Mauricio Quirós Pacheco, born in Costa Rica, is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and the founding partner of MIAU Studio, an architecture firm practicing in Costa Rica and Canada. He holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design, with distinction, from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Architecture (Best Thesis Award) from Universidad del Diseño.

From 2010 to 2014, Mauricio worked with then-director Mirko Zardini at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). He has practiced architecture and urban design in the Americas and Europe with offices including Stanley Saitowitz Office and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. He has served as a guest critic at various universities, including Yale University and the Sam Fox School of Architecture, and as a guest juror for international competitions such as Architecture for Humanity’s Crossing Borders competition and the International Open Competition for FUNDECOR Headquarters.

Mauricio sits on the Editorial Board of Manifest: A Journal of American Architecture and Urbanism, and his writings have appeared in publications such as Domus, San Rocco, and the Architectural Observer. In 2016, he co-curated the symposium Modern Architectures in Central America with Hans Ibelings, and in 2024, both—together with the collaboration of Andrés Fernández—published Modern Architectures in Central America, an overview of 20th-century modern architecture in the region.