Mauro Gil-Fournier is a Ph.D. architect, researcher, and professor. After 15 years of professional career, he founded Affective Architectures, a community that makes architecture with pleasure. Formerly co-founder of estudiofam (2003), vivero de iniciativas ciudadanas (2008), estudiosic (2009). Since 2017, he co-directs the European project Mares de Madrid in the EU Urban Innovative Actions program.