Apple is "sprindling like weeds" and therefore need more space. Jobs interpret the company's largest move plan in history to the local members of the Council. The company's headquarters in Infinite Loop area can only hold 2800 people, Apple would have to lease office buildings to house other more than 9,000 employees.
According to the design draft announced by Steve Jobs, the new headquarters which will cover about 150 acres may be a satisfactory solution to this problem. This four-storey building shaped like a "donut". It will be built in HP's former site, and it can accommodate 12,000 employees, only the Cafe can meet the dining needs of 3,000 people.
The new headquarters is designed by the world-renowned architect Norman Foster, Beijing Capital International Airport T3, that is, from his hand. According to Steve Jobs's plan, the building will use the most advanced technology, using the world's largest glass components, the overall building shape is entirely curved.
According to reports from overseas media, Date back to 1983 Steve Jobs already had plans to build a shiny glass buildings surrounded by oak and Lawn as Apple's headquarters, then located in coyote valley of San Jose, he Even found the Chinese architect IM Pei to act as the designer of the campus then.
In 1985, Jobs was expelled from Apple, with the project ended in abortion. But for Jobs, Passion and dreams will not change over time, and Apple has seen better days, holding so many cash, Steve Jobs will have the strength to turn the dream decades ago into a reality.
The proposal documents submitted by Apple include four parts: Apple's introduction, siting and design of the park, the ground plan, renderings and so on. The program content displays, Apple's new headquarters covers an area of ??175 acres, including an OA、research and development building, accounting for approximately 2.8 million square feet, a 1000-seat built-in company auditorium, a company fitness center, a research space of about 30 million square feet, green plants surrounded and a parking lot.
Before this there are media reports, Apple's new headquarters has four floors, with the appearance of a ring, the internal ring is designed as a huge courtyard, the most distinctive place is still Apple's usual glass design, and there are no flat glass in the entire building of the new headquarters , "the price for this form of construction of buildings is not cheap, especially we will build a special building glass in this building , it's pretty cool, "Jobs said.
Although the modeling is unique, Apple still did not ignore the energy saving. It is reported that the main building and the top of the underground parking area of the new headquarters will use solar panels to absorb energy, and the whole park will be planted nearly Million trees.
According to the reports, the green land rate of the new headquarters will reach to 80%, everywhere will be dotted with natural landscape, even some apricot fragrance, that due to Steve Jobs's Summer job experience in the Hewlett-Packard in his youth, where the apricot is the most loyal recorder of the green years, but later it disappeared because of the Plant expansion.
