Apple Park Drone Update Provides Final Glimpses Into Construction Progress Before April Grand Opening

[MacRumors]

As we enter April and the official opening of Apple's latest campus, Apple Park, drone videographer Matthew Roberts today shared the latest aerial update on the construction progress for the site -- an update that is expected to be the last before Apple Park opens.

In the video, more solar panels sit atop the main circular building's roof awaiting installation, showing that construction on the site will be down to the wire ahead of employees' move-in date, which has yet to be specified by Apple beyond the month of April.

Around the campus, the Tantau Avenue parking garage is nearing completion while internal additions are finally being added, with Roberts' drone catching glimpses of office chairs and desks in the R&D Facility. Other areas are far from completion, like the newly christened "Steve Jobs Theater," which isn't expected to open until later this year.

Roberts' video also notes that "more prep for the pond has been occurring" within the large, central courtyard of Apple Park, and landscaping is ramping up ahead of the April grand opening. Nearby at the main building, staircases have been installed leading up to the entryway atrium.

MacRumors has been following Apple's progress on Apple Campus 2 for years, dating back to when late CEO Steve Jobs pitched the idea for the campus in 2011, to the day demolition began on the site in 2013. In February, Apple officially named the campus "Apple Park" and revealed its opening date would be coming sometime in April, with construction on various buildings continuing after employees move in.

Article Link: Apple Park Drone Update Provides Final Glimpses Into Construction Progress Before April Grand Opening

 

[scottct1]

Did this Drone come via Time Machine?

As far as I know it's not April yet in Washington State.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Did this Drone come via Time Machine?

As far as I know it's not April yet in Washington State.

Read the title again. I think you're drunk. Haha. It says last glimpse before the April opening.

 

[0924487]

Better spend the cash on research and engineering. Otherwise, this will be the last piece of legacy from Steve Jobs. No point having an office complex if you bankrupt.

 

[Derekuda]

Such a massive waste of money. With the way that Apple's sales continue to plummet and with their innovation long dead, this building won't be able to be sustained in 10+ years.

 

[Mr. Dee]

This campus probably won't be fully complete until late 2018 to early 2019. Which is understandable taking into account its magnitude. I would love to visit it, requested an invitation, but no reply.

 

[utilitas]

New iPad Pro models at the grand opening of Apple park in april??

 

[Internet Enzyme]

Such a massive waste of money. With the way that Apple's sales continue to plummet and with their innovation long dead, this building won't be able to be sustained in 10+ years.

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/03/29/aapl-soars-as-golden-opportunity-to-buy-remains/

 

[keysofanxiety]

Such a massive waste of money. With the way that Apple's sales continue to plummet and with their innovation long dead, this building won't be able to be sustained in 10+ years.

A month's worth of iPhone sales would have paid for this. Incidentally, belated Mac hardware updates doesn't mean their innovation is 'long dead'.

I'll see you in 10 years and we'll discuss Apple's plummeting sales & dead innovation then?

 

[FrenchRoasted]

So what's to prevent a drone from flying through the campus after it's up and running? I would think Apple would want to prevent this from a corporate espionage perspective. Apple designed anti drone drones?

 

[scottct1]

Read the title again. I think you're drunk. Haha. It says last glimpse before the April opening.

No look at the Video Title and Graphics in the Video, says April, 2017.

 

[now i see it]

The white "sunshade roofs" that circle the building above each level are also reflective floors to the level above. All the windows facing east & west will get blinded by the sun reflection during parts of the day. They'll be like mirrors.

Hello Venetian blinds. Goodbye glossy iMac screens.

 

[69Mustang]

/writes script that replaces 'Apple Park' with 'The Orchard'

cuz better name.

 

[invisiblecube]

"Sorry the Mac release is behind schedule. My team has been too busy decorating their new cubicles."

 

[iReality85]

So what's to prevent a drone from flying through the campus after it's up and running? I would think Apple would want to prevent this from a corporate espionage perspective. Apple designed anti drone drones?

They'll have solar powered anti-drone laser cannons that'll rise up out of the rooftop. Especially on the R&D facility.

What did you think all those solar panels are for?

 

[X38]

It looks like they're just using Disney Land trams to move people from the parking garage to the office, not Wonkavators. Doesn't seem very 'innovative'. ;-)

 

[5105973]

The white "sunshade roofs" that circle the building above each level are also reflective floors to the level above. All the windows facing east & west will get blinded by the sun reflection during parts of the day. They'll be like mirrors.

Hello Venetian blinds. Goodbye glossy iMac screens.

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Yikes. I hope that won't be the case for the sake of the employees.

 

[6foot5foot]

/writes script that replaces 'Apple Park' with 'The Orchard'

cuz better name.

Erm no, just sounds contrived and childish.

 

[Born Again]

groovy music!

 

[yockster]

It looks like they're just using Disney Land trams to move people from the parking garage to the office, not Wonkavators. Doesn't seem very 'innovative'. ;-)

Wonkavators or Hsaw Aknow aka wonka wash would be awesome! hahah

 

[JMacHack]

Erm no, just sounds contrived and childish.

Any more contrived and childish than naming a company after a fruit?

 

[69Mustang]

Erm no, just sounds contrived and childish.

That definitely is an opinion.

 

[6foot5foot]

The white "sunshade roofs" that circle the building above each level are also reflective floors to the level above. All the windows facing east & west will get blinded by the sun reflection during parts of the day. They'll be like mirrors.

Hello Venetian blinds. Goodbye glossy iMac screens.

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How so, when the top surfaces of these overhanging "fins" are angled AWAY from the building, sloping downwards?
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That definitely is an opinion.

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Any more contrived and childish than naming a company after a fruit?

Do you not understand how forced it sounds? "Oh yes, we simply MUST make Apple and Apple-related references throughout the company, just so people really understand that we're called Apple"

So should they call the R&D building "the sapling nursery", and their fraud prevention team "the anti-scrumping squad"?

Subtle...

 

[JMacHack]

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Do you not understand how forced it sounds? "Oh yes, we simply MUST make Apple and Apple-related references throughout the company, just so people really understand that we're called Apple"

So should they call the R&D building "the sapling nursery", and their fraud prevention team "the anti-scrumping squad"?

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Yeah so? It's a bit whimsical, kinda like how Disney used the term "Imagineers".

 

[A MacBook lover]

Such a massive waste of money. With the way that Apple's sales continue to plummet and with their innovation long dead, this building won't be able to be sustained in 10+ years.

You're really out of the times, aren't you?