Latest Apple Park drone footage shows rough edges in wake of move-in deadline

New drone footage of Apple Park in Cupertino indicates that while the complex may be largely complete, significant work remains — particularly in landscaping and on the Steve Jobs Theater.

Construction equipment is still present around many buildings, even the central ring, according to video captured by Matthew Roberts. Some of the "wings" on the ring are unfinished, and other work remains around the rooftop solar panels.

A few smaller structures are in a rough state, the Steve Jobs Theater among them. The above-ground portion of the building is covered in white panels, and surrounded by construction supplies. The 1,000-person auditorium is only supposed to open later this year, however — presumably in time to announce new iPhones this fall.

Landscaping continues to look relatively barren, despite more planting. Apple's demand for trees is reportedly putting pressure on the local market, forcing contractors to source from out of state. The final tree count is expected to approach 9,000, with varieties like apple, apricot, cherry, and persimmon.

Parts of Apple Park should already be in use, since Apple announced that workers would begin occupying the space this month. Eventually the campus will hold over 12,000 people, mostly replacing Apple's famous 1 Infinite Loop headquarters, which should be repurposed by other teams.

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kevin kee 10 Years · 1289 comments

About 7 years ago

And this is news... how exactly? It's normal for new building during initial occupancy to show some rough edge, thats it why there are stages for both occupancy and final construction.

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Soli 9 Years · 9981 comments

Quality video. Duncan Sinfield finally has some real competition.

kevin kee said:

And this is news... how exactly? It's normal for new building during initial occupancy to show some rough edge, thats it why there are stages for both occupancy and final construction.

How is this not news? We usually get drone footage at the end of every month. I, for one, love to see the progress month-to-month. I'll also watch the videos from other uploaders.

macxpress 16 Years · 5915 comments

kevin kee said:

And this is news... how exactly? It's normal for new building during initial occupancy to show some rough edge, thats it why there are stages for both occupancy and final construction.

Maybe these video's aren't for you then...I happen to enjoy all of them. I think its nice to see the progresso of this amazing place.

It does still have a ways to go. I see a lot of landscaping that needs to be done but I knew that was going to take a long time to complete. It will look absolutely amazing when its all done and everything is grown in.

The solar panels are still not all the way installed on the main building. There's still a good chunk of them missing.

Still, this doesn't mean employees can't start moving into certain places of Apple Park and as we said before, it looks like they've already started a couple of weeks back.

I really can't wait to see this when its 100% complete and everything around it is grown in.

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Here's Duncan's video from 10 days ago. He took video during the day, dusk, and at night so you can see inside for once. At the end the rings light up in a spectacular fashion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR4tWziYaz0

A couple things I noticed (that hopefully someone here can answer):

It starts out showing a ditch being dug and there's some pipes in it further back. Would this have been planned or is this because something changed in the plans? It seems like a lot of extra digging if it could've been done months ago.
Lots of glass walls inside the floors. I wonder how common that will be since many departments, offices, and conference rooms will need more privacy. I wonder if they'll be using an active substrate in the glass that can switch between opaque and transparent.
The atrium is covered with large crates. I'm guessing those will be the tables and chairs and it's possible some of those could be set up right now since I'm going off a 10 day old video and I didn't notice the atrium's status in Matthew's video.
I wonder why they didn't put solar panels on top of the R&D and the other rectangular buildings. Seems like it would protect the elements from the equipment on the roof, make it appear nicer from above, and allow for even more energy to be created that can be put back onto the grid or stored in their fuel cell banks.
Will they use sod or seed for the grass? Seems like they'll need a few football fields of sod or a dump truck of seed.

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cali 10 Years · 3494 comments

kevin kee said:

And this is news... how exactly? It's normal for new building during initial occupancy to show some rough edge, thats it why there are stages for both occupancy and final construction.

Because Apple is doomed.