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Latest Apple Park Drone Video Catches a Glimpse of Historic Glendenning Barn

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This morning Matthew Roberts shared a new drone video of Apple Park on his YouTube channel, representing the latest addition to the drone videographer's ongoing monthly aerial coverage of Apple's new campus. Roberts' Apple Park coverage dates back to March 2016, and fellow drone pilot Duncan Sinfield has been providing aerial footage for Apple's new workspace since 2015.

In the new video, a closer glimpse at the Steve Jobs Theater is provided, with some of the window coverings having been removed since the last update. The auditorium is still one of the areas of the campus that's under heavy construction, as it isn't expected to officially open until sometime later this year.


Roberts also captured one of the first glimpses of the historic Glendenning Barn that Apple has finished reconstructing and placed at Apple Park. Built in 1916, the historic Cupertino barn has deep ties to the city's agricultural past and was located at the planned site for Apple Campus 2.

During preparation for the construction of Apple Park, Apple carefully deconstructed the building plank by plank and made notes on how to rebuild it exactly the same. Now, the company has done just that and remade the Glendenning Barn at Apple Park, residing next to the employee fitness center and in the middle of what will eventually be a larger collection of fruit trees once landscaping on the campus is finished.

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Other spots at Apple Park highlighted in Roberts' new video include the parking garage, R&D facility, and the Spaceship building itself. Yesterday, Apple quietly updated Apple Maps to include 3D models of these buildings in the mapping app, as well as access roads around Apple Park.

Apple recently gave Wired a behind-the-scenes look into Apple Park, including tidbits about Steve Jobs' connection to the campus, a look into the "Ring" building's original design, and detailed images of the campus' construction and interiors.

Article Link: Latest Apple Park Drone Video Catches a Glimpse of Historic Glendenning Barn
 
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Apple Park is the final amazing product that carries Steve Jobs' signature.
 
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I don't live in Cupertino so I don't know the evils of C2, but from the outside looking in this looks pretty great on Apples part. They consistently make decisions like this that are "bad business" decisions, but feel more significant than a bag of money. The loss through cost for them won't even register, but I'm sure this wasn't a cheap project.
 
I recently read somewhere, Apple is starting move in thousands of employees. Based on the footage, how exactly do they even get on the new campus with so much construction equipment and unfinished equipment.
 
Mr. Dee said:
I recently read somewhere, Apple is starting move in thousands of employees. Based on the footage, how exactly do they even get on the new campus with so much construction equipment and unfinished equipment.
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Pretty sure the parking garage is finished
Doubt thousands of employees will work in the building this month

Maybe whatever you read is right, but the building seems like it has quite some work to do to support thousands of people
 
Mr. Dee said:
I recently read somewhere, Apple is starting move in thousands of employees. Based on the footage, how exactly do they even get on the new campus with so much construction equipment and unfinished equipment.
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No one has moved in.

Originally, the building was intended to be occupied by late 2016. Then Apple announced that people would be moving in starting April 2017 and filling up the spaces over the next six months. They missed that date and have not yet announced a new date when employees would move in, but my sources say that the first wave will be moving in at the end of this year.

So basically they are a year behind their original timeline.
 
Bart Kela said:
No one has moved in.

Originally, the building was intended to be occupied by late 2016. Then Apple announced that people would be moving in starting April 2017 and filling up the spaces over the next six months. They missed that date and have not yet announced a new date when employees would move in, but my sources say that the first wave will be moving in at the end of this year.

So basically they are a year behind their original timeline.
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Not surprised, even though the main building looks complete, I think overall only looks about 80 percent complete.
 
The main building isn't complete, there is still a lot of heavy equipment being used on it. There are still safety barriers on the roof meaning construction up there isn't finished either.

There are still a bunch of large trees along the outside perimeter of the main ring building that haven't been planted yet and little of the smaller landscaping work has started. The interior courtyard has a long ways to go. Elsewhere on the site, there are hundreds, if not thousands of larger trees yet to be planted, and some of the auxiliary buildings are in heavy construction.

At this point, it would appear doubtful that the theater would be ready for a fall product announcement. I doubt the main ring building will be fully occupied until late 2018.
 
The barn looks terrific on the outside - beautiful lines and incredibly thin. Having been glued shut, it is highly unlikely anyone will ever be able to get inside it, though according to Apple there is no reason to do so anyway as it can be replaced with another one if anything goes wrong.
 
The historical Glendenning Barn hyperlink in the original post describes the building's planned function:

"The barn, according to the Mercury News, will be used as an equipment storage facility by Apple and will be located directly adjacent to the employee fitness center."
 
I am planning a trip to San Francisco next year. Hope I'll be able to make it up there and check it out in person.
 
MacRumors said:
During preparation for the construction of Apple Park, Apple carefully deconstructed the building plank by plank and made notes on how to rebuild it exactly the same.
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The word you were seeking here is "disassembled." The word "deconstruct" means something entirely different.

deconstruct |ˌdēkənˈstrəkt| verb [with object] analyze (a text or a linguistic or conceptual system) by deconstruction, typically in order to expose its hidden internal assumptions and contradictions and subvert its apparent significance or unity.
 
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