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Visitor Experience

Stories from Mountain View

Community, sustainability, and innovation are core tenets of the Google Visitor Experience. Read on to learn more about how we’re investing in these areas.

Healthy materials

Creating a building with a focus on wellness and non-toxic materials.

Mass timber

Reducing embodied carbon and moving the needle on wood buildings.

Indoor courtyards

Designing central gathering spaces that encourage vertical movement and casual collisions.

Salvaged materials

Prioritizing material reuse for a positive environmental impact.

From parking to people

Alta Garage is built for a future with fewer cars

Public art

Using upcycled and healthy materials makes the art at Gradient Canopy more sustainable.

Bird-friendly design

Minimizing dangers to birds through a building that integrates with its surroundings.

Cafe @ Mountain View

Bringing the community together through sustainably sourced food at our new public cafe.

Urban ecology

Building biodiversity with Gradient Canopy’s landscape.

Placemaking

Designing vibrant, inclusive places that respond to their local context and create benefits for everyone.

Being a helpful neighbor

Ruth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer; Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet and Google, discusses how the project’s holistic design integrates with the community.

Visitor Experience Trivia

Learn more about the art, ecology, and sustainability at the Google Visitor Experience. Click and drag each card to answer each question.

Art

Ecology

Sustainability

art

How many pennies were used to make Curious the bear?

Image of Curious the bear made from pennies.

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How many questions are asked on Google search every day?

Image of Go by Hou de Sousa

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What machinery enables this boulder to move?

Image of Rockspinner by Zachary Coffin

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What makes this artwork reflect different colors?

Image of Halo by SoftLab NYC

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What type of mathematics inspired this artwork?

Image of Quantum Meditation III by Julian Voss Andreae

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ecology

How many native trees are planted at Gradient Canopy?

Trees at Gradient Canopy.

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What bird-friendly designs are integrated into the building?

Bird frit at Gradient Canopy

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What type of native plants are around the building?

Local ecology at Gradient Canopy

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What interesting ecological features are nearby?

Bee boxes at Gradient Canopy

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How many acres of campus habitat has Google restored?

Images of monarch butterflies.

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sustainability

How many gallons of rainwater are stored underground?

Water collection at Gradient Canopy

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What do we call the solar roof?

Dragonscale solar roof at Gradient Canopy

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How much energy does the solar roof generate?

Dragonscale roof at Gradient Canopy

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How much waste was diverted from landfill during construction?

Waste reduction at Gradient Canopy

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What salvaged materials did we use in the building?

Salvaged materials in the Google Store

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art

ecology

What interesting ecological features are nearby?

Bee boxes at Gradient Canopy

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sustainability

How does the building integrate sustainable wood?

Mass timber being installed at Gradient Canopy.

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What salvaged materials did we use in the building?

Salvaged materials in the Google Store

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