ABSTRACT
These are not case studies. The aim of a case study would be to examine a course or teaching practice using a structured method and to arrive at conclusions that may be applied to other, similar, situations. The author of a case study decides where its value lies, and discusses where the knowledge generated by such a study might be applicable. In contrast, design cases are carried out to give, as well as the authors are able, a rich experiential view to their readers of something that has been designed – in this case, studio courses and the teaching of them. They are descriptive rather than analytical, and the value of a design case is realized by the reader at the time that the knowledge it contains is actually used. This use is seldom linear; design cases do not present object lessons, lessons learned or propositions in the form of principles, and they are not generally used as templates for future design actions.
