Athos Bulcão tiles creations are part of Brasilia urbanism and participate of the modernist ideals of the generation who built it. The development of industrial production and functionalist concepts, especially those presented in the work of Le Corbusier, that influenced Brazilian architects in the 30s, triggered a series of changes in Brazilian architecture. Seen through the logic of artistic and architectural modern avant-gardes, the technical innovations made possible the emergence of unique

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... visual expressions in our architecture and art. In this sense, the construction of Brasilia consists in a mark of an important historical moment in Brazilian cultural renewal. The city represents the construction of a developed nation image trough the materialization of a planned capital of modern expression. In this context, this research pretends to study some of the Athos Bulcão artistic tile panels found at Brasilia urban scales, their possible relations with constructive Brazilian art, called concretism and neoconcretism; and check their aesthetic and spatial interactions with the architecture and the urbanism of the city.