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

A hallway (also known as passage, passageway, corridor or hall) is an interior space in a building that is used to connect multiple rooms. They are generally long and narrow.[1]

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. The minimum width of hallways in residences of the United States is 36 inches (910 mm).[2] Hallways are wider in higher-traffic settings, such as schools[3] and hospitals.[4]

History

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Prior to the 16th century, European aristocratic houses had a few great rooms used interchangeably as bedrooms, living rooms, and dining rooms. People walked through private spaces at any time.[5] In 1597, John Thorpe was the first recorded architect to replace multiple connected rooms with rooms along a hallway, each accessed by a separate door.[6]

The corridor allowed rooms to be reached without passing through neighboring spaces, still uncommon enough to need explanation in the 18th century.[5] By the Victorian era, corridors divided space between family and servants.[7]

Layout

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Single-loaded hallways have rooms facing in the same direction for sun exposure.[8] Double-loaded hallways have rooms opening on both sides. The most efficient organization is to make back-to-back units enter from a double-loaded corridor.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ Collins Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers.
  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. ↑ "Guideline for Square Footage Requirements for Educational Facilities" (PDF). Georgia Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2022. 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. ↑ Carson, Chip. "The Life Safety Code and health care corridor width". www.nfpa.org. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. 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. 1 2 Dewald, Jonathan (1996-05-16). The European Nobility, 1400-1800. Cambridge University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-521-42528-5.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Luckhurst, Roger (2019-05-13). Corridors: Passages of Modernity. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-103-0.
  8. ↑ Hille, T. (2011-04-04). Modern Schools: A Century of Design for Education. John Wiley & Sons. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-470-91645-2.
  9. ↑ Robinson, Julia Williams (2017-09-18). Complex Housing: Designing for Density. Routledge. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-317-27549-7.
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