Steve Jobs Presents His Ideas For A New Apple Campus

Post by whalesalad » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 7:39 AM UTC

amirrustam wrote: post #11

That council is so embarrassing.

Post by elithrar » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 7:41 AM UTC

redthrowaway wrote: post #20

hammerdr wrote: post #3

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Sounds like they still need the space. 20% Increase with 13000 current employees. IL1 will be needed to house everyone.

They haven't built the new one yet; they could always make it bigger. Even simply thickening it would likely add a ton of space.

Post by RobertWilson66 » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 7:44 AM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #13

When I saw the photos, I figured that the building's circumference would be so wide that curved glass would not just be unnecessary, but almost counter-productive, as it's difficult to curve glass without imperfections that might ruin its reflections. Surely we'd be talking about small fractions of a degree per pane. Can anyone estimate what the building circumference is, and therefore what amount of curve would be c…

Post by shadowsun7 » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 7:49 AM UTC

Luyt wrote: post #15

plainOldText wrote: post #10

Watching this presentation makes me think of how important it is to stick to your values across everything you are doing. The building Steve jobs presented has some of the same design principles found in the recent apple products; roundness, simplicity, clean neutral colors, environmental friendly, etc. I think this gives apple great appeal.

But he also calls it 'human scale', while in the pictures the building looks huge: it's a kind of hollow frisbee, pentagon-style. Maybe it's because I'm from a small country, we don't have skyscrapers here ;-)

Post by nettdata » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 7:52 AM UTC

thematt wrote: post #25

I find it extremely interesting that they'll be using natural gas as their primary energy source for the campus and using the electrical grid as their backup. Is this really cost effective? Are many businesses doing this?