10 curious facts about the new Apple Campus

The last keynote took place on March 21st in the old Town Hall. Apple will present new products in the future on the Apple Campus in Cupertino. The mega-project should not be less than the best office building in the world. We show the most ingenious facts and curious things from the new Apple headquarters.

Apple Campus in Cupertino: After the Reichstag, the Apple Campus

• Apple boss Tim Cook, with Foster + Partners, has commissioned one of the most famous architecture firms to plan the Apple Campus in Cupertino.
• Foster + Partners rebuilt the Berlin Reichstag and built the Wembley Stadium. Nevertheless, Tim Cook does not miss the opportunity to work on the planning himself: "Do not consider me as a customer but as part of your team", he said at the beginning of the planning.

A piece of Germany in the middle of the Apple group

• The new Apple headquarters mainly consists of one: glass. The many glass panes come from Germany.
• The Soul subsidiary Sedak produces the approximately 2, 500 glass panes for the Apple Campus. Then they go to Josef Gartner GmbH in Gundelfingen, who still attach the frame and assembly points.
• The glass panes are said to be the largest curved glass plates in the world.

Apple keynotes in the sunken auditorium

• An integral part of the blueprints of the new Apple Campus is an auditorium. There is space for around 1, 000 people. There is also a lobby and a catering area.
• Dan Whisenhut is responsible for the real estate at Apple and explains: "With the auditorium we can bring home product presentations and events that previously had to take place in San Francisco and other cities to Cupertino".

80 percent of the Apple campus is green

• Tim Cook has a green thumb - at least the whole campus is pretty green.
• The largest trees are replanted and remain on the Apple campus, many new plants are added.
• The plants require very little water, have been in the region for a long time and can easily survive dry phases.

Fruit trees for the Apple campus

• Apple and apricot trees are to be planted on the site of the new Apple headquarters. In addition, olive trees, persimmons and cherry trees.
• The fruits are later processed in the cafeteria.

Electricity from 100 percent renewable energies

• There are over 65, 000 square meters of solar panels on the roof that supply the campus with electricity. A central power plant is also planned on the site.
• Apple plans to use natural draft ventilation to only have to heat in three months. The system is ancient but effective - this was already the case with the pyramids in Egypt.

Run off: 1, 000 bikes on the Apple Campus

• To get from A to B quickly, Apple provides 1, 000 bicycles.
• Of course, there are also extra bike paths and bike boxes. The cars park in the huge underground car park.
• Electric cars are an exception: there are 300 electricity columns above ground.

This is where Tim Cook has his back massaged

• Cook is also building a wellness temple with a gym on the site for $ 70 million.
• When the weather is nice, employees can also jog outside - after all, there are extra jogging trails across the gigantic campus.

Apple indulges itself: the new hut costs a meager ...

• ... a mere 5 billion euros. At least Apple boss Tim Cook once called this amount to CBS.
• So far there is no exact amount.

Perhaps the largest cafeteria in the world

• Is there a company with a larger cafeteria? Probably not: at 5, 600 square meters, the cafeteria is huge.
• Over 2, 000 people can eat inside, another 600 on a mezzanine and 1, 700 outside on the terrace.