The new canopy of trees soars skyward, the curved-glass windows shimmer, and it’s move-in time at Apple Park.
Apple’s new 175-acre campus, a dream of co-founder Steve Jobs, is much more than office space for the world’s most valuable company: it’s a jaw-dropping piece of iconic architecture, visible from space, globally renowned, masterfully designed, and crouching like an exquisite beast in the shadows of Interstate 280.
Over the coming weeks and months, as many as 12,000 employees will drive, bus or bike to the campus for the very first time, scope out their workspaces, and then get back to the business of creating the kinds of gadgets and services that have already seduced several generations of Earthlings.
Here is a by-the-numbers look at Apple Park:
Six: number of months it will take to move in all employees
175: campus size, in acres
One: circumference of the campus, in miles
2,800,000: the spaceship-like building’s size, in square feet
5,000,000: number of square feet of asphalt and concrete that Apple has replaced with grassy fields and trees
9,000: native and drought-resistant trees planted on the site
Two: miles of walking and running paths
100,000: employees’ fitness center, in square feet
17: megawatts of power from rooftop solar panels, making it one of the world’s largest on-site solar energy installations
1,000: seats in the Steve Jobs Theater, where future product launches will be held
One: how many miles to the east Apple Park sits from Apple’s One Infinite Loop campus
Four: number of stories above ground
Three: number of stories below ground
19: number of countries where companies involved in the project are based.
4,400: number of hollow concrete slabs that act as the building’s floors, ceilings, and HVAC system
60,000: how much some of these slabs weigh, in pounds
800: number of parking spaces on North Tantau for the Steve Jobs Theater
2,600: number of parking spaces in the subterranean parking garage (6,000 spaces above ground)
1,000: on-site car-charging stations
1,500: number of bikes on campus for employees to use to get around
20,135: size of the North Tantau Avenue Visitor Center, in square feet
30: the inner part of the circular building, in acres
160,000,000: cost of the land for the project, in dollars
5,000,000,000: estimated final cost of the project, in dollars
Seven: number of cafes
3,000: how many people can be seated in the largest cafe, which is three levels
20,000: the size of the mezzanine, in square feet
1,750: number of seats on outdoor terraces
15,000: number of lunches that the on-site kitchens can crank out each day
58: height of the large doors on the main restaurant, in feet
Credit: Apple
