Construction at Apple Campus 2 Progresses, Work on Structure Has Begun
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ArtOfWarfare
macrumors G3
That's not Apple's philosophy though. This is their Pro campus, where it's more modular so different parts can be replaced.
Were this their consumer line of campus, IE, the iCampus, they would aim to make it as compact as possible, and as a result they'd have to regularly replace the entire campus.
Of course, it's most compact by not including any doors or walkways, so the employees are actually built into the buildings. There's a single truck port which delivers enough food for everyone for about 10 hours.
brianvictor7
macrumors 65816
That will be their new headquarters office building. You know, the "One Ring to Rule Them All" gag.
It will be their new headquarters where most of their workers will be working.
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Pretty sure the design is such that it's possible to get to any point in the building from any other point in the building within a matter of minutes (since you can easily work through the middle of it to cut across to any other part of it essentially).
mdelvecchio
macrumors 68040
you should definitely ask for a refund.
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non-morbidly-obese people have another option -- it's called "walking".
Kenn Marks
macrumors regular
Foundation not almost done
What you are seeing is the subfloor and those squares spaced everywhere are the earthquake vibration dampers and all that steelwork to the right of the entrance apron is really the support steel for the 3rd level basement/garage floor. The steel up the side walls is really for the sub-level basement/garage walls. According to the architectureal drawings the Campus 2 building actually sits in a concrete bucket similar to dual walled super tankers where the main building is isolated from the rest of Cupertino by those vibration dampers and almost 8 feet of dead space between the inner and outer walls. This is an original print submitted to Cupertino planning so it shows the Basement/Garage extending almost 40' beyond the drip line of upper floors this has changed and I can't find my copy of the more recent prints showing the drip line and basement verticals being aligned. The basement on the new prints now indicate 3 sub levels to retain the same parking spaces which were lost when the overall radius of the subfloors was reduced that 40 feet.
What you are seeing is the subfloor and those squares spaced everywhere are the earthquake vibration dampers and all that steelwork to the right of the entrance apron is really the support steel for the 3rd level basement/garage floor. The steel up the side walls is really for the sub-level basement/garage walls. According to the architectureal drawings the Campus 2 building actually sits in a concrete bucket similar to dual walled super tankers where the main building is isolated from the rest of Cupertino by those vibration dampers and almost 8 feet of dead space between the inner and outer walls. This is an original print submitted to Cupertino planning so it shows the Basement/Garage extending almost 40' beyond the drip line of upper floors this has changed and I can't find my copy of the more recent prints showing the drip line and basement verticals being aligned. The basement on the new prints now indicate 3 sub levels to retain the same parking spaces which were lost when the overall radius of the subfloors was reduced that 40 feet.
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wilhelmer
macrumors regular
True, except for the food delivery. They will deliver it once a week to keep everthing as thin as possible.
MasterRyu2011
macrumors 65816
I wonder if Xiaomi and Samsung have begun building their spaceship campuses
At least Samsung's spaceship campus will allow for massive office expansions in the future and if the generator dies, they can swap it with another generator.
Kenn Marks
macrumors regular
If the upper floors were staggered emulating a cone it could also be the "Cone of Silence"
HurtinMinorKey
macrumors 6502
What's the over/under for when this becomes abandoned office space?
I'd say about 20 years after completion.
I'd say about 20 years after completion.
samiznaetekto
macrumors 65816
Does anyone else see the building as a big zero?
Christian 5G
macrumors 65816
AppleInTheMud
macrumors 6502
This is the Samsung headquaters
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thekeyring
macrumors 68040
If you think that video was pointless you should try reading your comment
sonicrobby
macrumors 68030
Gorgeous buildings!
Designer Dale
macrumors 68040
What you are seeing is the subfloor and those squares spaced everywhere are the earthquake vibration dampers and all that steelwork to the right of the entrance apron is really the support steel for the 3rd level basement/garage floor. The steel up the side walls is really for the sub-level basement/garage walls. According to the architectureal drawings the Campus 2 building actually sits in a concrete bucket similar to dual walled super tankers where the main building is isolated from the rest of Cupertino by those vibration dampers and almost 8 feet of dead space between the inner and outer walls. This is an original print submitted to Cupertino planning so it shows the Basement/Garage extending almost 40' beyond the drip line of upper floors this has changed and I can't find my copy of the more recent prints showing the drip line and basement verticals being aligned. The basement on the new prints now indicate 3 sub levels to retain the same parking spaces which were lost when the overall radius of the subfloors was reduced that 40 feet.
Is that little man on the right standing on a trap door? He must be from Samsung...
Dale
japanime
macrumors 68030
I was thinking the same thing when I read the report.
Ancient Greek statues are iconic. The Eiffel Tower is iconic. One could even argue that the original Macintosh computer is iconic.
A construction site in Cupertino is hardly iconic.