I-Ofisi yeNtloko yeGoogle kunye neCampus eCalifornia
Iinkampani ezimbalwa zezobuchwepheshe ziyaziwa ngokubanzi kuneGoogle, injini yokukhangela kunye nolwazi oluninzi oluguqula i-intanethi kwaye lunceda ukuba lube yingxenye ebalulekileyo kwimpilo yethu yemihla ngemihla. Inkampani inamaofisi ehlabathini lonke, kodwa ininzi "iGooglers" (njengoko abasebenzi bayaziwa ngokusondeleyo) kusekelwe kwi "Googleplex," i-Google kwikomkhulu kwi-Mountain View, eCalifornia.
I-Google ofisi iyindawo ebonakalayo yokubona indawo yaseSilicon Valley neSan Francisco kwaye isondele kwezinye izinto ezikhangayo ezibandakanya i -Computer History Museum kwiDowntown Mountain View kunye ne-Shoreline Amphitheatre (indawo yangaphandle yekhonsathi).
Nangona kunjalo, akukho iholide yeGoogleplex okanye uhambo lwe-Google campus kwi-Mountain View. Indlela yodwa ilungu loluntu lingatyelela ngaphakathi kwizakhiwo zekampus ukuba ngaba zihanjiswe ngumqeshwa-ngoko ukuba kwenzeka ukuba nomhlobo osebenza apho, bacele ukuba bakubonise. Nangona kunjalo, unokuhamba malunga namahektare angama-12 e-campus.
Ukuba ufuna ukuhlala kufuphi neklasi yeGoogleplex kwaye ufuna ukufumana ihotele yekhwalithi, qiniseka ukuba ukhangele uMcebisi wezaziso ngezivakalisi ngeendawo ezifanelekileyo kwihotele kwi-Mountain View nasePalo Alto.
Indawo, iMbali, kunye noKwakha
Idilesi yeGoogleplex ngu-1600 i-Amphitheater Parkway, iNtaba ye-Mountain View, eCalifornia, kwaye iqulethe uCharleston Park, ipaki yedolophu evulelekileyo kuluntu. Inkampani isebenza ezininzi zezakhiwo kuloo ndawo, kodwa intshontsho yekampus ephakathi kwendawo yokwakha # 43 kwaye unako ukupaka kwelinye leendawo zokupaka ezivakalisi ezikufutshane nelo lawn. Inkampani ine-campus ye-Google Visitor Centre (1911 Landings Drive, iNtaba yeNtaba), kodwa ivuleleke kuphela kubasebenzi kunye neendwendwe zabo.
Ngaphambili elaligcinwe yiSilicon Graphics (SGI), i-campus yaqeshiswa kuqala ngu-Google ngo-2003. I-Clive Wilkinson Architects iphinda yahlaziya i-interiors ngo-2005, nangona ngoJuni ka-2006, i-Google ithenge i-Googleplex, phakathi kwezinye iipropati eziphantsi kwe-SGI.
I-Google icwangcisa idireji ezingama-60 ezenziwe yiBjarke Ingels kwiNorth Bayshore kwaye iye yalela abakhi bezakhiwo uBjarke Ingels noThomas Heatherwick ukuba benze i-design entsha ye-Mountain View campus.
NgoFebruwari 2015, bafaka isicwangciso sabo esicetywayo kwiBhunga leSixeko seNtaba. Le projekti ibonisa i-airy yangaphandle kunye nobunzima obungashukumiyo ezinokuthi zikhule kwaye zitshintshe kunye nenkampani.
Yintoni ongayibona kwi-Googleplex Campus
Ukuba unethuba lokutyelela i-campus ngenxa yokuba uyazi umhlobo osebenza apho, qiniseka ukuba ukhangele imephu ye-campus ye-Google ephawulekayo kuqala, uze ulungele ukufumana umsebenzi ongeke uyibone.
Kwi-Googleplex Campus, unesiqiniseko sokubona iibhayisikili ezinemibala eyahlukeneyo eyenziwa yiGooglers ukufumana phakathi kwezakhiwo ze-campus kunye nemisebenzi engaqhelekanga yobuciko kubandakanya ubukhulu be-Tyrannosaurs Rex skeleton ngokuphindaphindiweyo zixutywe nge-pink, iplammos, kunye ne-quirky iibhasi zamatye kunye noososayensi; Kukho inkundla yenkundla ye-volleyball, imifanekiso yezithombe ze-jumbo ezibonisa nganye inguqu yenkqubo ye-Android, kunye ne-campus ye-Google Merchandise Store.
Ukongezelela, i-Google campus inemiyezo ye-organic garden apho ikhule khona imifuno eninzi esetyenziswa kwiindawo zokutyela ze-campus, iipaneli zelanga zambethe zonke iigaraji zokupaka ezinika amandla okubuyisela i-Googlers izimoto zombane kunye namandla okuncedisa izakhiwo eziseduze; kunye ne-GARField (i-Google Athletic Recreation Field) I-Park, iindawo zezemidlalo ze-Google kunye neenkundla ze-tennis ezivulelwe ukusetyenziswa koluntu ngobusuku nangeveki.
Ukufikelela kwiGoogleplex
Kubasebenzi, i-Google inikeza i-shuttle yamahhala esuka eSan Francisco, e-East Bay, okanye kwi-South Bay eyenziwe nge-Google Wi-Fi kwaye isebenza ngamaphesenti angama-95 e-petroleum-diesel kunye ne-5% ye-biodiesel eneenjini ezinokutsha kwikhompyutha .
Ukuhamba ngesidlangalaleni, ungathatha i-104 Tamien Caltrain esuka eSan Francisco kwi-4 ne-King Street Station ukuya kwi-Mountain View Station emva koko uthabathe iWest Bayshore Shuttle esebenza yi-MVGo, eyanqumlayo ngqo kwi-Google Campus.
Ukuba uqhuba ukusuka eSan Francisco, thabatha i-US-101 South ukuya kwiRengstorff Avenue esuka kwi-Mountain View, emva koko ulandele iRengstorff Avenue kunye ne-Amphitheater Parkway ukuya kwindawo oya kuyo. Ibanga elisondeleyo ukusuka kwisixeko saseSan Francisco ukuya kwi-Google campus i-35.5 miles kwaye kufuneka ithathe malunga nemizuzu engama-37 kwisithuthi esivamile.