HAPPINESS GROWS FROM TREES
Sumitomo Forestry is a Japanese logging and processing company. It is also engaged in the construction of houses and skyscrapers made of wooden materials.
SUMITOMO Corporate Philosophy
The Sumitomo Forestry Group utilizes wood as a healthy and environmentally friendly natural resource to provide a diverse range of lifestyle-related services that contribute to the realization of a sustainable and prosperous society. All our efforts are based on Sumitomo’s Business Spirit, which places prime importance on fairness and integrity for the good of society.
The Group aspires to realize a sustainable society by providing values to the global environment, people’s lives and society, and markets and economic activities, etc
The W350 Project is a proposed wooden skyscraper in central Tokyo, Japan, announced in 2018. The skyscraper is set to reach a height of 350 meters with 70 floors, which upon its completion will make it the tallest wooden skyscraper, as well as Japan’s tallest building. The skyscraper is set to be a mixed-used building including residential, office and retail space. It is scheduled to be completed in 2041, to mark Sumitomo Forestry’s 350th anniversary.
The plan calls for the building to be made of 90% wood with the rest being steel. Steel braces will be used to enhance resistance to wind and earthquakes, as the area has high levels of seismic activity. One advantage of wood is that timber-based structures have proven to be very resistant to earthquakes. The project requires 185,000 cubic meters of timber and plans to revitalize forestry and timber demand in Japan. The choice of wood, aside from aesthetic and seismic concerns, is part of a larger movement aiming to
“change cities into forests”.
