![]() ![]() “We really liked the idea of taking this block and breaking it down into a bunch of smaller buildings, seven to be exact, as a way to add some character, charm, and quaintness to Great North Road.” “I was reading about Feynman when Mark and I started to think about our approach to the site,” she said. Seizing the baton, Hannah Chiaroni-Clarke took a moment to explain how theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, the building’s eponym, had a knack for making things simple. You’re an easy amble from Grey Lynn, West Lynn, Ponsonby, even K’Rd and Kingsland where you will find, definitively, the best restaurants, cafes and shops in Auckland, nay, in the Southern Hemisphere!” ![]() “Wherever you are in the building you’ll have equal access to the community facilities on the top floor, which I could easily spend the next hour extolling.” He also rhapsodised on the building’s Great North Road location: “It really doesn’t get better than this. Master Malcouronne delivered the many millions of viewers tuning in from around the globe the full low-down on The Feynman: “There's 155 gorgeous apartments in all manner of configurations including studios, one bedrooms and one plus flexis, smaller two bedrooms – and then some larger two and three bedroom apartments on the top floors,” he hyped. “I’ve grabbed the opportunity, ironed a shirt, ditched the jandals, even had a haircut and shave in honour of this auspicious occasion,” he said, vainly trying to explain his unrecognisable appearance. Though Her Jossness was much missed, an unexpected delight: Comms Commissar Peter Malcouronne jumped in seamlessly as MC. Unfortunately, along with 120,000 others in New Zealand that first day of March, our sales star Joss Lewis was down for the count with Omicron. The Ockham helmsman was joined by genius architectural designer Hannah Chiaroni-Clarke, and company COO Fiona Towers. “It’s really hard to dislodge that feeling of our lives being on hold, but hopefully there’ll be some enjoyment in seeing this building, looking through something new.” ![]() “I want to acknowledge that it’s unusual times,” said Ockham’s captain, Mark Todd. This time round, with Omicron numbers surging, it was back to the future – back to the studio – with the team tasked with launching The Feynman via livestream. Back in September 2020, during the second lockdown, we hosted a virtual launch for Aroha in Avondale. ![]()
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