This reminds me of some who dream of ring cities in space.
In this case, the ring has landed and 12,000 crew members will infiltrate the local economy. :-)
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Apple plans new ‘spaceship’-like campus
| June 9, 2011 | Source Link: IT World |
| Apple plans to build a new campus with a circular building that looks like a spaceship, big enough to house 12,000 employees, scheduled to open in 2015. The campus, near Apple’s existing headquarters in Cupertino, California, will generate its own energy. It’s a former Hewlett-Packard campus. http://www.kurzweilai.net/ http://www.youtube.com/watch? |
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The YouTube video (above/below) is of Jobs presentation to the Cupertino city council explaining what Apple would like to build.
When I got out of the Navy at Moffett Field in 1983, we lived in Sunnyvale, just north of the Hewlett-Packard campus.
I thought it would be nice to work there but never happened as we ended up supporting NASA at Moffett Field for 20 years.
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Apple plans new 'spaceship'-like campus
Apple wants to put up a single, circular building to house 12,000 employees on a new campus in Cupertino
June 08, 2011, 6:43 AM — Apple plans to build a new campus with a circular building that looks like a spaceship, big enough to house 12,000 employees. The campus, near Apple's existing headquarters in Cupertino, California, will generate its own energy.
The single office building on the new campus will look "a little like a spaceship landed," Apple CEO, Steve Jobs told the Cupertino City Council in a presentation on Tuesday.
The company has 12,000 employees in the Cupertino area, in its headquarters at Infinite Loop and in other buildings, Jobs said. It plans to retain its existing headquarters building, but needs new office space to accommodate employees, he said.
The new office building will be of "human scale" size, about four stories high, Jobs said. About 12,000 employees in one building "sounds rather odd," Jobs said, but said that the campus is necessary to keep up the company's pace of growth.
"Apple's grown like a weed and as you know, Apple's always been in Cupertino," Jobs said. "The campus we'd like to build there is one building that holds 12,000 people."
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The first time I drove through Cupertino was back in the 60's and it was all orchards.
Now a mostly buildings and parking lots. The new Apple campus will put back a lot of trees.
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Cupertino (
/ˌkuːpərˈtiːnoʊ/) is a suburban city in Santa Clara County, California, U.S., directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 58,302 at the time of the 2010 census.[1] Forbes ranked it as one of the most educated small towns. It is best known as home to — and worldwide headquarters of — Apple Inc.
/ˌkuːpərˈtiːnoʊ/) is a suburban city in Santa Clara County, California, U.S., directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 58,302 at the time of the 2010 census.[1] Forbes ranked it as one of the most educated small towns. It is best known as home to — and worldwide headquarters of — Apple Inc.snip
Toponym
Cupertino was named after Arroyo San José de Cupertino (now Stevens Creek). The creek had been named by Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza's cartographer, who named it after Saint Joseph of Cupertino. Saint Joseph (born Giuseppe Maria Desa, and later known as Giuseppe da Copertino) was named after the town of Copertino in the Apulia region of Italy. The name Cupertino first became widely used when John T. Doyle, a San Francisco lawyer and historian, named his winery on McClellan Road "Cupertino". After the turn of the 20th century, Cupertino displaced the former name for the region, which was "West Side".
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It will be interesting to see the transformation take place.
Individuals with a dream and a concern can make a difference.
When I look up at the Moon I wonder who will be the one to make a difference.
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