A RE-IMAGINED SUBURBAN CITY CENTER: Redeveloping Greyfield Sites
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Apple Campus 2
One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014 Apple Campus 2 is a 175 acre, 2.8 million square foot compound that is home to an on-site research and development facilities, 1000 seat auditorium, and 100,000 square foot fitness center located in Palo Alto, California. Apple selected the internationally renowned architectural firm Foster + Partners1, headed by Norman Foster. This entire development sits upon a site that was built in traditional office park fashion. 18 extruded plan office buildings which were surrounded by surface parking lots and a center boulevard filtered office workers into these buildings off two major roads, Wolfe Avenue from the West and Tantau Avenue from the East. The buildings are located in a unified and secure landscape, which extends and connects the interior workplaces to outdoor facilities for relaxation, recreation and reflection. The entire Campus, indoors and out, is intended to promote shared creativity and collaboration, and spur invention of the next several generations of Apple products.
Figure 2.1: A large atrium space connects seamlessly interior and exterior
Figure 2.2: Apple Campus 2 Office building interior photo
The buildings are located in a unified and secure landscape, which extends and connects the interior workplaces to outdoor facilities for relaxation, recreation and reflection. The entire Campus, indoors and out, is intended to promote shared creativity and collaboration, and spur invention of the next several generations of Apple products. 1 City of Cupertino, CA. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.cupertino.org/ our-city/departments/community-development/planning/major-projects/ apple-park
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Figure 2.3: Apple employees walking
Apple Campus 2
