With employees beginning to move into Apple’s Campus 2 this month, the Foster + Partners-designed main building is down to its finishing touches, as shown in this drone video captured by aerial videographer Matthew Roberts.
Also nearing completion are the solar-panel-covered parking garage and the F&D facility, with the Steve Jobs Theater expected to follow sometime this summer. Landscaping, including the central pond and unprecedentedly ambitious tree planting plan (reported to have caused a shortage of nursery trees in the San Francisco area), are also moving full-steam ahead.
Find more of ArchDaily’s coverage of Apple Campus 2 below:
2.8 Million-square-foot Apple Campus to Open in April... And It Looks Incredible
Apple today announced that Apple Park (also referred to as Apple Campus 2) will be ready to occupy beginning in April. Envisioned by Steve Jobs as a "center for creativity and collaboration," the 175-acre campus will serve as a new home for more than 12,000 employees, who will be moved-in over a six month period.
Apple Campus 2 Held to "Fantastical" Standard of Detail, New Report Reveals
As the finishing touches are applied to the long-awaited Apple Campus 2 (due to be completed in spring of this year), a new report from Reuters has revealed the fantastical strive for perfection demanded by Apple's in-house project management team.
Finishing Touches Applied to Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2
Following an unofficial update in August 2016, Apple's Campus 2 is entering the final stages of construction. A new drone video, captured by aerial videographer Matthew Roberts earlier this month, shows the 'Research and Development' facility nearing full completion and capped by a vast roof plant, the 'tantau roof' on the security kiosk in place, and an epic effort in landscaping taking place both within the "spaceship's" courtyard and across the company's enormous property.
VIDEO: Norman Foster on Apple's Cupertino Campus
It has been a long road for Foster + Partners's team since first taking on the design for Apple's new campus in 2009. Four years later, despite the criticism and budget concerns, plans for Apple's corporate headquarters have been approved by Cupertino's planning commission.
