Veragouth e Xilema è la definizione attuale di un’azienda protagonista in Ticino da quasi un secolo nel settore della falegnameria e carpenteria edile.
5.9.25
A new headquarters for the Division of Urban Spaces in Lugano
The expressive power of wood in large-scale public architecture
8.6.25
How our technical department works
From drawing to quality finished work. In between, the knowledge of those with direct experience of wood.
10.4.25
Swissnex Window #5: Synthetic Interactions. Swiss Design meets AI and robotics
Exhibition on the occasion of Osaka EXPO 2025, April 10–May 6
10.4.25
GGQ2 Fire Protection Specialist
Marius Pabst is the key point of reference within the company
12.10.23
Girondella, between contemporaneity and memory
Video interview with architect Mario Cucinella
12.10.23
School gyms in Gordola and Bellinzona
Large wooden exoskeletons as a paradigm of flexibility
25.6.25
Team Veragouth and Xilema
Our team include 114 employees: 32 technical engineers, architects and draftsmen, 4 sector directors, 77 specialized workers
14.2.21
Veragouth and Xilema adopts Minergie
The top choice in terms of environmental sustainability
15.1.21
Veragouth and Xilema, industrial partners in research projects
Responsibility for the future
7.11.25
Geometria Alpina by Alex Dorici

In the evocative setting of the Dolomites, along the Via Artis at Plan de Corones, Veragouth and Xilema installed the artwork Geometria Alpina by Alex Dorici (2025). Alex is not a new name for Veragouth and Xilema. Some of his early site-specific geometric works created with blue adhesive tape are displayed in our offices. For the artist born in 1979 and raised in Lugano, the use of geometry and perspective in his artistic research is a familiar approach. It is however the first time that one of his projects requires the creation of a seven meter tall artwork set at a sixty degree angle from the ground and placed at more than two thousand meters of altitude. Dorici therefore chose to rely on Veragouth and Xilema for the design, production and installation of the piece located in the heart of the Dolomites.
Working at high altitude presents a considerable challenge and it follows the even more delicate task of planning a structure of such impressive dimensions. The artwork is entirely made of wood and positioned at a planned angle of sixty degrees from the ground. Our technicians and wood engineers transformed the artist’s concept and intentions into a concrete and feasible project capable of withstanding the demanding weather conditions of the area. In line with the artist’s vision, the perception of the piece changes depending on the vantage point. It may appear as a red line that interrupts the natural landscape, as a portal that can be crossed on foot or as a defined shadow cast by the sun on the nearby snow covered slopes.
1-A wooden artwork at high altitude (2275 m.a.s.l.)
2-A wooden artwork at high altitude (2275 m.a.s.l.)
3-A wooden artwork at high altitude (2275 m.a.s.l.)
4-A wooden artwork at high altitude (2275 m.a.s.l.)
5-A wooden artwork at high altitude (2275 m.a.s.l.)