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Fortunate is the stone which rest where its matter lies.
Jose y Gasset Ortega, 1973
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Fortunate is the stone which rest where its matter lies.
Jose y Gasset Ortega, 1973
Guided by a timeless Spirit, Mass Piedra explores the soul of natural stone architecture—an annual gathering in Spain where master builders and emerging voices redefine innovation through ancient craft.
Set within the storied landscape of Spain, this cinematic journey follows a community of apprentices, architects, and master engineers as they gather to reimagine architecture through stone. Exploring classical techniques and forward-thinking strategies—stereotomy, post-tensioned masonry, and sculptural load-bearing forms—Mass Piedra becomes more than a conference: it is a ritual of rediscovery.
Tradition and innovation collide in this tactile celebration of material. Stone, with its foreign strength and latent ecstasy, becomes a character in itself. Echoing Bernini’s Ecstasy of Teresa, the film invites us to lose ourselves in the sensual, sustainable poetry of form—raising enduring questions about architecture’s future, and our own place within it.
Director: G O K E
Producer: Mother Bran
DOP: Dragosz Czinjepolschi
Drone Operator: Michael Adewusi
The Spirit: Victoria Kosasie
Composer: David Mrakpor
Partnership with Rosal Stone
At the heart of this story is Rosal Stone, a construction company in Murcia, Spain, championing this shift within the industry. As a London-based Documentarian and qualified Stonemason, G O K E was granted access to document their innovative work.
Recently, a small team of three traveled to Spain with a small to film intial sequences. Based primarily in London, the team aim to merge spirituality with soundscapes to tell this story. Drawing on his MFA from UCL’s Creative Documentary program, G O K E has learned to weave creative techniques into nonfiction filmmaking. Here science becomes fiction. An approach complemented by the collaboration with jazz composer, David M. who has generously agreed to work on this project.
The Spirit: An ancestral dancing figure traverses the land.
The Conference: An orchestral contemporary meeting of leaders.
Spanish Architects: Pepa Diaz, Catalina Sanchez, Director of Rosal Stone
French Architect: Perraudin Architects, Paul Vergonjeanne
English Architect: Peter Rae and Dominic Kacinskas, Groupwork
Young Architects from Paris Malaquais School of Architecture
Sites in Spain courtesy of Rosal Stone: San Cosme Quarry, Rosal Quarry, Conference in Madrid 2025.
Additional scouted sites: Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome; Murcia Cathedral in Murcia; Basilica Shrine of Vera Cruz, Church of El Salvador, Moneo Building in Caravaca; and Groupworks in London. Alma Petra in Lyon.