Jakkur Lake amphitheatre
Turnkey construction with natural materials
March 2020
for Ananas Design
Role: On-ground project assistant
Project lead: Alok Shankar
Plan of amphitheatre
4 months post-construction
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5 years post-construction [photo by Kiri Meili]
Preparing the admixtures for the lime-based mortar
Preparing the admixtures for the lime-based mortar
Designing details on-ground
Preparation - trench for stage wall
Building wall for stage
Wall of stage with mortar + lime plaster
Plastering the stage with lime and adapting curves to existing Honge (Pongamia pinnata tree)
Constructing the curve of the stage
Plastering the stage
Stage post plastering
Construction of steps with brick and jelly (crushed stone)
Plastering the constructed steps
Steps
Pre-curing
Pre-curing
Jakkur lake, 2020
Jakkur lake with amphitheatre (2020) and community garden (north-west of amphitheatre)