Apple Submits Revised Plans for Second Phase of New Campus Construction

[MacRumors]

Apple has submitted Apple Campus Phase 2 architectural and site refinement plans to the City of Cupertino, signaling its readiness to begin the second phase of construction on its spaceship campus as soon as first phase construction has been completed.

In a massive 72 page PDF, Apple outlines revised plans for a set of research and development buildings located to the east and west of North Tantau Avenue, adjacent to the main circular campus building. While Apple has already received approval for the second phase of construction, the updated documents address specific changes the company is hoping to make to the area.

Constructed in a 600,000 square foot space, the Tantau Development will house 2,200 employees and will include parking facilities with 1,740 parking spots. The main Tantau building will include four stories of office space for employees along with a built-in cafeteria. Two other buildings will house two-story testing facilities.

According to the revised documents, Apple's original plans for the area are largely intact, but some minor refinements have been made to address building size/height and the location of the parking facilities. The company originally planned for a parking basement, but has now shifted its plans to include both a smaller basement and a larger above ground parking structure, along with an underground server room. Apple also changed the size of the prospective cafeteria somewhat in order to accommodate more office space, and shifted the sizes of some of its planned research facilities.

Apple originally planned to begin development on the Tantau buildings alongside construction of the main circular campus building, but the company ended up pushing back all development on the site to a second phase of construction in order to cut down on initial construction costs.

It is unclear when construction on the Tantau buildings might begin, but Apple is scheduled to complete its main campus building in 2016. A city hearing to consider the updated plans will take place on November 15, 2014.

Article Link: Apple Submits Revised Plans for Second Phase of New Campus Construction

 

[needfx]

72 pages feels underwhelming when reading massive

 

[geniusj]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

 

[needfx]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

first come, first park

 

[Rogifan]

Foster & Partners are getting a lot of Apple business. They're also redesigning Jony Ive's new house.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Construction on the second phase is scheduled to begin with the completion of the first phase.

 

[dan.synergy]

Of course they had to make room for that brand new iColdFusion Drive to power that baby. How else is it going to take off?

 

[Kissaragi]

I don't see the guard towers and machine gun posts on that photo.

 

[NT1440]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

They've set aside millions to improve the public infrastructure.

 

[PsychoLogicXen]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

Good possibility not all 2200 employees have the exact same work hours.

 

[fluchtpunkt]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

I thought Apple already has shuttle buses.

 

[Gasu E.]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

Probably not. At any tech company, there's a always a significant number of employees either working from home or traveling. Apple surely has a good model of that.

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I thought Apple already has shuttle buses.

And there's that. Plus they can walk or shuttle from other parts of the campus.

 

[TWSS37]

But how much RAM does it have

 

[skaeroastro]

With such a big investment in their new campus, I hope it means big things are coming. By big things, I hope Apple will refocus someday and cater to the content creators again with a more diverse line of professional products instead of some disposable toys. Sounds slightly out of place here, but that's my dream.

 

[Gasu E.]

Good possibility not all 2200 employees have the exact same work hours.

Unless it's a manufacturing or call center facility, that's probably not a factor.

 

[mazz0]

Shame about changing from hidden car park to above ground. Roads and car parks are the aesthetic blight of the modern world, the more they're hidden the better.

 

[malcolmffc]

It amazes me that the U.S. continues to build these massive developments without a thought for public transport.

 

[cbm]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

Apple already run busses from many parts of the Bay Area to Cupertino, as well as from CalTrain. I think that the employee : parking space ratio is probably OK.

 

[Will do good]

What a waste

With all that space that houses designers, engineers, marketers etc, and yet there are so many MacRumors posters that knows more and better about the Apple business than all those folks combines.

/s

 

[Sheza]

2200 employees, but 1740 parking spots. And it's in Cupertino, so no Caltrain or even VTA light rail. Unless they're starting up a shuttle network, that seems like it might be a problem.

I thought they already did shuttles? Also biking?

 

[needfx]

I thought Apple already has shuttle buses.

they are still redesigning the shuttles

concept art follows

 

[JoEw]

Apple could build their own train system

For some reason when I think of the future I think of tubular trains...

 

[firewood]

It amazes me that the U.S. continues to build these massive developments without a thought for public transport.

In 40 or 50 years, the politicians will eventually find enough pork and beat down enough activists to extend BART down El Camino to about a mile from the Apple spaceship. From there, Apple can build a maglev transporter tube over or under Wolfe Rd to their campus.

Currently, the higher priority is to put in a maglev tube from the Mountain View Cal Train station to Google. There's currently way too much rush hour traffic over narrow overpasses for even shuttle buses to get to the GooglePlex (LinkedIn, Microsoft Research, et.al.).

 

[CFreymarc]

I don't see the guard towers and machine gun posts on that photo.

The best security is the type you never see 'til it is needed. Apple has this handled quite with plenty of low profile concealed carry security guards all over the place. If something goes down, it's nullified very quick.

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It amazes me that the U.S. continues to build these massive developments without a thought for public transport.

Moving mass transit beyond bus lines into Cupertino has been a long political battle with Apple in favor of it but the NIMBY residents keeping it out.

With the wealth that Apple created along with other technology businesses, Cupertino has become an affluent community with million dollar, quarter acre residential lots. To many in Cupertino, the introduction of a rail service is a threat to the exclusiveness and thus property values. Yes, you can argue against that but that is their mindset.

There have been plans for a "third leg" of the VTA light rail going from the Lockheed station down Sunnyvale-Saratoga Avenue with a stops in Sunnyvale, Cupertino and Saratoga. So far, only Sunnyvale is for it.

In the US, mass transit is not centrally planned from highest level of government but must be approved by the lowest level of US government upward; that being local towns and municipalities. Considering the town charter, mass transit issues must be a public vote and not that of elected officials.

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Apple could build their own train system

For some reason when I think of the future I think of tubular trains...

I get this vision of the Apple campus going the way that Disney originally envisioned EPCOT. That is a community with residents, industrial parks and lots of different mass transit forms.

The monorails in the Disney theme parks were originally a prototype mass transit system for cities to consider. That never happened and it just became a novelty.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Unless it's a manufacturing or call center facility, that's probably not a factor.

If I remember right from reading the EIR, it will still generate something like 10,000 trips a day... and that's a whole lot even if they don't happen all at once.

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In the US, mass transit is not centrally planned from highest level of government but must be approved by the lowest level of US government upward; that being local towns and municipalities. Considering the town charter, mass transit issues must be a public vote and not that of elected officials.

Well, sort of. Most metro areas operate regional transit authorities, many of them covering as much area as some countries.