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in early 2018 Apple partially finished
construction on their new massive office
building called Apple Campus 2 also
known as Apple Park and the spaceship it
was a project started by Apple founder
Steve Jobs back in 2006 Jobs presented
his plan for Apple Park to Cupertino
City Council in 2011 months before he
passed away as hewlett-packard has been
shrinking lately they decided to sell
that property and we bought it and we've
come up with a design that puts twelve
thousand people in one building
Cupertino approved it in October 2013
and construction started in late 2013
the land cost an estimated one hundred
and sixty million dollars in 2011 the
original plan budget for Apple campus
was about three billion dollars however
in 2013 the total cost was estimated to
be closer to five billion dollars now I
know five billion dollars for a building
sounds like a fortune then again Apple
can afford it
a final spend of five billion dollars is
a huge outlay but would still represent
less than 2% of Apple's cash reserves
which was estimated at 285 billion in
early 2018 and the company is currently
valued at nearly 900 billion dollars as
of February 2018
InDesign target to be valued at one
trillion dollars in 2019 oh and in case
you're wondering no other company in the
world has as much money as Apple does
Apple Park is home to several buildings
most prominently a 2.8 million square
foot ring and officially known as the
spaceship which boasts a circular walls
four storeys high constructed from the
largest panes of curved glass in the
world and one of the largest
roof-mounted solar farms in the world
here is some of the key features of the
campus the circular four-story building
will have 2.8 million square feet of
office space with enough room for 12,000
employees the campus is one of the most
energy-efficient buildings in the world
and is powered by a hundred percent
renewable energy from 17 megawatts of
rooftop solar panels the campus sits on
175 acres of land with separate on-site
R&D facilities and 300 square feet of
research space the building is
surrounded by 9000 drought resistant
trees and will include Olive apricot
cherry and yes apple trees there will be
jogging and cycling trails with more
than a thousand bikes kept on-site at
all times which staff can use to make
their way around the building is clad
entirely in the world's largest panels
of curved glass and has about 3000 glass
panels throughout the whole building the
spaceship has 360 degrees curved glass
fronted walls and central courtyard
overlooking a landscaped park area on
the inside ring there is underground
parking hidden from view meaning 80% of
the site can be covered in trees the
building stays eco-friendly with natural
ventilation that works instead of air
conditioning for 70% of the year and has
low-energy LED lighting with natural
light doesn't reach there's an orchard
meadow and pond within the rings
interior grounds and the parkland has
3.2 kilometres of walking and running
paths for Apple staff the building also
features a two-story yoga room a hundred
thousand square foot fitness center an
underground one thousand seat auditorium
a four thousand person cafe with
four-story glass doors and Apple even
created and patent a pizza box that lets
air and moisture escape so crust will
get soggy for workers who want to take
their cafe pizza back to their desks the
company's new 175 acre campus is one
mile in circumference with the diameter
of 461 meters and can hails 12,000
employ
years the main building was ready for
employees to begin partial occupancy in
January 2018 as the building was still
not finished the process of moving more
than 12,000 people was estimated to take
over six months since employees have
been able to move in and start working
in the building a couple of big design
issues have popped up such as one of the
features of the building was about 3,000
panels of floor-to-ceiling glass all
that glass may let in a lot of light and
save on energy but it appears Apple
employees have been injuring themselves
after walking into glass walls and doors
it has been reported that three Apple
employees dialed 9-1-1 after walking
into glass panels and injuring
themselves another issue is with so many
employees working in one building Apple
opted to move away from individual
offices to an open-plan floor design
this open plan layout is used in much of
the building with most employees
situated around large tables instead of
separated into individual offices or
cubicles this layer is intended to
promote collaboration but it hasn't gone
down well with everyone Apple employees
are unhappy and reluctant to accept the
working conditions on the campus it has
apparently angered some of the company's
engineers and developers who were used
to private offices or cubicles open plan
offices have become more common since
the 1990s but have come under scrutiny
in recent years a recent report stated
their open plan offices are sabotaging
employees abilities to focus at work
with office workers losing 28 percent of
their productive time due to
interruptions and distractions the
biggest problem with companies changing
anything are the workers people in
general hate change and a reluctant to
change but I guess if you want to work
for one of the biggest companies in the
world they best learn fast that change
is a part of life and you have to accept
it now before I in this video I would
like to give a special thanks to Sasha
from oxy Sasha YouTube channel who
filmed drone footage of the Apple Campus
on three separate occasions specifically
for me in this video thanks a lot Sasha
I really appreciate it anyway
that's the end of this video thanks for
watching and we'll see you next time bye
bye
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