Apple Park Headquarters
Introduction
Apple Park is the headquarters of the multinational technology company Apple, located at 1 Apple Park Way in the town of Cupertino (California) "Cupertino (California)"), United States. The complex, in a neo-futuristic style, was opened to the company's workers in April 2017, when the works had not finished. Its research and development facilities are the workplace for about 12,000 people and replace the company's headquarters at the Apple Campus in the same town, which opened in 1993.[5].
Design
The circular floor plan of the main building and its enormous dimensions have led to it being popularly known as the "spaceship".[6][7][8] Located on a plot of 71 hectares, a total of 12,000 people work in the enormous circular building, four floors high and measuring 260,000 m². Steve Jobs wanted Apple Park to be more like a natural refuge than an office complex and that is why 80% of the land is occupied by green areas in which trees and xeric plants typical of the Cupertino area grow, while the central garden has a large artificial pond.[8].
Construction
The Apple Park project was announced by Steve Jobs to the Cupertino authorities in 2006.[9] The building was conceived by Jobs himself and the British architect Norman Foster. The project was approved by the city council in November 2013[10] and the following year work on the complex began on land located less than two km from the Apple Campus.[11] The project has suffered various delays and cost overruns that have raised its final cost to around $5 billion,[12] in part due to the perfectionism of the Apple company and the determination to make one of the most energy-sustainable buildings in the world. world.[13][14] On February 22, 2017, the company announced the name of its new headquarters and the first public event was held at the Steve Jobs Theater on September 12, 2017.
Gallery
• - Visitor center.
• - Steve Jobs Theater.
• - Green areas.
• - Satellite image of the complex.
• - Steve Jobs Theater Auditorium.
• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Apple Park.
References
- [1] ↑ «Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register». USPTO. Archivado desde el original el 24 de febrero de 2018. Consultado el 15 de abril de 2018.: https://web.archive.org/web/20180224173525/http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn87801324&docId=RFA20180220081312#docIndex=0&page=1
- [2] ↑ Apple Campus 2 cost 5 billion Projects: Foster and Partners.: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-04/inside-apples-plans-for-its-futuristic-5-billion-headquarters
- [3] ↑ a b c «Apple Campus 2: Project Description» (pdf). City of Cupertino. Cupertino, CA: Apple Inc. Sep 2013. Consultado el 17 de junio de 2014.: https://s3.amazonaws.com/apple-campus2-project/Project_Description_Submittal7.pdf
- [4] ↑ a b «Request for Proposal: Professional Construction Inspection and Public Works Inspection Services for the City of Cupertino for the Apple Campus 2 Project» (pdf). City of Cupertino. Cupertino, CA: City of Cupertino - Inspection Services. 12 de noviembre de 2013. Archivado desde el original el 6 de noviembre de 2014. Consultado el 17 de junio de 2014.: https://web.archive.org/web/20141106232829/http://www.cupertino.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7580
- [5] ↑ Reisinger, Don (31 de mayo de 2016). «Apple Campus 2 Looking Good in New Drone Flyover». Fortune.: http://fortune.com/2016/05/31/apple-campus-2-drone-flyover/