{"id":22988,"date":"2018-10-04T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=22988"},"modified":"2018-10-04T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:18:49","slug":"apple-park-in-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/04\/apple-park-in-lego\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Park in LEGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51130204@N04\/sets\/72157700052292491\/with\/44792639351\/\">Spencer Rezkalla<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2018\/10\/03\/lego-apple-park\">John Gruber<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51130204@N04\/44743469532\/in\/album-72157700052292491\/\">\n<p>With a footprint of more than 28,000 square studs this model is nearly as large as all my other LEGO skyscraper builds combined.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51130204@N04\/44073312114\/in\/album-72157700052292491\/\">\n<p>The model&rsquo;s facade is constructed in segments using white LEGO 1x2 rail plates and trans-black plates.<\/p>\n<p>A faceted approach to approximating the curvature of a round building is a traditional approach in both LEGO and in actual building construction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51130204@N04\/43882730545\/in\/album-72157700052292491\/\"><p>The original plan was to build the campus pathways using LEGO plates set sideways into the landscape. However this approach would result in a jagged appearance as the plates stepped along the curving path trajectories.<\/p> \n<p>Luckily in 2017 The LEGO Group introduced quarter circle tiles. Smoother paths are made possible with these elements, although their tight 90 degree bends cause the pathways to meander more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Rezkalla (via John Gruber): With a footprint of more than 28,000 square studs this model is nearly as large as all my other LEGO skyscraper builds combined. The model&rsquo;s facade is constructed in segments using white LEGO 1x2 rail plates and trans-black plates. A faceted approach to approximating the curvature of a round building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-10-04T16:18:51Z","apple_news_api_id":"292ea001-088b-4d88-b0df-0ac17bc85398","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-10-04T16:18:51Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AKS6gAQiLTYiw3wrBe8hTmA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,1521],"class_list":["post-22988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-apple","tag-apple-park"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22989,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22988\/revisions\/22989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}