Latest Apple Park drone footage shows rough edges in wake of move-in deadline
New drone footage of Apple Park in Cupertino indicates that while the complex may be largely complete, significant work remains -- particularly in landscaping and on the Steve Jobs Theater.
Construction equipment is still present around many buildings, even the central ring, according to video captured by Matthew Roberts. Some of the "wings" on the ring are unfinished, and other work remains around the rooftop solar panels.
A few smaller structures are in a rough state, the Steve Jobs Theater among them. The above-ground portion of the building is covered in white panels, and surrounded by construction supplies. The 1,000-person auditorium is only supposed to open later this year, however -- presumably in time to announce new iPhones this fall.
Landscaping continues to look relatively barren, despite more planting. Apple's demand for trees is reportedly putting pressure on the local market, forcing contractors to source from out of state. The final tree count is expected to approach 9,000, with varieties like apple, apricot, cherry, and persimmon.
Parts of Apple Park should already be in use, since Apple announced that workers would begin occupying the space this month. Eventually the campus will hold over 12,000 people, mostly replacing Apple's famous 1 Infinite Loop headquarters, which should be repurposed by other teams.
Construction equipment is still present around many buildings, even the central ring, according to video captured by Matthew Roberts. Some of the "wings" on the ring are unfinished, and other work remains around the rooftop solar panels.
A few smaller structures are in a rough state, the Steve Jobs Theater among them. The above-ground portion of the building is covered in white panels, and surrounded by construction supplies. The 1,000-person auditorium is only supposed to open later this year, however -- presumably in time to announce new iPhones this fall.
Landscaping continues to look relatively barren, despite more planting. Apple's demand for trees is reportedly putting pressure on the local market, forcing contractors to source from out of state. The final tree count is expected to approach 9,000, with varieties like apple, apricot, cherry, and persimmon.
Parts of Apple Park should already be in use, since Apple announced that workers would begin occupying the space this month. Eventually the campus will hold over 12,000 people, mostly replacing Apple's famous 1 Infinite Loop headquarters, which should be repurposed by other teams.
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How is this not news? We usually get drone footage at the end of every month. I, for one, love to see the progress month-to-month. I'll also watch the videos from other uploaders.
It does still have a ways to go. I see a lot of landscaping that needs to be done but I knew that was going to take a long time to complete. It will look absolutely amazing when its all done and everything is grown in.
The solar panels are still not all the way installed on the main building. There's still a good chunk of them missing.
Still, this doesn't mean employees can't start moving into certain places of Apple Park and as we said before, it looks like they've already started a couple of weeks back.
I really can't wait to see this when its 100% complete and everything around it is grown in.
There better be a Discovery special on the construction of this like they've done for so many other large scale projects.
You could sod now, but you'd have to irrigate a lot.
Seeding makes zero sense in late April/early May for the SF Bay Area.
Anyhow, this is noteworthy that Apple has missed their publicly stated intention of having the first employees move in by April although there might be some folks in the new R&D annex plus certain corporate IT, corporate security people, plant services folks already in the main building. However, when Apple said that the first employees would move in during April, it was implied that they were talking about an engineering team, not support personnel.
There are different varieties of grass, some are more drought tolerant than others, it doesn't need to be Kentucky Blue or some other water-loving, high-maintenance variety.