These incidents are prima facie evidence of negligence. If not corrected quickly it becomes gross negligence. Not that any lawyers would be looking for excuses to sue Apple or any employees would be looking for a financial windfall in order to bail out of such a nurturing company.
This is why distraction banding is a requirement in many jurisdictions. Wonder how they got away with not having it. They could still add the banding and solve this nonsense.
This is asinine. They are total morons if they're walking into the glass regularly. People who cannot be trusted to pay attention when walking should not be dictating design. It's perfectly reasonable for the code and for design to assume at least minimal walking competency among users.
We had a large goverment project a few years back where we had 2 600mm wide windows flanking a large revolving door. No less than 1 month after occupancy were we asked to intervene because people were walking through that 2' window thinking it was an open entrance...
That revolving door is totally just a decoration, just walk around. Energy costs are cheap here too, so we'll just keep blasting the heat.
It happens, walking into glass, especially if it is floor to ceiling with minimal fenestration and the lighting designer did a good job controlling glare it is easy to do. This is a problem for a few folks in a huge office of thousands. Many people are less than a month at this new space. It probably is a temporary problem and people will adjust their behavior or they will modify the environment.
It is something to think about when you are planning slick minimalist windows and glass partitions.
The bike has to have an iPhone mount on the handlebars.
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can't walk head down in a building thats constantly changing on you, or ...
"circular plan, everyone has to do one once...at least you got yours out of the way" --my first year studio prof
Let's not forget that Ive demanded some specific details- "seamless thresholds," etc.- so his engineers would not need to think about their surroundings.
This doesn't let Foster of the hook completely, but perhaps there was a little too much "I know design, therefore I know architecture" going on, and everyone believe it.
Apple employees are calling 911 because colleagues keep walking into glass windows and doors
Perhaps a minor problem with our design?
who cares? they might learn to be careful
good, maybe they'll stop walking while looking at their fancy, overpriced Iphones.
Seriously.. its such an easy fix if its a real problem.
These incidents are prima facie evidence of negligence. If not corrected quickly it becomes gross negligence. Not that any lawyers would be looking for excuses to sue Apple or any employees would be looking for a financial windfall in order to bail out of such a nurturing company.
A few apple stickers on the glass, and the faulty user interface problem is corrected!
Thank you, and how do I invoice the company?
Apparently Apple couldn't afford a proper force field.
Pretty sure the idiots walking into the glass are not the same idiots dictating the design.
We had a large goverment project a few years back where we had 2 600mm wide windows flanking a large revolving door. No less than 1 month after occupancy were we asked to intervene because people were walking through that 2' window thinking it was an open entrance...
That revolving door is totally just a decoration, just walk around. Energy costs are cheap here too, so we'll just keep blasting the heat.
It happens, walking into glass, especially if it is floor to ceiling with minimal fenestration and the lighting designer did a good job controlling glare it is easy to do. This is a problem for a few folks in a huge office of thousands. Many people are less than a month at this new space. It probably is a temporary problem and people will adjust their behavior or they will modify the environment.
It is something to think about when you are planning slick minimalist windows and glass partitions.
Over and OUT
Peter N
Put these on the windows every few feet the way people put bird silhouettes on their sliding doors.
At least it will keep birds from flying into the glass.
the stick figure is not hipster enough. Missing messenger style bag, one-speed bike, 14$ coffee, etc....
The bike has to have an iPhone mount on the handlebars.
can't walk head down in a building thats constantly changing on you, or ... "circular plan, everyone has to do one once...at least you got yours out of the way" --my first year studio prof
Forget about “solving the problem”...place some seating outside for viewing.
Remove the headphone jack. Problem solved.
Let's not forget that Ive demanded some specific details- "seamless thresholds," etc.- so his engineers would not need to think about their surroundings.
This doesn't let Foster of the hook completely, but perhaps there was a little too much "I know design, therefore I know architecture" going on, and everyone believe it.
This is no design problem but a Darwinian design solution.
YES!
Add some “rotating knives”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DyL5mAqFJds
I doubt the Apple folks are Masons. But they probably have secret handshakes.
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