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Producing things or production flows? Ontological assumptions in the thinking of managers and professionals in construction (2007)
Journal Article
Rooke, J., Koskela, L., & Seymour, D. (2007). Producing things or production flows? Ontological assumptions in the thinking of managers and professionals in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1077-1085. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190701598665

New approaches to production management can be conceptualized as treating production as flow rather than transformation. These alternatives can in turn be regarded as reflecting opposing ontological positions, holding respectively that reality is con... Read More about Producing things or production flows? Ontological assumptions in the thinking of managers and professionals in construction.

The proto-theory of design : the method of analysis of the ancient geometers (2007)
Journal Article
Koskela, L., & Kagioglou, M. (2007). The proto-theory of design : the method of analysis of the ancient geometers. Strojarstvo, 49(1), 45-52

It is contended that the ancient method of analysis and synthesis, developed originally by Greek geometers, provides a proto-theory of design, which unfortunately has largely been forgotten in the modern period. For justifying this claim, six centra... Read More about The proto-theory of design : the method of analysis of the ancient geometers.