Apple Park – 9to5Mac
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175-acre campus
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Over 2.8 million sq. ft. of office space
- 17 megawatts of rooftop solar
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Separate on-site R&D facilities
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100,000 sq. ft. fitness center
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Underground 1000-seat Steve Jobs Theater
- Public Visitor Center featuring Augmented Reality experience
- Will run on 100% renewable energy
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Architected by Foster+Partners
First announced by Steve Jobs in 2006, Apple kicked off construction on its new 175-acre “Campus 2” in late 2013 and was expected to start moving in more than 12,000 of its employees in April 2017. The campus, located approximately one mile east of its current headquarters in Cupertino, California is also often referred to as the Apple “Spaceship” due to the appearance of the site’s main circular building.
CEO Tim Cook explained why Apple Park’s theater was named after the late Steve Jobs:
To honor his memory and his enduring influence on Apple and the world, the theater at Apple Park will be named the Steve Jobs Theater. Opening later this year, the entrance to the 1,000-seat auditorium is a 20-foot-tall glass cylinder, 165 feet in diameter, supporting a metallic carbon-fiber roof. The Steve Jobs Theater is situated atop a hill — one of the highest points within Apple Park — overlooking meadows and the main building.
Apple Park also houses a visitor center with an exclusive corporate store and mini Caffè Macs. The visitor center opened to public in November 2017.
