Senior Homes of The Future In The Eyes of Students of Architecture. Didactic Experience From The Application of The Design Thinking Method

The paper is a continuation of the research topic presented in the paper: THE DESIGN THINKING METHOD IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, PARTICULARLY FOR DESIGNING SENIOR HOMES. The text is devoted to the presentation of the research and didactic project based on Design Thinking method, conducted with students of the Faculty of Architecture, Silesian University of Technology. This part consist of the following stages: definition of the problem to be solved, interdisciplinary work of student teams, brainstorming and prototyping. The conclusions are focused on guidelines for the design of senior homes of the future – as defined by students participating in the project, who will be future seniors.