kahi ʻōlelo.
E hōʻea ʻo Balconies a puni nā ʻaoʻao ʻehā o ka hale, e hāʻawi ana i kahi manawa "i hiki i nā kānaka ke ʻoliʻoli i ka ea hou, nā mea kūlohelohe a me nā kānana lā e nā lā."
Ua wehewehe ʻo Sumitomo i ka pahuhopu o ka W350 e "hana i nā kūlanakauhale i hoʻohana ʻia i ka nohona a me nā lāʻau e lilo i mau ululāʻau ma o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻohana lāʻau."
E pale ka "ʻōnaehana Tube braced" i ka hōʻano hou ʻana o ka hale ma muli o nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe e like me nā ōlaʻi a me nā makani.
Manaʻo ka ʻoihana e iho mai ke kumukūʻai i lilo ka lāʻau i mea hoʻohana pinepine ʻia: "I ka hele ʻana i mua, e hoʻonui ʻia ka hiki ʻana o ka papahana ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai ma o ka hoʻomohala ʻenehana."
Uhi ka ulu lāʻau ma kahi o ʻelua hapakolu o ka ʻāina ʻāina o Iapana, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o ka lako ponoʻī no nā lāʻau i hana ʻia e ka home aia ma kahi o 30 pakeneka.
"ʻO ka luku ʻia o nā ululāʻau kūloko ma muli o ka lawa ʻole o ka mālama ʻana e lilo i pilikia. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka koi lāʻau e hāpai i ka hana hou ʻana a hāʻawi i ka revitalisation o ka ululāʻau, "wahi a ka ʻoihana i loko o ka ʻōlelo.
