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PROJECT DETAILS
175 ACRES

2.8-MILLION-SQUARE-
FOOT MAIN BUILDING

POWERED BY 100%
RENEWABLE ENERGY

12,000 EMPLOYEES

WORLDS LARGEST
PANELS OF CURVED
GLASS

LARGEST NATURALLY-
VENTILATED BUILDING
EVER

17MW ON-SITE SOLAR

POWER

9,000 DROUGHT-
RESISTANT TREES

STEVE JOBS THEATER

 02 - SITE PLAN
1. HILLTOP THEATER 4. TILED TUNNEL 7. SOLAR SYSTEM
2. PARKING SPACE 5. WELLNESS FACILITY 8. GIANT DOORS
3. SHOCK ABSORBERS 6. BREATHING BUILDING 9. NATIVE LANDSCAPE
PARKING SECTIONS
MAIN BUILDING FLOOR PLANS
THE SLIDING GLASS DOORS
ALONG THE EXTERIOR OF THE
CAFÉ EXTEND THE FULL FOUR
STORIES OF THE BUILDING.
WEIGHING 440,000 POUNDS
EACH, THEY OPEN AND CLOSE
QUIETLY VIA MECHANISMS
HIDDEN UNDERGROUND.
AUDITORIUM
A 1,000-SEAT STEVE JOBS THEATER FEATURES A 22-FOOT TALL, 165-FOOT-
DIAMETER GLASS CYLINDER TOPPED WITH A METALLIC CARBON-FIBER
ROOF. “IT’S ON A HILL, AT ONE OF THE HIGHEST POINTS ON THIS LAND,”
TIM COOK SAYS. “IT FELT LIKE HIM.”

THE THEATER IS REACHED VIA A GENTLE, WINDING WALK THROUGH

VERDANT PARKLAND. THIS OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SLOW DOWN
BEFORE YOU BEGIN A CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED SEQUENCE OF
ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCES.

A LENS-SHAPED ROOF RESTS GENTLY ON A TRANSPARENT 22-FOOT- (6.6-

METER-) TALL AND 165-FOOT DIAMETER GLASS CYLINDER. THE LARGEST
CARBON-FIBER ROOF IN THE WORLD, IT WEIGHS 80.7 TONS (73.2 METRIC
TONS), WITH JUST FOUR LAYERS OF GLASS FORMING THE STRUCTURAL
SUPPORT.

IT COMPRISES 44 IDENTICAL RADIAL PANELS, WHICH WERE ASSEMBLED ON-

SITE AND CAREFULLY CRANED INTO POSITION ONTO THE COMPLETED GLASS
CYLINDER IN A SINGLE LIFT.
THE WALLS CONSIST IF THE PANELS, WHICH ARE 3 METERS WIDE, WHILE
EACH OF THE GLASS LAYERS IS 5 CM THICK. IN SUCH A WAY THE EFFECT OF
THE STRUCTURE BEING VISUALLY AIRY LIGHTWEIGHT IS REACHED. IT
ALMOST DISAPPEARS AMONG THE TREES SURROUNDING THE PLACE. ALL
THE UTILITIES LIKE SECURITY AND AUDIO SYSTEMS ARE HIDDEN IN THE
THIN SILICON JOINTS BETWEEN THE GLASS PANELS.

FROM THE U PPER LOBBY THE VISITORS MAY GO DOWN BY THE STONE
STAIRS FROM ITALIAN LIMESTONE OR BY THE TRANSPARENT LIFT, MADE OF
THE ITALIAN GLASS. THE LIFT MOVES ALONG THREE SPIRAL RAILS AND
TURNS 171 DE GREES DURING ITS 12.8 METERS HIGH JOURNEY.
THAT'S
A WRAP!

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