캘리포니아 마운티뷰 '구글찰스턴이스트캠퍼스' 건립계획 Google gets the go ahead for its 'flower power' tented campus in Mountain View: VIDEO
Google gets the go ahead for its 'flower power' tented campus in Mountain View
- Google filed new renders of its Google Charleston East campus with Mountain View City Council
- Depicts a two-story building that is 595,000 square feet and boasts petal-like canopy structure on the roof
- Canopy regulates climate and air quality inside of the building and also minimizes noise
- Constructions should last for 30 months once renders are approved by the
While Apple is putting the finishing touches to its 'Spaceship' campus in Cupertino, Google has been given the go-ahead for a new 'flower power' campus in nearby Mountain View.
The tech giant recently revealed new renders of its Google Charleston East campus, which highlights a two-story building that boasts a flower petal-like canopy structure on the roof.
Now, the company has got approval for the project from Mountain View City Council, and is set to begin construction next month on the two year project.
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Google has shared updated renders of its Google Charleston East campus, which highlights a building that is two stories tall, that is 595,000 square feet and boasts petal-like canopy structure on the roof. The plans were made possible after Google and LinkedIn swapped locations last July and constructions is expected to last for about 30 months once approved
The renders suggests that theGoogle Charleston East campus will be a large playground for both visitors and employees. The firm aims to have others think about the way traditional offices are setup
Google has included patios and small parks into the design for their visitors and employees to enjoy during the day
Google said its new design is aimed at 'rethinking office space.'
'As we've inhabited a variety of workplaces, we've learned something about what makes an office space great,' Google vice president for real estate David Radcliffe said in a blog post from 2015.
Radcliffe said the new campus will 'lead to a better way of working.'
He added that 'instead of constructing immoveable concrete buildings, we'll create lightweight block-like structures which can be moved around easily as we invest in new product areas.'
The building is surrounded by 'natural space' and 'small park areas' that the tech giant has named 'Green Loop'. There are countless open spaces, including a public plaza and 'quieter and more intimate spaces for collaboration and private conversation
Just as the first plans, the latest renders call for numerous bike paths spread out all over the campus for both employees and visitors to use
And it aims 'to blur the distinction between our buildings and nature,' added Radcliffe.
However, The New York Times had revealed, when Google first announced the campus, that the project had raised concerns in the once-sleepy community of Mountain View about being overrun by the technology behemoth.
The expansion of the wealthy tech giants in the region has led to increased congestion as well as an explosion in the area's real estate prices.
Radcliffe said the new Google campus will see it do 'more with the local community.'
Because the campus will also be an attraction, Google employees will be working on the second floor of the building in 'highly flexible and reconfigurable' spaces
'We're adding lots of bike paths and retail opportunities, like restaurants, for local businesses,' he noted.
'We also hope to bring new life to the unique local environment, from enhancing burrowing owl habitats to widening creek beds.'
In nearby Cupertino, Apple won approval in 2013 for a shimmering flying-saucer-shaped headquarters after a tax break granted the technology titan was trimmed.
'Apple Campus 2' is described as a 21st Century creation designed for research, collaboration, and innovation.
The New York Times had revealed, when Google first announced the campus, that the project had raised concerns in the once-sleepy community of Mountain View about being overrun by the technology behemoth. The expansion of the wealthy tech giants in the region has led to increased congestion as well as an explosion in the area's real estate prices
The latest renders also seem to be a massive playground with its winding bike paths, patios for lounging and still it seems a large portion has been set aside for vegetation – the renders also show people playing in the park and participating in yoga on a bright sunny day
Apple enlisted world-famous architect Norman Foster to transform a 176-acre site dominated by asphalt and old buildings into 'sustainable, state-of-the-art office, research and development facilities.'
Facebook meanwhile is upgrading its Menlo Park campus at the former headquarters of Sun Microsystems.
Gehry, known for his deconstructive style and buildings that sometimes appear unfinished, also designed the Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris.
Facebook's new hub has been described as 'a large, one-room building that somewhat resembles a warehouse.'
At night, the main building will light up the night sky and invite visitors to enjoy the scenery
Google Charleston East campus is said to take just 30 months to complete, upon approval of their renders by the Mountain View City Council
It is the firm's second attempt at a new office, after plans for a Bay View 'mini city' were put on hold in 2014.
It would have meant a 1.1 million square foot Googleplex with nine rectangular buildings, horizontally bent, with living roofs surrounded by courtyards and connected by bridges.
Apple also announced last week that its ‘spaceship’, official called ‘Apple park, will begin moving staff inside.
The process of moving more than 12,000 people will take over six months, and construction of the buildings and parklands is scheduled to continue through the summer. Before his death in 2011, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who would have turned 62 this Friday, February 24, set out to create one of the most futuristic buildings ever created.
'Steve was exhilarated, and inspired, by the California landscape, by its light and its expansiveness,' said Laurene Powell Jobs.
Google said its new design is aimed at 'rethinking office space' and is focused on blurring 'the distinction between our buildings and nature'. Large sections of the campus have been set aside for lush vegetaion
'It was his favourite setting for thought. Apple Park captures his spirit uncannily well.'
'He would have flourished, as the people of Apple surely will, on this luminously designed campus.'
To 'honour his memory and his enduring influence on Apple and the world', the theater at Apple Park will be named the Steve Jobs Theater, Apple said.
Opening later this year, the entrance to the 1,000-seat auditorium is a 20-foot-tall glass cylinder, 165 feet in diameter, supporting a metallic carbon-fibre roof.
The Steve Jobs Theater is situated on top of a hill — one of the highest points within Apple Park — overlooking meadows and the main building.
'Steve's vision for Apple stretched far beyond his time with us.
'He intended Apple Park to be the home of innovation for generations to come,' said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.
'The workspaces and parklands are designed to inspire our team as well as benefit the environment. We've achieved one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world and the campus will run entirely on renewable energy.'
The campus' ring-shaped, 2.8 million-square-foot main building is clad entirely in the world's largest panels of curved glass, and the firm's fanatical attention to detail is seen throughout.
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