Soluções residenciais para idosos em Portugal em Século XXI

Design de ambientes e privacidade

Name: Patrícia Matias
Year: 2016
Institution: Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
Supervisors: Jorge Spencer, António Fonseca
Discipline: Ambient Design
Scope: Inclusive Design
Taxonomy: Praxiology/Phenomenology
Type: Theoretical
Language: Portuguese
Wordcount / Pagecount: 109,200 / 312
Joint supervision: No

Design solutions for seniors in Portugal with a focus on privacy

Research Process (4 methods)

1. Literature review N = x

Exploratory Qualitative

2. Observation N = 4

Exploratory/Generative Qualitative Observational

Architecture project in assisted residences

3. Interview N = 3

Generative Qualitative

Assisted residences directors

4. Interview N = 30

Generative Qualitative

Assisted residences users

#	Name of Method	Research Phase	Research Approach	Researcher Role	Object of Study / Participants	N
1	Literature review	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	x	x
2	Observation	Exploratory/Generative	Qualitative	Observational	Architecture project in assisted residences	4
3	Interview	Generative	Qualitative	x	Assisted residences directors	3
4	Interview	Generative	Qualitative	x	Assisted residences users	30

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange

Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced with input

IK&T	Academia	Design Practice	Society
Context	Yes	No	No
Vision	No	No	No
Means	No	No	No

Recommendations (5)

R359 Participation, Equity & Ethics Artifact, System & Service Design Priority: High

Treat privacy as a baseline requirement—not merely a higher-order preference—in future residential solutions for older adults, anticipating more informed and more demanding cohorts of residents.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R360 Artifact, System & Service Design Theoretical & Conceptual Priority: High

Translate contemporary thinking on environmental influence, psychological and physical well-being, and active ageing into future residential solutions that better match the expectations and aspirations of older adults.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R361 Artifact, System & Service Design Process & Organization Priority: High

Critically rethink the inherited institutional character of elder housing and develop innovative, home-like residential models that break with unexamined architectural traditions no longer aligned with recent social and cultural change.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R362 Artifact, System & Service Design Evaluation, Monitoring & Impact Priority: Critical

Develop versatile and adaptable environments able to accommodate residents with very different cognitive capacities, and study how architecture and design can support such adaptation without compromising safety or daily functioning.

Scope:: Meso → Macro
Time Horizon:: Medium → Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R363 Artifact, System & Service Design Participation, Equity & Ethics Priority: High

Use architecture and environmental design to create residential settings that respond to the needs and aspirations of present and future older adults while respecting their cultural and identity matrices.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium-High