Apple's
'Spaceship' Campus Approved by Cupertino Planning Commission, Headed to City
Council for Final Vote
The Planning
Commission of Apple's hometown of Cupertino, California approved Apple’s plans
for the company's new "Spaceship" campus Wednesday night, a day after
the company made a presentation to the community at a public discussion, reports CNET. The next steps in the
process will be a vote by the Cupertino city council on October 15 along with a
final vote on November 19, and the company remains on track for a 2016 opening
of the new campus. Just like any other Apple presentation, this one came with a
slickly-produced video. Dan Whisenhunt, the company's director of real estate
and facilities, introduced a video featuring lead architect Norman Foster and
others in charge of the site's development. One gem from the film is that the
site's now infamous O-shaped structure was not the original vision. "It
really grew into that born out of an intensive process," said Foster in
the video. The plans were also inspired by Stanford's campus.
Steve Jobs originally pitched the idea of a new Apple campus
to the city of Cupertino in June 2011, his final public appearance four months
before his death. The company submitted revised plans campus in December 2011,
but by April of this year was said to be one year behind schedule on
construction and roughly $2 billion over budget. Among the unique details
contributing to the project costs were characteristics such as 6 square
kilometers of curved glass, strict requirements on gaps between surfaces, and
polished concrete ceilings cast in molds as opposed to being cast in place.
Apple again submitted revised plans for the campus with a new
phased construction plan in late April 2013, and released an economic impact
report on the future campus this past June detailing both main construction
phases.
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