Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen Cupertino California

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen!

Cupertino, California, CA, USA Apple Campus 2

It will replace the current headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop. Apple Inc 's main

It is circular in shape, resembling the classic idea of a flying saucer spaceship that has just landed.

It is located on suburban site now totaling 175 acres (71 hectares) and is planned to house more than 12, 000 employees in one central four-storied circular building of approximately 2, 800, 000 square feet (260, 000 square meters).

Steve Jobs wanted the whole campus to look less like an office park and more like a nature refuge. Eighty percent of the site will be green space planted with trees and plants indigenous to the Cupertino area.

With a primary goal of promoting creativity and collaboration, will consolidate the current disjointed assemblage of aging corporate facilities into a single high performance office, research and development building, with supporting facilities, for 14, 200 Apple employees.

Size comparison of the main building on Apple Campus 2 with The Pentagon and other structures. Apple Park Pentagon

The building was conceived by Apple's former CEO Steve Jobs, and designed by Lord Norman Foster. Jobs took Foster to the cathedral-like building on the Pixar campus in Emeryville, which Jobs designed himself with the goal of keeping everything under one roof. Steve Jobs spent a large part of two years on the project before his death in 2011. Steve Jobs Norman Foster

Steve Jobs was quoted as saying: "It's got a gorgeous courtyard in the middle, and a lot more. It's a circle, so it's curved all the way round. This is not the cheapest way to build something. Every pane of glass in the main building will be curved. We have a shot, at building the best office building in the world. I really do think that architecture students will come here to see it. " This proved to be Jobs' last public appearance before his death in October 2011.

Costs The land cost was estimated at $160 million. The project cost initially was estimated at $500 million. However, in 2013 the total cost was estimated to be nearer to $5 billion.

Facilities Café Auditorium Wellness center R&D facility Transit center Parking Visitor center

Café The campus will have seven cafes, and the largest three-level café is for 3, 000 sitting people, it has light-colored stone lining and glass railing with no metal support. It is surrounded by extensive landscaping. The mezzanine space of 20, 000 sq ft (One thousand nine hundred square meters ) can accommodate 600 people and 1, 750 seats on terraces outside, with a capacity to serve 15, 000 lunches a day, housed by specially designed 500 tables made of solid spesshart white oak, measuring 18 ft (5. 5 m) long and 4 ft (1. 2 m) wide. The large doors of the main restaurant are 92 ft tall, the biggest in the world. The cafe extends to grassy landscape well beyond the glass walls and will be able to dine al fresco in an area Apple’s calling

Auditorium To be named as Steve Jobs Theater after the co-founder of Apple, located atop a hill on the campus the underground, 1000 seat auditorium for Apple product launches and press meets is also being built. A large cylinder shaped lobby with stairs down to the auditorium. The theater, as referred by Apple, will have 350 parking spots on North Tantau and a pedestrian path leading to the main campus located Northwest of theater. This will provide Apple with more control over product releases and unveiling. The unique and outstanding theater will be all cylindrical glass walls, column-free and roofed with carbon fiber. The 80 -short-ton (73 metric-ton) carbon fiber roof, made of 44 identical panels was supplied by a Dubaibased company, Premier Composite Technologies. Each panel is 70 ft (21 m) long and 11 ft (3. 4 m) wide and locks in the middle with the other panels.

Wellness center A 100, 000 square feet wellness/fitness center is located in the northwest of the campus. It can serve up to 20, 000 employees around Cupertino. Apart from gym equipment, the fitness center will feature other amenities like changing rooms, showers, laundry services, and rooms for group sessions.

R&D facility Two large buildings 300, 000 square feet (28, 000 m 2) on the southern edge of the campus are being built isolated from prying eyes. The top floor will house the R&D department comprising industrial design and human interface teams headed by design chief, Jonathan Ive.

Transit center Employees traveling to Apple by bus will board and depart from the subterranean bus station, which leads to the main campus via two white staircases. The bus fleet will increase by 20%.

Parking is built both underground and in two large parking structures accommodating approximately 14, 200 employees. There will be 300 car charging stations on-site. There will be 2, 000 parking spaces in the subterranean parking garage. The parking will be managed by sensors and apps, which will manage the traffic and parking spaces.

Visitor center The North Tantau Avenue Visitor Center is a two-story 20, 135 sq ft (1, 870. 6 m 2) structure which features a 2, 386 sq ft (221. 7 m 2) café and observation deck overlooking the campus and a Apple Store. The estimated cost of the center is $80 M. The property at 10700 N. Tantau (NE corner of Tantau and Prune ridge) is across the road from the campus proper and abuts a Santa Clara residential neighborhood. The underground parking garage, with close to 700 spaces, has an estimated cost of $26 M. There will be 1, 000 bikes on the campus for employees to get around, with miles of cycling and jogging

Energy supply

The site will be powered entirely from renewable energy, and will be one of the most energy efficient buildings in the world. The solar panels installed on the roof of the campus can generate 17 megawatts of power, sufficient to power 75% during peak daytime. The other 4 megawatts will be generated onsite using Bloom Energy Server fuel cells, which are powered by biofuel or natural gas. The air will flow freely between the inside and outside of the building, providing natural ventilation and obviating the need for HVAC systems during nine months of the year.

Exhibit A-1 Visualization 1 View of Landscaped Green Space for Apple Employee Recreation

Exhibit A-2 Visualization 2 View of Main Building and Green Space Linkage

Exhibit A-3 Visualization 3 View of Net Zero Energy Office, Research and Development Building

Exhibit A-4 Visualization 4 View of Perimeter Bicycle and Pedestrian Enhancements

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