{"id":248,"date":"2014-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=248"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:41:57","slug":"with-cecilia-yoel-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/en-familia-con-cecilia-y-yoel","title":{"rendered":"With family with Cecilia and Yoel"},"content":{"rendered":"

With family with Cecilia and Yoel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Practicality and open spaces reign supreme in the flat of Cecilia Tham<\/a> and Yoel Karaso<\/strong>. He carried out the flat refurbishment with his architectural firm They inhabit<\/a><\/strong>, and it shows in the way the spaces coexist and communicate with each other, as he was not just refurbishing a flat, but a home. He lives there with his two daughters and they share the same profession: architecture<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n
19 January 2014 by Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Antonella Delussu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
CHAOS MAGAZINE<\/strong> | 19.01.2014<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Cecilia arrived in Barcelona after living in the United States, where she had moved from her native China, drawn by Gaud\u00ed. Once here, she changed her thesis subject to a less well-known topic, that of the ring roads of the Catalan capital. After a few trips and meeting Yoel in Madrid, they finally decided to settle in Barcelona, where they share a design studio. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The fact that the other architects were also family members allowed Cecilia to have her daughters close while she worked and ultimately create a project of her own, the MOB<\/strong><\/a> - Makers of Barcelona<\/strong>, a space to share more than just a desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Antonella Delussu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Housed in a former factory, MOB functions as a multi-purpose space for both working and socialising networking<\/strong>. Cecilia places a lot of emphasis when explaining her project on the importance of the \u201cdesign thinking<\/strong>\u201d, that is to say, looking at everyday things from another point of view, and he puts this into practice with his daughters in the manner of a simple game: \u201cWe play at taking an object, a spoon or something similar, and thinking of other uses. What can a spoon be? It can be a horn, placed on the head... etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Antonella Delussu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Antonella Delussu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

By this point in the interview, Hanna is wearing her dancing tutu and Noa is running around the house without a nappy. The little one shows the typical confidence of her age and isn't bothered (rather, she finds it amusing) that the adults are watching her antics. Hanna, for her part, is quieter and a bit shy, but spontaneity soon takes over and she shows us her newly learned dance steps.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Antonella Delussu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Antonella Delussu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For Yoel and Cecilia, their daughters' education involves them having a broad view of society and being able to solve a problem from different perspectives when they are adults. All of this entails continuing to travel and learning languages. Hanna is starting her Cantonese classes this year so as not to lose her mother tongue, which will join the Spanish and English they already speak on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u2026a typical Sunday morning?<\/strong>
Almost always we have French toast for breakfast every Sunday. Afterwards, we look for an activity to do together, almost always going for a walk or going to museums. We call friends or family to arrange to meet for lunch, then a bit of a park and then we go home. The rest is just the usual routine, shower, dinner, sleep...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026favourite place to go for a walk?<\/strong>
Born, Raval or Gr\u00e0cia neighbourhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026favourite children's reading?<\/strong>
Dr. Seuss, Geronimo Stilton or Barbapapa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

...favourite music?<\/strong>
Brassens or Albert Pla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

...favourite restaurant?<\/strong>
Tantarantana (because it has a park in front of it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

...the best advice you've been given about children?<\/strong>
\u00abHow To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, a fantastic book about how to listen to your children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

...moment do you particularly remember?<\/strong>
When I was about 3 years old, Hanna said to me \u00abMummy says socks<\/em>, dad says socks<\/em>, so Hanna says Blimey!<\/em>\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Cecilia and Yoel's home, architecture doesn't just design spaces, but also ways of living. Their flat reflects a philosophy of life where work and family life are naturally intertwined. Creativity, flexibility and play are present in both their professional lives and the raising of their daughters, within an environment where design goes beyond the aesthetic: it is a way of thinking, relating and growing together.<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Practicility and open spaces reign in the flat belonging to Cecilia Tham and Yoel Karaso. The latter renovated the apartment with his architecture studio, Habitan, and it shows in the way the spaces coexist and communicate with one another, as he was not merely renovating a flat, but a home. They live there with their two daughters and share the same profession: architecture.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2844,2845],"tags":[2885],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hogar","category-mi-monapart","tag-arquitectura"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18396,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/18396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}