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henry, thanks I think…..

i thought it looks more like a hemorrhoid cushion…..
another ho-hum spec. office building in a circle…..
I do like the reforestation of the site and that they’re
keeping the jobs here instead of moving to china….
soon china will be making a cheap unlicensed knock-off of the
cushion building….

 I’ll respect your privacy.

Good point. Now that I think about it, maybe it would be better if they built a downtown-like city within a city with rather than a big object on the ground. Architecture-wise, I kind of like it, but maybe the planning aspect of it isn’t as interesting as it should be… with that said, Apple isn’t a very innovative company either. They take ideas…[Read more]

I can’t argue with or disagree with any of that, Nick.

Interesting take…I can see how you get the Corbusian influence. If it were indeed Corbusian, it would be a more standard design of towers with much higher density, and with a total lack of landscape. The new Apple complex is more along the lines of the standard US office campus idea. Shove a “acclaimed” architects building in the middle of gr…[Read more]

Mike,
Any tips for someone faced with a situation where they have maybe a minute at the most for sketching without color in front of a client?

Well, I think you’re comparing apple to oranges..or perhaps lemons so to speak 😉
 
Wal Mart makes it’s money wholesaling other people products and innovation..Apple is an ideas company essentially making money from innovation and design. I think the left and right equally liek apple for it’s seeming commitment to quality and innovation.
 
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I was exactly thinking of the man whose name we dare not speak, but dared not to speak it … especially when comparing it to a site likely revered by those practicing Fundamental Apple-ism.
 
I’m amused that Apple has huge profits selling items produced over seas just like Walmart.
Apple works very hard to keep their prices high on these Asian…[Read more]

It kind of reminds me of Le Corbusier’s vision for urban planning in the early part of the 20th century, which later morphed into the philosophical foundation for the design of housing projects and strip malls. You could say that this is a modern interpretation of corbusier’s vision of tall buildings in park-like settings.
 
 

Is it a smart approach to sustainability to convert an existing office campus of 158 acres or whatever it is, into a contrived natural environment? Coud it be argued that keeping this site as an office park (or better yet, increasing its density) would keep undeveloped land from becoming developed around this community? Is there not a principle…[Read more]

I dont think so..I think the concept is a statement, so much so perhaps that if you added little donuts or spokes or whatever it would seem contrived. I just dont think thats what they had in mind and steve jobs never mentioned that in his presentation. I would also argue that planting trees as theyre proposed would be terribly wasteful if they…[Read more]

Depends on the scale and caliber of work: 
Rhino (VRay,Maxwell,Grasshopper), AutoCAD, Revit, Microstation.
I’d assume FO uses a fair amount of Rhino – look at Penn student work; or better yet their job postings in the past.

Thank you. That does make a lot of sense.
 
PS. Is that a photo of the Palouse as your avatar?

What’s Corner?

That looks like either 3d Max or Rhino to me…

When I was in college I didn’t even know Rhino, or Maya existed. Hand graphics were encouraged and many of my colleagues and professors seemed a bit anti-technology. When I graduated a lot of firms I interviewed for asked if I knew any of the programs you mentioned…
 
My advice. learn and master all of them. After a few months with all the pr…[Read more]

You have to consider what it’s like to work in a tech company. I’m a designer working in an office tower with amazing views, yet 99% of the time we keep the shades down because the view is distracting, and the sunlight glares up the computer monitors. The Apple employees might be too busy coding to even care what happens outside, and maybe even…[Read more]

Aaron,
Visit our Chapter web site il-asla.org and I am sure any one of the chapter leaders will be more than willing to talk with you.  Also depending on when your in, should it align with one of our planned events we would be happy to have you attend. 
Keven Graham, ASLA
Illinois Trustee ASLA