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Over more than 30 years of professional practice (1991–present), he has developed public and private projects at multiple scales, including cultural, educational, institutional, housing and infrastructure buildings, primarily in Mexico, as well as temporary architectural interventions for art exhibitions and museography projects.

He has received numerous awards both individually and as a firm. In 2013, the Faculty of Architecture of UNAM awarded him the Federico Mariscal Chair, the highest recognition granted by this institution for professional practice. In 2014, he was selected as one of 8 architecture firms from the Americas for the Emerging Voices program organized by The Architectural League of New York. His work has received First Prize and Gold Medal on two occasions at the Mexican Architecture Biennial, as well as awards at the Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito (BAQ) and the Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (BIAU).

In 2019, he was awarded the Médaille d’Or Palmarès by the French Academy of Architecture, recognizing his professional career. In 2024, he received the Brick Award, an international recognition for architectural works using brick as a primary material.

He has served as a fellow and jury member for the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), as well as for national and international competitions, institutions and architecture biennials. He is a permanent jury member of the Marcelo Zambrano Scholarship. He is a member of the National Academy of Architecture and a member of the National Academy of Arts of Mexico.

Mauricio Rocha has taught at several universities in Mexico City, including UNAM, and has delivered lectures and conferences in Mexico, South America, the United States and Europe. His work has been exhibited in Mexico City, New York, Venice, Turin, São Paulo and China. His projects have been published in international journals and books such as Domus, 10x10 (Phaidon), Arquine, Escala, Summa+, The Architectural Review and The Plan. In 2011, he published the monograph Mauricio Rocha Taller de Arquitectura.

MAPAAC is a practice with offices in Spain and Chile, led by Pablo Núñez, Cristian Larraín, Matías Madsen, and Juan Vicente. They have the capacity to assemble multidisciplinary teams capable of addressing all aspects involved in the planning, design, construction, and analysis of building complexes.

They integrate the experience and knowledge of its partners in the development of large-scale, strategic, and public-use projects (healthcare, educational, sports, research, residential, etc.). The team is capable of confidently approaching professional practice, understanding it as a multidisciplinary, collective project aimed at providing effective, diverse, and natural solutions to complex problems.

Pablo Núñez Paz holds a PhD in Architecture, graduating in 1989 from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Valladolid (ETSAV). He completed postgraduate studies at the European School of Architecture in Madrid in 1990-91 and revalidated his degree at the University of Chile in 2011. He has taught Architectural Design at ETSAV, in the Spanish Architecture Biennial Workshop, and in the Master's program at the University of Salamanca (USAL). His teaching and research have always been closely linked to his dedication to the design and construction of public buildings and strategic projects with significant landscape components.

Cristián Larraín is an architect, graduating in 2006 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He has been an assistant professor at the same institution since 2006. His teaching and research have always focused on issues related to design, the environment, and urban planning, with notable works where the study of materials and their relationship to space allows for tailored solutions to the diverse challenges arising from the various commissions he has undertaken.

Matías Madsen Jaime (Santiago, 1979) is an architect with a Master's degree in Urban Development from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2010) and received the Academic Excellence Award in 2000. He was a professor and assistant at the same institution from 2010 to 2018.

Juan Vicente earned his architecture degree from the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) in 1984 and collaborated with Alejandro de la Sota. His work focuses on public architecture, with proposals that emphasize a strong landscape presence from the project's inception. He is interested in researching construction systems that result in cost savings and reduced energy consumption.