small projects

monsoon mailbox

mild steel.

This mailbox was designed to
address the concerns of weather
in a tropical monsoon climate.

The idea began with the observation
that the typical malaysian mailbox
was flawed: it was either massive
in a pillbox gravestone sort of
way, or it was halfway presentable
in looks but leaked like a sieve due
to the inherent problems faced by its
dual access; one at the front with
shallow drop-in lid and another
at the rear with a pitiful casement
type aluminium lid: the wind and
downpour of monsoon rains would
inevitably find a way in.

The tropical monsoon mailbox solves
the problem with a single steel drip
lid hinged and sealed at the rear
with a hood which extends deep up
front. Drain channels on each side
of the compartment takes care of
spray when the wind blows wild.