Looks fantastic. But it makes me a little sad that 30% of those trees will be gone in 10 years because they've over-planted.
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Nearly Completed Apple Park Campus Shown Off in New Drone Video
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WRONG. That's corporate speak. Steve Jobs wanted them to admire the view, as well as work.
Okay. I’ll agree with you on the Kardashians.Traffic, Gangs, Thugs, Mafias, Celebrities, Pollution, Drug Cartels, Crimes, Wildfires and Kardashians.
Traffic, Gangs, Thugs, Mafias, Celebrities, Pollution, Drug Cartels, Crimes, Wildfires and Kardashians.
C’mon, those negative things exist everywhere. Yes, even Kardashians. People who don’t live in California think everyone here is a celebrity crazed liberal because those are the types of people that get clicks and make the news all the time. But there are almost 40 million people here man. Which means it has every single kind of person you can imagine. Realize that. The diversity here is incredible in every way. I personally know someone of every color, gender, religion, orientation, and viewpoint and interact with them daily. THAT is California, and the main strength of this place. The astounding biodiversity is the cherry on top.
I wouldn't worry... as long they they keep planting more seeds, more trees will spring up in their place.
Right you are about agriculture; the orderly plantings recall the orchards that pre-date the valley's conversion from agriculture to Silicon. However, orchards, like today's urban sprawl, were only a small part of the area's history. The free-form/pseudo-random groves around the grounds recall the way things were before the farmers arrived.
I don't think the organized rows are intended to facilitate machine-harvesting; there aren't enough trees to justify mechanization. Crops were planted in orderly rows long before mechanization, for many good reasons. Though I'm not sure Apple's insurance underwriter would approve, I can imagine fruit harvesting as an organized, employee recreational activity in the years to come. Whether there's enough produce to feed a staff of thousands is another question entirely.
Although I'd expect there are at least some token apples, I think the orchard will mostly grow apricots and plums (prunes), which were more commonly grown in the area (as reflected in nearby place names like Pruneridge and Pruneyard). Olives also do well in the area - another European introduction. Names like Sunnyvale suggest the area's excellent conditions for both ripening and sun-drying the fruit (orcharding here pre-dates the refrigerated boxcar). The ratio between European-introduced species and the truly native would be interesting to experience up close, not that I'll ever have that honor.
In the end, though I'm a devoted Apple fan, the more I look at Apple Park, the more I think of some of the more rustic areas of Versailles - Hameau de la Reine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hameau_de_la_Reine without the rustic buildings (well, there is the Glendenning Barn). In this case, the palace both surrounds and is surrounded by the park, rather than forming a long palisade along one end of the grounds. Add the various pavilions and outbuildings, the R&D buildings and Visitor Center along N. Tantau Ave... yeah, it does have the flavor of a Royal village. The name, however, is clearly tied to British usage, befitting the involvement of architect, Baron Foster of Thames Bank.
Mostly the politics, infrastructure, living cost, etc... I love all of those attractions of course!
This used to be Hewlett-Packards site. In thirty years, will this Apple Campus be torn down to make room for a new technology campus; perhaps occupied by "Edsel's Marvelous Computing Machines, Inc"?
This campus is huge. Someone will need to tell us how long it takes to navigate around the nearly one mile circumference.
This campus is huge. Someone will need to tell us how long it takes to navigate around the nearly one mile circumference.
Thanks for the link, some remarkable engineering, the building’s able to move 4.5’ in any direction!
Before they closed Pruneridge Ave, which would have been near the South edge of the spaceship, it was a 1.5 Mile walk around the old HP campus. Maybe a half hour lunchtime walk.
Is there a monorail inside that thing to take you around that circle?!
I mean, sure, having a rectangle that is 30 stories high that lets me easily take an elevator is more functional, but not as cool looking. That's typical Apple. lol
Wow. Lots of steps working there!
I mean, sure, having a rectangle that is 30 stories high that lets me easily take an elevator is more functional, but not as cool looking. That's typical Apple. lol
Wow. Lots of steps working there!
