Glass walls at Apple headquarters proving problematic for some
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CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Apple’s new US$5-billion headquarters opened with much fanfare in April 2017 in Cupertino, Calif., with the circular design of one building earning it the nickname “the spaceship.”
But the glass walls are proving a problem for some, as revealed in 911 recordings.
“We had an individual who ran into a glass wall pane and they hit their head. They have a small cut on their head and they are bleeding, slightly disoriented,” said one caller, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
“I walked into a glass door on the first floor of Apple Park when I was trying to go outside, which was very silly,” said another.
When Albert Salvador, Cupertino’s building official, visited the round cafeteria building last year, he worried people would walk into the glass walls because they couldn’t distinguish them from the equally clear automatic doors.
“When you clean the windows, you can’t even tell some of them are there.”
California’s Code of Regulations requires companies to protect “against the hazard of walking through glass by barriers or conspicuous durable markings,” but that code is meant more for construction workers than office employees.
