The project is large-scaled restoration work for a symbolic hall building at the communion founder's home temple called Shinshu-Otani-Ha (Higashi Hongwanji Temple). It is planned as one of the commemoration events scheduled for Year 2011 on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the founder Buddhist monk "Shinran Shonin." Ever since its foundation at the present premises, the hall building called "Goeido" was burnt down four times by a fire for about 400 years. The present hall building was reconstructed in 1895 (28th year in Meiji era). It is the largest building in the world in terms of single building area. Under the guidance of selected heritage literates and aseismic design specialists, the project was developed by actively-employing advanced technologies effective to preserve the heritage, while giving a top priority to the preservation.%真宗大谷派（東本願寺）の本山境内地にある象徴的な建造物の修復。rn2011年の宗祖親鸞聖人七百五十回御遠忌記念事業の一環として行われた。rn現在の御影堂は，現寺地制定後約400年の間に4度の焼失に遭ったのち, rn1895年（明治28年）に再建された，木造建築物としては平面規模世界最大rnの建造物である。
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