The holistic nature of the case study strategy enables the relationships between the context of legislation, designation, ownership, stakeholders and economics etc. to be highlighted, analysed and explored (Groat and Wang, 2013). Additionally, Schramm (1971 cited in Yin, 2009:17) points out that, the key tenant of case study research is a decision or set of decisions: why they were taken, how ‘…to illuminate they were implemented, and with what The adoption of a longitudinal result’. approach in the formation of the Darley Abbey Mills case study will enable the charting of the morphology of the site, the actions of the actors and the impact of decisions to be charted and assessed. In a similar vein, Groat and Wang (2013) build upon ideas, when they stress that, it is not just studying a case in the field, Schramm’s but rather a matter a case in relation to the complex dynamics with of: ‘…studying which it intersects and from which the case itself is This inseparable’ (2013:421). view is also recognised by Alizadeh (2006), who identifies that, the case study approach places the researcher in a position to capture the complexity of the case. As Stake states (1995:xi): Case study is the study of the particularity and complexity of a single case, coming to understand its activity within important circumstances. From the above section, it is clear that the adoption of a case study approach is appropriate for the analysis of the historic built environment. According to Johansson (2003), an on-going emphasis and analysis of the contemporary events and actions that occur to a physical artefact, is another major characteristic of case study methodology within the architectural assessment of buildings. Johansson draws a distinction between case study research within the social sciences, compared to the field of architecture and planning when he suggests that an artefact may also serve as the focus of the case study, Johansson further clarifies this point when he states that: When a physical artefact is the case (houses or housing areas, for instance, instead of an individual or social group) the gap between case study and history tends to diminish. An artefact is a carrier of its context of history…the design and the context of use may be separated in time, but are often equally important to the understanding of the case of an artefact. In architectural
The holistic nature of the case study strategy enables the relationships between the context of legislation, designation, ownership, stakeholders and economics etc. to be highlighted, analysed and explored (Groat and Wang, 2013). Additionally, Schramm (1971 cited in Yin, 2009:17) points out that, the key tenant of case study research is ‘…to illuminate a decision or set of decisions: why they were taken, how they were implemented, and with what result’. The adoption of a longitudinal approach in the formation of the Darley Abbey Mills case study will enable the charting of the morphology of the site, the actions of the actors and the impact of decisions to be charted and assessed. In a similar vein, Groat and Wang (2013) build upon Schramm’s ideas, when they stress that, it is not just studying a case in the field, but rather a matter of: ‘…studying a case in relation to the complex dynamics with which it intersects and from which the case itself is inseparable’ (2013:421). This view is also recognised by Alizadeh (2006), who identifies that, the case study approach places the researcher in a position to capture the complexity of the case. As Stake states (1995:xi): Case study is the study of the particularity and complexity of a single case, coming to understand its activity within important circumstances. From the above section, it is clear that the adoption of a case study approach is appropriate for the analysis of the historic built environment. According to Johansson (2003), an on-going emphasis and analysis of the contemporary events and actions that occur to a physical artefact, is another major characteristic of case study methodology within the architectural assessment of buildings. Johansson draws a distinction between case study research within the social sciences, compared to the field of architecture and planning when he suggests that an artefact may also serve as the focus of the case study, Johansson further clarifies this point when he states that: When a physical artefact is the case (houses or housing areas, for instance, instead of an individual or social group) the gap between case study and history tends to diminish. An artefact is a carrier of its history…the context of design and the context of use may be separated in time, but are often equally important to the understanding of the case of an artefact. In architectural
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