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Apple Submits Updated Campus 2 Plans to Cupertino

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Re: Apple Submits Updated Campus 2 Plans to Cupertino

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Post by justinh »

untog wrote: post #30
kabdib wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I worked at Apple, I lived about half a mile from campus. I'd often go a week without even getting into my car; I could walk to everything important, including grocery stores. There were three very good bookstores within a 20 minute walk [now all out of business, btw]. I miss that.

I can't imagine life not being that way. I live in NYC and can walk to everything important, or take a short subway ride to anything else. I've gone months without getting in a car- if I ever move I think I'd miss that a lot.

It is the same way in Chicago as well. I went 2 years without driving a car at all, but obviously taxis were a necessity.

I was actually penalized when I renewed auto insurance for not carrying it for 2 years, despite not owning a car nor driving at all.

Robust public transportation should be a huge initiative for all major cities, and even more so ones that are growing quickly. The efficiencies, environmental impact, and convenience for citizens are too much to ignore.

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Post by pennig »

notatoad wrote: post #39

the proposed vehicle circulation routes appear at odds with the renders. having a road running immediately around the outside of the building will certainly ruin the "embedded in nature" aesthetic they've got going on there.

A road? Were you looking at the floor plan for one of the underground parking levels?

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Post by Indy_Dh »

dsplittgerber wrote: post #3

One can only applaud this. You do wonder sometimes why companies spent so few $$ on relaxing office buildings. Looking into nature increases productivity and well-being; also there are a lot of findings on how to organize work floors for optimal collaboration etc. Most companies are just not interested. Doesn't make sense to me (except for short-term profits).

Agreed, I can only hope if America keeps shifting toward high tech jobs, corporate leader will realize that the most efficient companies will win out; and nothing makes for an efficient company like happy employees. Not everyone is going to be able to make cool building looking out into nature, but employee happiness should be addressed somewhere in the budget.

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Post by willyt »

mrkmcknz wrote: post #7

No words can describe how freaking awesome this is. This could be one of the most influential and inspiring buildings in the world. Up there with the Burj.

May I suggest you have a look at some of these in google image search:

pier luigi nervi

centre pompidou paris

lloyds of london

frei otto gridshell structure

norman foster masdar

norman foster gherkin

zaha hadid bmw factory

zaha hadid wolfsburg

jean nouvel institut du monde arabe

renzo piano padre pio

jean nouvel quai branly

schlumberger research centre

madrid barajas airport

Thats kind of a random selection from the 'hi-tech' taster menu.

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Post by notatoad »

pennig wrote: post #43
notatoad wrote: post #39

the proposed vehicle circulation routes appear at odds with the renders. having a road running immediately around the outside of the building will certainly ruin the "embedded in nature" aesthetic they've got going on there.

A road? Were you looking at the floor plan for one of the underground parking levels?

first diagram in the link is traffic flow. there's a blue circle going all the way around the building. appleinsider has kindly cropped out any sort of legend, i suppose it could be underground though.

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Post by microtherion »

edderly wrote: post #13
dsplittgerber wrote: post #3

One can only applaud this. You do wonder sometimes why companies spent so few $$ on relaxing office buildings. Looking into nature increases productivity and well-being; also there are a lot of findings on how to organize work floors for optimal collaboration etc. Most companies are just not interested. Doesn't make sense to me (except for short-term profits).

I was watching 'The Pixar Story' the other day and they talked about the campus they opened in 2000. Jobs talked about the importance of 'unplanned interactions' and workplace being key to the success of a creative company. http://www.armchaircommentary.com/2011/10/amazon-goes-to-pix... "Main Building The Pixar campus opened in 2000. It was built on the location of an old canning factory and the factory vibe inspired…

On the other hand, more and more offices at Apple are in lockdown areas (where the badge that gives you access to the building does not necessarily give you access). It's going to be interesting to see how these two forces interact with each other. Cafeterias and common areas have been exempt from the lockdown trend, but I'm not sure if this is sufficient in the long term to guarantee enough "unplanned interactions".

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Post by pennig »

notatoad wrote: post #46
pennig wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A road? Were you looking at the floor plan for one of the underground parking levels?

first diagram in the link is traffic flow. there's a blue circle going all the way around the building. appleinsider has kindly cropped out any sort of legend, i suppose it could be underground though.

Ahh, you're right. I took a look at the PDFs and the blue circle indicates emergency access routes.
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