Billed as Apple’s largest project to date — a sizeable title given all of the gadgetry, hardware, and software under the company’s umbrella — the Campus 2 project, also referred to as its “spaceship campus” (because it’s main building has a spaceship-esque design to it), is currently underway in Cupertino, CA, and on target for completion by 2017.
Numerous news outlets have gotten looks at the project from the ground level, but none have taken to the sky to see just how massive this undertaking really is; that is, until Duncan Sinfield entered the picture. Sinfield, armed with a DJI Inspire 1 and 4K video camera, has flown his drone over the construction site a couple of times to capture video of its progress. The most recent video shows the nearly completed outer ring of floors, as well as solar panels installed on its roof.
Worth noting is that the curved glass panels you see in the video are some of the 900 Apple is installing on the site, and all of which are being created using a custom-made “manipulator” machine that lifts and secures them into place.
Some additional things worth pointing out about Campus 2: it’s designed to house 13,000 employees. Also, it will include a smaller 120,000-square-foot, glass-enclosed “theater” that will have enough space within it to house 1,000 individuals (for press events, product announcemtns, and the like).
Campus 2, which was designed by famed international architect Norman Foster, will cost Apple about $5 billion when it’s all said and done.
If you want to see more videos of this project, check out Sinfield’s personal website, which has a timeline of videos that show the construction of Campus 2 over the past year.
Via Mashable
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