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Seriously, why patent something like this? Why not just give an improved pizza box design to everybody?
Would that patent really hold? It's just a round box with 8 holes! So now (well since 2012), if someone makes a box with holes, it's breaking patent law? I thought only software patents were ridiculous
Hardly any pictures " inside Apple's new campus"
Disappointed no pictures of the pods
> For workers who want to take the café’s pizza back to their pods, Apple created (and patented) a container that lets air and moisture escape so the crust won’t get soggy. Am I correct in saying that this is just a standard to-go box with holes in the bottom?
Seriously, why patent something like this? Why not just give an improved pizza box design to everybody?
12000 people in one building - wow!
The one giant wart that makes this whole project depressingly not futuristic: 9000+ parking spaces. The amount of unproductive space devoted to the storage of cars is just mind boggling. Not much has changed in how people get to work. Single occupancy cars all burning fossil fuel and expelling C02. It may not be a fancy spaceship, but the 100 year old building I work at in downtown Chicago has indoor bike parking and…
Beautiful building. I wonder though - for those who read the article and have worked in both suburban environments and urban ones - would you rather work in the amazing Apple spaceship in the suburbs, or a normal office building in a city-center? For me, I think I'd still prefer a short commute and the density of stuff that comes with being downtown.
I'd rather work from home, and have done for decades. I'm not convinced it's a beautiful building. It's a very careful building, trying to be a temple and - IMO - failing. What's missing? Randomness. Playfulness. Quirkiness. Fun. Colour. Warmth. Individuality. Art. At Pixar, everyone was encouraged to personalise their work space in a creative way. I can't imagine that happening here, because it would be a mortal wou…
That was my take-away as well. It struck me as a monument to just how gosh-darn clever Steve Jobs and Apple are, rather than a place at which the ordinary rank-and-file would want to work.
This is exactly the sort of thing I would do if money were no object, so I can't criticize them in any way. This must have been an incredibly fun project to work on.
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Yeah. A simple donation to the local municipality would have gotten this requirement waived. I once heard of a company getting past height restrictions by simply buying the town a few new firetrucks.
In what way is this "donation" not a bribe? Just because it goes to the government at large vs. an individual?
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Cars take a lot of space though in the form of roads and parking lots.
If space was really that much of an issue, they would be using stacked parking lots like they do in NY. I assume on the Apple campus most of the parking is multi-level & underground. In that case, what's the issue?
Cupertino and Apple are doing nothing to change this status quo. With the status quo maintained, car use is mandatory for Apple workers in Cupertino and traffic will continue to increase.
Bay area taxpayers can look forward to paying more for new road expansion projects to attempt (and fail) to alleviate congestion.
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I agree with your car point. The problem is we current have three choices: - Cars - "Company Store"-style housing (e.g. get fired, get made homeless) - Good public transport. The third option is obviously the best but it is outside of any single company's control. To get good quality public transport the entire city (or cities) need to be onboard, invest sometimes billions of dollars, and likely run it at a near loss…
Or a fourth option of not building an office for 12,000 people in a suburban area. It's literally across the street from single family homes and there is not a tall building anywhere close to the campus.
I like to imagine what will happen to this building after Apple eventually winds down. It's hard to imagine a second life for the building.
