Corridor_(architecture)

Hallway

Hallway

Room used to connect other rooms

For other uses, see Hallway (disambiguation).

A hallway, passage, passageway or corridor is an interior space in a building that is used to connect other rooms. Hallways are generally long and narrow.[1]

Hallway in Luhrs Tower, 1929 office building in Phoenix, Arizona
Corridor inside a Government Medical College in Kollam, India

Hallways must be sufficiently wide to ensure buildings can be evacuated during a fire, and to allow people in wheelchairs to navigate them. The minimum width of a hallway is governed by building codes. Minimum widths in residences are 36 inches (910 mm) in the United States.[2] Hallways are wider in higher-traffic settings, such as schools[3] and hospitals.[4]

In 1597 John Thorpe is the first recorded architect to replace multiple connected rooms with rooms along a corridor each accessed by a separate door.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Collins Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers.
  2. [2]
    Mitton, Maureen; Nystuen, Courtney (11 January 2011). Residential Interior Design: A Guide to Planning Spaces. John Wiley & Sons. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-118-04602-9.
  3. [3]
    "Guideline for Square Footage Requirements for Educational Facilities" (PDF). Georgia Department of Education. Retrieved 10 March 2021. The minimum clear width of corridors shall be 8 feet when serving 2 or more IUs. Corridors, where lockers will be installed, shall be a minimum clear width of 9 feet if the lockers are on one side only. If there are to be lockers on both sides, the corridor must be at least 10 feet wide.
  4. [4]
    Carson, Chip. "The Life Safety Code and health care corridor width". www.nfpa.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021. According to NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, new health care facilities are required to have corridors 8 feet (2.4 meters) "in clear and unobstructed width."
  5. [5]
    Judith Flanders (8 September 2015). The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-4668-7548-7.
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