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June 27, 2013

What is Google Building In There?

What does the design of a new Google campus say about the company's future vision?

The image above depicts Google’s futuristic new campus at NASA Moffett Field, which will strategically place every employee within a three minute walk of each other in order to encourage “serendipitous interaction.” So what other hints does the plan for this new site offer us?

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