The article gives an account of an original educational pilot project introducing an element of sociological research into the architectural design process. The educational project involved students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology and the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw. As part of a classes on residential multifamily buildings, the architects designed residential complexes for three sites in the historic urban fabric of Lidzbark Warmiński. The sociologists designed and carried out a social survey among the town’s residents, commissioned by the architects, which included issues relevant to design decisions. Both the specific results of the survey and the more general, understanding insight into the residents’ perspective were implemented in the designed architecture. In the opinion of its authors, the project has brought various benefits, both cognitive and related to the translation of perspectives.