More than 30 million years ago Sardinia began his formation. The second largest island in the Mediterranean sea has a territory dominated for more than 80% by hills and mountains. The volcanic and effusive rocks characterize the area and represent an important resource. In VIR we deal with quarrying and processing of granite, basalt and trachyte. The primary goal of VIR is to ideally connect the vast architectural heritage and time tested materials, that in over four thousand years have given birth to the Nuraghi, the holy wells and the Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals, to the requirements of contemporary architecture.

Each epoch and each culture is characterized, among other things, for the ability to process peculiar artistic expressions. Even the Nuragic civilization was able to express their identity through the art form applied to architecture: basaltic rocks and granite have been materials with which the art of this civilization has been perpetuated over time. In the late Middle Ages the countryside and towns in Sardinia have seen a flowering of Romanesque churches built by maximizing the use of local basalt and trachyte.

During the late '20s to the early '40s in Sardinia rationalist buildings of considerable importance were made where the volcanic rocks in various types and in various types of processing have been instrumental in enhancing their shapes and preserve the quality of construction.

The granites, basalts and trachytes have allowed and still enable the creation of architectures that meet the diverse needs of designers who thanks to very simple surface treatments, can take advantage of these materials to communicate strength, endurance, hardiness or courtliness, tactility and sensoriality.