Steve Jobs Pitches Futuristic Apple Campus - Polidicks

[QUOTE][MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuz5OmOh_M&feature=player_embedded#![/MEDIA] Steve Jobs appeared before the Cupertino City Council on Tuesday night to present Apple's plans for a massive, futuristic-looking campus. With the council's approval, Apple will start construction on the new Cupertino offices, which will be located on property purchased from Hewlett-Packard. According to Patch, Jobs said Apple plans to "break ground next year and move in by 2015." Jobs then showed off illustrations of a ring-shaped building, which he said will have a 12,000-person capacity. "It's pretty cool," Jobs remarked to the council as he flipped through illustrated slides of the proposed campus. Mac Rumors posted Jobs's description of the building: It's a little like a spaceship landed. It's got this gorgeous courtyard in the middle... It's a circle. It's curved all the way around. If you build things, this is not the cheapest way to build something. There is not a straight piece of glass in this building. It's all curved. We've used our experience making retail buildings all over the world now, and we know how to make the biggest pieces of glass in the world for architectural use. And, we want to make the glass specifically for this building here. We can make it curve all the way around the building... Apple's plan will increase the site's office space from 2.6 million square feet to 3.1 million square feet, but the company will significantly improve the grounds around the offices, too, Jobs said. The former HP campus currently features 20 percent landscaping. "It's pretty bad," admitted Jobs. The redesigned campus, however, will feature 80 percent landscaping, with twice the amount of indigenous trees. Most of the parking space will be relocated underground, Jobs also noted. "[W]e're proud of Apple," Councilmember Kris Wang told Jobs at Tuesday's meeting, according to Patch. "I'm proud to be in Cupertino, too," Jobs replied. Check out pictures of Apple's plans for the new campus (below) and watch Jobs's 21-minute presentation to the Cupertino City Council. What do you think of Apple's proposed campus? Let us know in the comments.[/QUOTE] Here are some photo's of the campus in question: [IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28643/slide_28643_289122_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28643/slide_28643_289123_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28643/slide_28643_289124_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28643/slide_28643_289125_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28643/slide_28643_289126_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28643/slide_28643_289120_small.jpg[/IMG] Sweet God, this thing is any architect's wet dream!

Hipster Heaven.

Oh, completely forgot, watch the video, it gives you an idea of how dramatic a change it'll be for the employees.

It has a very interesting design.

that's a balla-ass building. hip-hop backdrops of the future, got the money for swag circular cribs.

Its 2 AM I cannot read good night

It's not bad, I suppose, but it certainly doesn't qualify my standards for futuristic. I don't think "CURVES" automatically qualify something as futuristic. Are my standards too high?

Here we have some students on their way to campus: [img]http://www.digitalbusstop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Zombies.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=TAU!;31799179]is a campus dedicated to an operating system really necessary?[/QUOTE] there's the microsoft campus which was like computer programmer israel in the 1990's.

It looks pretty cool architecturally.

[QUOTE=Contag;31799185]It's not bad, I suppose, but it certainly doesn't qualify my standards for futuristic. I don't think "CURVES" automatically qualify something as futuristic. Are my standards too high?[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk[/media]

[QUOTE=Contag;31799185]It's not bad, I suppose, but it certainly doesn't qualify my standards for futuristic. I don't think "CURVES" automatically qualify something as futuristic. Are my standards too high?[/QUOTE] From an overhead view it certainly looks futuristic.

[QUOTE=thisispain;31799245][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk[/media][/QUOTE] That was interesting (full of shit and the same kind of rallying against the 'new generation' since time immorial but anyhow), but what was your point? Did I write "Oh look a ring how blase, a glass pentagon with corners cut"? Or did I merely disagree with the label of futuristic, when 'curvy' architecture is in vogue in contemporary society? By definition, futuristic should be something entirely novel.

I hope you guys realize this is a new building for Apple's headquarters not an actual school campus. It's a campus in the sense of being several buildings used by Apple's employees. It's an office building, not a university.

Hey what was that one university that has a bunch of social outcasts and weirdos that do the most random shit.

[QUOTE=Contag;31799420] Or did I merely disagree with the label of futuristic, when 'curvy' architecture is in vogue in contemporary society?[/QUOTE] why are you just such a buzzkill this shit looks amazing and you're just saying "OH YEAH CURVES REAL FUTURISTIC HOW ROCOCO OF YOU APPLE".

So is it a place to learn shit or is it a place to go to say you're fancy?

Well, its a good use of the trillions jobs has. Who cares if it has a logo on it, its still a really cool building.

Good, let all the Macfags go and live there so I don't have to hear about how "revolutionary" every Mac product is when it gets released.

[QUOTE=Frisk;31799575]Good, let all the Macfags go and live there so I don't have to hear about how "revolutionary" every Mac product is when it gets released.[/QUOTE] why would they live there that doesn't make any sense

the design and underground parking reminds me of the Getty museum in LA [img]http://www.thingstodoinusamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/J-Paul-Getty-Museum.jpg[/img] [editline]18th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Frisk;31799575]Good, let all the Macfags go and live there so I don't have to hear about how "revolutionary" every Mac product is when it gets released.[/QUOTE] dude its just they're new corporate HQ, they don't live there. Also, you don't have to listen to apple press releases. Clicking play on a video or not is your choice.

So tired of hearing nothing but Apple. Anyways if it's their new HQ then I don't see what people are so worked up about.

My dad (who works for IBM) went to the Apple Campus to do help them utilize the servers IBM was providing without having to spend money on adjusting their existing shit. He told me that everyone there "looked like a massive hispter." Apparently my dad and his co-workers asked where they picked up their free Ipads. The Apple people didn't think that was very funny.

[QUOTE=Hunterdnrc;31799881]My dad (who works for IBM) went to the Apple Campus to do help them utilize the servers IBM was providing without having to spend money on adjusting their existing shit. He told me that everyone there "looked like a massive hispter." [B]Apparently my dad and his co-workers asked where they picked up their free Ipads. The Apple people didn't think that was very funny.[/B][/QUOTE] Wow

[QUOTE=Hunterdnrc;31799881]My dad (who works for IBM) went to the Apple Campus to do help them utilize the servers IBM was providing without having to spend money on adjusting their existing shit. He told me that everyone there "looked like a massive hispter." Apparently my dad and his co-workers asked where they picked up their free Ipads. The Apple people didn't think that was very funny.[/QUOTE] dude, everyone gets a free iPad. My friend's dad won one, my uncle won one, my grandparents won TWO, and my dad almost won one but we went on vacation to italy for 2 weeks in july and that kinda hurt is sales (selling bikes in the summer is kinda crucial)

You'd think that after saving Apple 35,000-40,000 dollars, they'd at least get an Ipod or something. But my dad brought me back a T-shirt and said I had to wear it [I]ironically.[/I] I love my dad. :dance:

[QUOTE=thisispain;31799531]why are you just such a buzzkill this shit looks amazing and you're just saying "OH YEAH CURVES REAL FUTURISTIC HOW ROCOCO OF YOU APPLE".[/QUOTE] amazing? It looks like a done-up enlarged synchrotron. I want buildings which blur the line between the inside/outside dichotomy, that are significantly more energy efficient, that transform the environmental and social space of the work place into something completely different. I think architecture can be far more influential than many people think, and extends beyond mere aesthetics. If they weren't rolling in money and marketing their products on the basis of being progressive technology, I wouldn't hold them up to the same standard.

It looks pretty cool, work on the textures though.

I do appreciate the curvature, the underground parking and the open field design, but I expect more of Apple.

[QUOTE=labbet;31799634]the design and underground parking reminds me of the Getty museum in LA [img]http://www.thingstodoinusamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/J-Paul-Getty-Museum.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] I live two minutes away from the Getty, that place is pretty much the Greek's vision of heaven.