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ROBERT YIN
A case study is an emphirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its
real life context ,especially when the boundaries between phenomena and context are clearly
evident
How to Maintain and foster the vitality of the city from Vignettes of life in new York city
Ordinary scenes and events – attempts to find reasons behind them
Themes identified – thumb rule for other research
Why modern architecture is better perceived in brazil than in Europe and US? How where the
modern attributes promulgated in such a way that even middle class houses in 1950 was built with
visual attributes of modernism? and upto what extent they were truly modernist?
Case study – belo horizonte ,brazil.
No of popular modern homes
Most significant ensembles – pampulha complex – 1940’s
YIN
The decision to undertake multiple case studies cannot be taken lightly .Every
case should serve a specific purpose within the overall scope of inquiry .Here a
major sight is to consider multiple experiments – that is to follow a replication
logic. This s far different from a mistaken analogy in the past which incorrectly
Considered multiple cases to be similar to the multiple respondants in a
survey(or to multiple subjects within an experiment)that is to follow a sampling
logic.
Linear-analytic
Typical article format
Problem statement y y y
Literature review
Methods
results
Chronological
narrative
y y y
Theory building
Sequence of chapters
y y
depends on logic of
theory development
Unsequenced
Sequence of chanpters
y
interchangeable
Compelling and convincing when well Difficult to do well,fewer established rules and
done procedures than other research designs.
Researchers from the Windows and Lighting Proagram at Lawrence Berkley Laboratory
Reviewed more than 40 day lighited buildings published in architectural and engineering
magazine.
Conducted a case study of San Francisco Bay (year long Case study)
Concluded about how many of the features were successful in providing sufficient ambient
lighting. And identified the negative aspects also and give suggestions for improving the
present situation. (sensors to be strategically relocated and the system recalibrated.)