Apple provides additional details, renderings for Cupertino campus project

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  • Reply 41 of 94
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
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    I am afraid this building will make them feel too self important nd they will lose their

    Grit. Too comfy, too happy, too fat and no drive to be creative.



    That's OK, here's the next Apple building, they will travel to the edge of the galaxy to study alien technology to pack 2000x the pixels into an iPod touch. It's the only way to prevent copycats.



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  • Reply 42 of 94
    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    I am currently designing a circular house for myself with a floor level (just one floor) 10' below ground.



    With just 10' of the home (the main central room) visible above ground, giving the exterior of the home a modest, neat and minimal dome-like appearance, with the main 50' circular underground living area a 20' interior ceiling height at the center of the house with a 15' structural glass window in the center of it to bring in natural daylight. The whole house will be constructed using poured concrete formwork giving every wall an 18" waterproof thickness which not only keeps the home very dry, but regulates the interior temperature in winter and summer. This structure will be built to last centuries.



    I'm not an architect nor do I have the money to build it yet; I reckon it will cost around €4-7M, but I will have the money to build it someday and thy will be done.



    It will have one floating bedroom overlooking the main room 8' above the main floor area covering about 1/10 of the main area below with a 1' wall stopping you falling off the edge containing basically a large bed, a locker and a wardrobe along the opposite exterior wall. Then an additional piano mezzanine for playing piano while looking out one of the three curved windows in the structure with your eves at outdoor ground-level as another floating structure with a 1' wall around it located at another point above the the main large room. The bedroom will have floating concrete stairs up to it with each step as a separate wall-anchored unit. There will be no handrail. The piano mezzanine will feature no stairs as there will be a hidden lift that rises from the ground to transport budding musicians up to play it.



    The two large spare en-suite bedrooms, the main bathroom, the W.C., the utility room, the kitchen and the modest swimming pool will all be underground and off the main room with each given a 10' glass structural ceiling that will be flush with the exterior grass and capable of supporting the weight of a ride-on lawnmower.



    The main James Bond-esque living room will feature a snooker table, a centrally located marble dining table with 8 colored chairs, a TV sofa entertainment area, a stairs to the floating bedroom, a lift to the piano mezzanine and a breakfast bar area all over a polished concrete underfoot-heated floor. All rooms off the central area will have regular door-width entrances with no actual doors, and the kitchen will have an arch door entrance the width of its room. The interior walls will retain the unpainted yet smooth concrete look with soft-textured colorful furnishings peppered throughout the home to wonderfully contrast the solid minimal industrial looking structure and its clean lines.



    The home will be entered via tunnel from the drive-down-in underground triple-garage area located around 40 feet from it. The home will be complimented with the a minimal but beautiful Japanese garden.



    That's the plan and I'm sticking to it.
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  • Reply 43 of 94
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    ...Apple has said it will plant apricot orchards throughout the grounds...



    Does no one else see something incredibly wrong here?



    If you're insinuating that Apple should be planting apple orchards, well, you're wrong.



    Apricots and other stone fruits are the historic crops in this part of Santa Clara County. ... Apples were never a commonly planted crop in western Santa Clara County.



    Yeah, I've lived in Silicon Valley for 25 years, and I've never seen any evidence of apple orchards -- just the pitted fruits, like cvaldes1831 said.



    However, despite what was reported in the article, Apple's latest landscaping plan for the site shows more types of fruit trees than just apricots; there will also be cherries, plums, olives, and, yes, apples.
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  • Reply 44 of 94
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    Yeah, I've lived in Silicon Valley for 25 years, and I've never seen any evidence of apple orchards -- just the pitted fruits, like cvaldes1831 said.



    However, despite what was reported in the article, Apple's latest landscaping plan for the site shows more types of fruit trees than just apricots; there will also be cherries, plums, olives, and, yes, apples.



    No mangoes?
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  • Reply 45 of 94
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
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    No mangoes?



    They also won't be selling frozen yogurt in the Apple cafeteria. Nor cold sandwiches of ice and cream.
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  • Reply 46 of 94
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    They also won't be selling frozen yogurt in the Apple cafeteria. Nor cold sandwiches of ice and cream.



    I heard the blackberry bushes on the property are all being uprooted... they were dying anyway.
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  • Reply 47 of 94
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    I wonder if people can co-operate in virtual space soon, making big office buildings out of date.



    It's actually a recently identified trend, so in fact, this might be the last of the big office buildings. Kind of the peak of an era.



    Either way, if this thing gets built, it's likely to be one of those buildings that will be preserved for the ages. I could see kids and tourists taking tours of it long after Apple is gone.



    Also, you gotta figure there will be a giant bronze statue of Steve Jobs somewhere on the grounds at some point.
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  • Reply 48 of 94
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    It's actually a recently identified trend, so in fact, this might be the last of the big office buildings. Kind of the peak of an era.



    Either way, if this thing gets built, it's likely to be one of those buildings that will be preserved for the ages. I could see kids and tourists taking tours of it long after Apple is gone.



    Also, you gotta figure there will be a giant bronze statue of Steve Jobs somewhere on the grounds at some point.



    There will be a button on the statue. When pressed, Steve will say, "An iPod, a phone and an internet communicator...".
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  • Reply 49 of 94
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
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    That's OK, here's the next Apple building, they will travel to the edge of the galaxy to study alien technology to pack 2000x the pixels into an iPod touch. It's the only way to prevent copycats.







    You can get an entire work day in seconds.



    "A [successful technology company] is going to be more advanced. That means efficiency functioning on multiple levels and in multiple dimensions."
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  • Reply 50 of 94
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
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    There will be a button on the statue. When pressed, Steve will say, "An iPod, a phone and an internet communicator...".



    If you're going to have an interact statue you might as well cut out a few hundred years and get right to a "a father, a son, and a singularity]."
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  • Reply 51 of 94
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    If you're going to have an interact statue you might as well cut out a few hundred years and get right to a "a father, a son, and holy ghost."



    Would that be Steve, the iPhone and the Android operating system (or will that be the unholy ghost)?
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  • Reply 52 of 94
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
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    Would that be Steve, the iPhone and the Android operating system (or will that be the unholy ghost)?



    "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. Google is the devil. 6-6-6 sounds a lot like search-search-search." That goes a long way to explaining a company that convinces you all it offers is free even though you are it's unwitting prey. Who else would have a motto telling you to not be evil?



    PS: I edited my original comment. I'm sure Steve Jobs is Siri which is why it's taking him so long to learn to learn new languages.
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  • Reply 53 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    … Does no one else see something incredibly wrong here?



    Re apricot trees ...







    I know you were just being funny, you ilicited so many serious replies though ... Some people here should lighten up.
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  • Reply 54 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    It's to match the 555 feet 5 and 0.5 inch height of the Washington Monument across the river.



    Serious question ... The mystisism around pentagrams didn't come into it then?
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  • Reply 55 of 94
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
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    The mystisism around pentagrams didn't come into it then?



    This secret organization obsessed with the number 5 also invented the high five as a way to secretly greet each other in public. However it soon became clear that by swinging ones arm over the head and slapping their hand into another hand doing the same gesture wasn't as subtle as they had hoped. The only flaw in an otherwise perfect plan. They ended up changing to a secret handshake and killing all those exposed. ....and that's how the high five was invented.
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  • Reply 56 of 94
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    Serious question ... The mystisism around pentagrams didn't come into it then?



    This could get ugly...
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  • Reply 57 of 94
    The word you want is 'renderings'. 'Renders' is only a noun in a very specific context, and this isn't it. Otherwise interesting writes.
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  • Reply 58 of 94
    mdriftmeyermdriftmeyer Posts: 7,503member
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    I am afraid this building will make them feel too self important nd they will lose their

    Grit. Too comfy, too happy, too fat and no drive to be creative.



    It'll have the opposite effect. They'll be immersed in creativity results more than ever.
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  • Reply 59 of 94
    coolfactorcoolfactor Posts: 2,407member
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    He selected apricot trees for a reason. Just like pretty much everything else Steve did.





    I really miss Steve, and I never met him in person. The world isn't the same without him around. But it's not the same because of what he did while he walked among us. This new building is a symbol of just how Apple doesn't take anything lightly. Whatever they do, they want to do the best they can. Good for them, and let's all hope they can hang on to that value system for years to come.
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  • Reply 60 of 94
    coolfactorcoolfactor Posts: 2,407member
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    It'll have the opposite effect. They'll be immersed in creativity results more than ever.



    Bravo. That's the driving force behind this redevelopment... to create a "place" where people want to be, and to be their best. It will be the dream to work there for many generations to come.
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