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Detailed floor plans of new Cupertino 'spaceship' campus released

The city of Cupertino has made the proposed and revised plans for Apple's massive new "spaceship" campus available to the public. If you've got a thing for blueprints and architectural renderings, check out the link to the proposed floor plans for the campus, a 25-page PDF that details the incredible scale and scope of Apple's proposal.

Some of the more impressive things I found in my perusal of the plans:

  • The edge-to-edge footprint of the circular structure is just over 1520 feet, or more than a quarter of a mile. The outer circumference of the main building is nearly 4800 feet, or 9/10 of a mile.
  • The main structure contains over 1.8 million square feet of office space spread over 4 above-ground levels.
  • A 4-story, 58,050 square foot restaurant space on the building's northeast corner will provide food for the whole campus.
  • The main building's roof is almost entirely covered in solar panels.
  • Two basement parking levels beneath the main building contain a total of 4300 parking spaces. Another 4-level satellite parking structure provides an additional 4600 spaces.
  • A (relatively) small satellite building provides access to a basement auditorium with seating for approximately 1000 people seated before an enormous stage -- very probably the site of future Apple events.
  • Another satellite structure contains a gigantic corporate fitness center with a 2-story, 48,000 square foot exercise area and what looks like an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
  • Six separate R&D facilities comprise a total of 300,000 square feet of space.

The scale of this new campus is impressive and ambitious in just about every detail, and it'll be quite a thing to see once it's finished in 2015.



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Rick A

But will it fly?

December 07 2011 at 8:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tarek Yassine

I think this file just took their site down?

December 07 2011 at 1:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim M.

cupertino.org is completely unresponsive at the moment, presumably from everyone downloading these PDFs. Why can't somebody more robust host them. Somebody like, I don't know, APPLE!!!

December 07 2011 at 1:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
killerkorg

All that space for a pool, restaurant, and movie theater.

How about adding some MANUFACTURING?

December 07 2011 at 1:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Rick A

Yes!

December 07 2011 at 8:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Josh Zytkiewicz

This is the kind of building that people will be making conspiracy theories for 500-1000 years from now.

December 07 2011 at 1:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jasonpetri

How does the building have a "northeast corner?"

December 07 2011 at 11:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Rick A

My thoughts exactly. Quadrant might be more accurate, though I'm not sure about that, either

December 07 2011 at 8:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick Powers

I wish I had the control over my life that Apple has over its company and public image. Kudos for figuring that out, guys.

December 07 2011 at 10:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob Cook

It's actually a front for the California branch of the LHC.

December 07 2011 at 9:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LMC

>A 4-story, 58,050 square foot restaurant space on the building's northeast corner will provide food for the whole campus.

It's round!

December 07 2011 at 8:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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