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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reducing complex shapes to topology only muddies the discussion. The Pentagon and Apple HQ toruses. Humans are also toruses when you consider the alimentary canal!
I would argue that humans are not topologically equivalent to toruses as most humans have many holes beyond the alimentary canal.
Yes, but, essentially.
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#93Matthew Roberts (not me) has been posting awesome drone flyover videos of the construction. The video is absolutely stunning and filmed in 4k. Highly recommended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvkh5udzKds
I'm guessing Segways will be popular there.
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#95This building seems super wasteful landwise, but I guess it's in the sprawling silicon valley suburbs so no one really expects or cares about compactness or efficiency. It'll likely be arduous for someone to move from one part of the building to the other, but I suppose Apple employees don't typically need to do this that much. How long is the walk across the inner square by foot I wonder?
It is HUGELY wasteful. The statement "one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world" is a prime example of obscuring the truth, as well. When considering full-system efficiency this is undoubtedly one of the most wasteful structures in the world. 12000 employees, 14000 parking spaces, and a 1-hour walk to the nearest point of mass tranportation (Lawrence Caltrain, which is poorly served; the more frequently served Sunnyvale Caltrain is a 75-minute walk from this building).
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#96my favorite part is the natural ventilation. will need to check up on what larger buildings pull that off
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#97This is so beautiful and inspiring. A real legacy. Imagine a world without Apple computers pushing the envelope. We'd still be using wired mice and ugly black boxes. If only Steve Jobs had taken the traditional medicine route he would have been with us for another 50 years.
There is nothing beautiful or inspiring about a suburban office complex in the middle of nowhere. To the contrary, the Apple office park epitomizes many of the things wrong with America: turning the workplace into an island unto itself, and turning land that could be used for nature into a useless manicured lawn. It would have been far more efficient to build the thing as a few 12-14 story buildings in the nearest ci…
Then Apple people would talk to non-Apple people. That's not allowed.
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#98The size of the glass panels struck me as amazing. Then I read, "clad entirely in the world’s largest panels of curved glass." 0.0
Apple has a lot of practice with large glass panels from their stores.
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is nothing beautiful or inspiring about a suburban office complex in the middle of nowhere. To the contrary, the Apple office park epitomizes many of the things wrong with America: turning the workplace into an island unto itself, and turning land that could be used for nature into a useless manicured lawn. It would have been far more efficient to build the thing as a few 12-14 story buildings in the nearest ci…
Equivalent 12-14 story buildings are not pleasant to work in; in particular there is far less natural light, so only the privileged managers get window light. [edit] Plus: "It is also the site of the world’s largest naturally ventilated building, projected to require no heating or air conditioning for nine months of the year." That's probably tough to do with a box in the city.
That's nice, but it also does encircle an enormous amount of usable land in an extremely high-demand real estate market and turn it into a private park accessible only to employees of the company.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is nothing beautiful or inspiring about a suburban office complex in the middle of nowhere. To the contrary, the Apple office park epitomizes many of the things wrong with America: turning the workplace into an island unto itself, and turning land that could be used for nature into a useless manicured lawn. It would have been far more efficient to build the thing as a few 12-14 story buildings in the nearest ci…
Equivalent 12-14 story buildings are not pleasant to work in; in particular there is far less natural light, so only the privileged managers get window light. [edit] Plus: "It is also the site of the world’s largest naturally ventilated building, projected to require no heating or air conditioning for nine months of the year." That's probably tough to do with a box in the city.
Does the Apple building have more light than skyscrappers with mostly glass walls?
The standard 12 story mid-rise buildings in DC are built with glass walls so that light doesn't get caught in outer offices.