Watch: Amazing spaceship-like Apple campus
- New Apple campus is on a sprawling 175 acres of rolling parkland.
- It isn't just good looking, but the most energy efficient building.
- The process of moving 12,000 people there would take over six months.
FollowApple Park, the massive campus sprawls over 175-acre area, and will be open to employees in April. The complete process of moving more than 12,000 employees will take the company roughly six months.
Jobs would have turned 60 this year has had a great influence on Apple, and to honour him, the theatre is named Steve Jobs theatre. The entrance to the 1000 seat auditorium is a 20 foot tall glass cylinder which is 165 feet in diameter and supports carbon fiber roof. The campus will run on renewable energy.
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO said, “Steve’s vision for Apple stretched far beyond his time with us. He intended Apple Park to be the home of innovation for generations to come. The workspaces and parklands are designed to inspire our team as well as benefit the environment. We’ve achieved one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world and the campus will run entirely on renewable energy.”
"We have approached the design, engineering and making of our new campus with the same enthusiasm and design principles that characterise our products,” said Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer.
Apple Park will also include visitors centre with an Apple Store, fitness centre for employees, and research and development facilities. The parklands will also offer two miles of walking and running paths for employees, an orchard, meadow and pond.
Apple Park replaces 5 million-square-feet of asphalt and concrete with grassy fields. With 17 megawatts of rooftop solar, Apple Park will run one of the largest on-site solar energy installations in the world.
