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Apple is moving to the futuristic Apple Park, a bold vision of Steve Jobs

Apple Park

In April, the technology giant Apple will move to new premises in Silicon Valley, which span over 70 hectares. The relocation of more than 12,000 employees will take half a year. The campus had a working name of Campus 2, but was officially named Apple Park. The construction is not quite finished yet and will drag on into the summer, but today we can already admire this futuristic wonder in Cupertino, California, which will be one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world.

Apple Park is a futuristic campus where the April 2017 further began to gradually move more than 12 thousand Apple employees. Worldwide Apple otherwise employs through 100 thousand employees. Apple's new office premises, which have been under construction for the past three years, are not yet completely finished, individual parts on more than 70 hectares and they will be building for the whole summer.

Steve Jobs Theater
Steve Jobs Theater

The central part of the campus will be a round glass building spanning 26 hectares of land. It is set on top of a hill overlooking the main building and the meadows. Auditorium with 1000 seats and the carbon fiber roof was named after late co-founder Steve Jobs (who would have turned 62 today). V Steve Jobs Theater Apple will probably present its new devices in the future. "Apple Park was conceived by (Steve Jobs, op. p.) as a home for future generations of innovation,” the Apple CEO said when announcing the move Tim Cook, who took the helm after Jobs' death in 2011.

The new Apple premises will start accepting the first employees in April 2017.
The new Apple premises will start accepting the first employees in April 2017.

A case of one of the most energy efficient buildings in the world, as the entire campus will be powered solely by renewable energy. Solar power plant on the roof she will have just 17 megawatts of power and ranks as one of the largest in the world, and natural ventilation ensures that nine months of the year Apple Park it will not need heating and cooling.

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Despite its bulkiness, Apple Park will be energy efficient.
Despite its bulkiness, Apple Park will be energy efficient.

They will be open to the public cafe and center with shop, Apple employees will be able to exercise their brains in secure research and development facilities, and their limbs in the 10,000 square meter fitness center. There will also be more than three kilometers of walking/jogging paths, but not a single thread will be missing lake and orchard.

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