Situated at the corner entrance of the home, a freestanding custom fabricated circular letterbox designed by Neil addresses the issue of the house facing both street frontages, while the supporting column of the letterbox represents the suspension springs of a vehicle.
“On presenting the concept drawings of the proposed letterbox to the owners of the house, they loved the concept so much that they insisted on arranging for its fabrication themselves,” says Neil. “The owners and fabricator collaborated to manufacture the leg from an actual suspension spring, and the result is a letterbox that swings in suspension with the push of a finger, much to the delight of even the postie”, says Neil.
This letterbox was designed to complement a house full of stories about memory of place for the owners who had owned and operated a former Ampol petrol station on the site of their new house for over thirty years. The vehicle suspension spring base to the column is just one of many cue’s to the history of this site.