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Apple Campus 2 'Theatre' Features Largest Freestanding Carbon-Fiber Roof Ever Made
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I think it's just a journalist's natural tendency to use wiggle-words. Either that, or an inappropriate use of "average" when it ought to have been, "approximately."
What the average width of a triangle, anyway? All that matters is the width at the base and the height (distance between apex and base), since the width at the vertex tapers to zero. The radius, the number of panels, and the width of any gap between panels would be enough to calculate the width of the panels at any given point on the radius.
Well, if that's the case, perhaps it's not related to some tendency but just simply an unintentionally incorrect word?
I don't mean to be a killjoy, but what exactly is so striking and impressive about this roof, appearance-wise? It's...round, but it doesn't look particularly impressive to me, even if the engineering of it is. It looks more impressive hovering over the building, UFO-like, but of course no one will ever see that again.
Well, like you said, perhaps the engineering aspect of it is what it's about for those who are interested in that or might just find it interesting (even if on a trivia type of level).
It wasn't until I looked at the photos on Mashable that I got it, where it interleaves photos of the actual roof with the renderings for the completed project. It makes some sense now. In the renderings it becomes clear that the roof has to be all one piece, and lightweight, in order to sit on top of just the all-glass walls, without any visible means of additional support. So when you look at those pictures, the whole thing really is just glass and offers a pretty great view from any angle, inside or out. You can't really see that from the construction pictures because all the glass is covered with protective coatings and labeling.
Seems like they are doing what the law allows for. That said, what does that have to do with this?
Apple's current on-campus town hall only seats 300 people.
So this will be an improvement.
Weight, strength, weight-to-strength ratio, security perhaps......?
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Just like they did with Apple Campus at Infinite Loop when Apple folded years ago.
You have no understanding of how much cash $200 billion is do you. Even if Apple made $0 revenue for 5 years... not profit, revenue... it would still have $160 billion in cash. So, no it's not going out of business any time soon. Sorry to ruin your day.
Which company has a spaceship shaped campus with a 4,000 seat dining hall?
So, they had 3,000 people for both Moscone and Bill Graham. Which means for a smaller event like the latter, they're going to have to limit their invite list -- something that's going to become more difficult as they start to become relevant in the fashion world. And none of Apple's employees will be able to attend to help "evangelize".
The point being, Apple is building a destination campus, having previously announced their intent to host all but the biggest events on site. And with 12,000 employees, one would think they would build a facility that might address various conferences and events relevant and targeted to up to a 1/4 of their workforce. Not to mention, they could hold four separate presentations in one day, and address everyone on campus, rather than 12 individual presentations over multiple days.
You can also use multiple cranes to lift if needed.
This is a fairly large crane though.
Apple has such a big cash reserve they'll likely be in business for a very long time. Even if iPhone sales collapsed, which odds are against, Apple has so much money it will buy them all the time they need until they create something else to sell.
That's why at this juncture, quality or lack thereof has little impact. The strength of the brand generates sales, the devotees have plenty of spin to mask any issues that arise. Apple has the hype, it all works out.
That looks like it was designed by Mike Brady. Easily the ugliest building on the entire campus.
