Behind-The-Scenes Look Into Apple Park Shares Up Close Photos, Sketches, and History of New Campus

in new article wired today, apple has shared first in-depth inside new apple park campus, providing glimpses "ring" building's original design, up-close images of campus' construction , interiors, , personal tidbits former ceo steve jobs' connection apple campus 2. construction , updates on site have stretched out on years, current apple ceo tim cook referred apple park company's "biggest project ever."

jobs' vision of campus dates 2004, when , jony ive began discussing reimagined headquarters, wasn't until company hired architect norman foster in 2009 plans began ramp up. meetings jobs had architects working on project lasted 5 or 6 hours, "consuming significant amount of time in last 2 years of jobs' life." jobs deep project knew @ time of year wanted timber campus' walls cut.

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had idea creativity-boosting "pods," specified work, teamwork, socializing, etc, led original design of apple park represented clover leaf, or propeller. multiple factors caused jobs , designers push basic, circular shape, including fact pointed out jobs' teenage son propeller looked male genitalia aerial perspective.

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as apple product, shape determined function. workplace people open each other , open nature, , key modular sections, known pods, work or collaboration. jobs' idea repeat pods on , over: pod office work, pod teamwork, pod socializing, piano roll playing philip glass composition. distributed demo­cratically.

not ceo suite or similar incongruity. , while company has long been notorious internal secrecy, compartmentalizing projects on need-to-know basis, jobs seemed proposing more porous structure ideas more freely shared across common spaces. not totally open, of course--ive's design studio, instance, shrouded translucent glass--but more open infinite loop.

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june 2010, apple park began renewed life spaceship building, or "ring" apple calls internally, standing in cupertino. wired's article goes day in 2011 when jobs, weeks before passed away, pitched campus cupertino city council. "i think have shot," jobs told council, "of building best office building in world," after mentioning if cupertino failed approve of company's plans apple sell of property , move somewhere nearby, mountain view.

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a sketch of apple park's evolution norman foster​

looking @ fall of 2011, when succeeded jobs, tim cook remembered last time held conversation jobs. cook said , jobs watching remember titans , discussing mundane aspects of apple park -- figuring out employees reside in main building -- nevertheless "was gave [jobs] energy."

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cook recalls last time discussed campus boss , friend in fall of 2011. "it last time spoke him, friday before passed away," cook says. "we watching movie, remember titans. loved it, surprised liked movie. remember talking him site then. gave him energy. joking him worried things being difficult, missing important one, biggest challenge of all."

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"deciding employees going sit in main building" , have work in outer buildings. "and got big laugh out of it."

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rest of article goes deep detail design , building materials apple gathered when constructing apple park, , of course problems came construction. 1 roadblock canopies adorned on sides of building, jobs not fan of, required protect all-glass building california sun.

apple designers, including ive's own design team, , foster + partners architects had overcome problems finding perfect color tint canopies, , ensure had right curve deflect rain.

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purpose of giant glass sliding doors of ring's café -- apple patented take-home pizza container -- inquired wired:

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"this might stupid question," say. "but why need four-story glass door?"

ive raises eyebrow. "well," says. "it depends how define need, doesn't it?"

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ultimately, current designers , architects working on campus believe end result represents steve jobs' vision had years ago. "i big picture has not changed @ all," foster mentioned. "if steve reappear, conceived when last saw drawings. he'd find of details not addressed in lifetime, believe he'd approve them."

rest of wired's apple park worth read, explores every aspect of campus' construction, staircases, ventilation, door handles, text fonts in elevators, , more. according ive, "this our home, , make in future going start here."

article link: behind-the-scenes apple park shares close photos, sketches, , history of new campus

 

4 story glass door?

"because want to" valid reason any, if i'm paying it.

 

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