An Integrated Model of Lean Construction and Off-Site Construction for Industrialization Architecture: Review and Future Directions

Subject Areas : Architecture

Nastaran Esmaeili ¹ , Mohsen Vafamehr ² , Hassan Rezaei ³ , Ali Khaki ⁴

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Architecture, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University Mashhad, Iran.
3 - Assis‌tant Professor, Department of Architecture, faculty member of Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
4 - Department of Architecture, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

Received: 2023-02-01 Accepted : 2023-05-20 Published : 2023-07-01

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