Office Office has designed Curtain Call, a pavilion constructed using human-robot collaboration techniques at the original site of Woodstock.

Curtain Call is a winning design for the 2024 edition of BuildFest at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

By embracing Human-Robot Collaborative Construction (HRCC) techniques, the project breaks from conventional modes of design and fabrication to develop a pavilion that references and reinterprets the tectonics of the Woodstock '69 stage.

Each year, BuildFest selects teams of university faculty to design and construct large-scale art installations on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock festival.

This year's theme challenged participants to explore the intersection of digital and physical construction methods.

Embracing both modalities, Curtain Call uses Human-Robot Collaborative Construction (HRCC) techniques to reference and re-interpret the tectonics of the Woodstock '69 stage.

Designed as a new type of performance infrastructure for the site's visitors, Curtain Call creates a flexible stage to accommodate a wide range of organised and impromptu activities.

The project references the wood trusses and fabric canopy from the original Woodstock stage and reinterprets them to create a new performance structure.

This project has been longlisted in the installation design category of Dezeen Awards 2025.

Studio: Office Office
Project: Curtain Call