Hallway Explained

A hallway (also passage, passageway, corridor or hall) is an interior space in a building that is used to connect other rooms. Hallways 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. Minimum widths in residences are 36inches 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Collins Dictionary . HarperCollins Publishers.
  2. Book: Mitton . Maureen . Nystuen . Courtney . Residential Interior Design: A Guide to Planning Spaces . 11 January 2011 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-1-118-04602-9 . 201 . en.
  3. Web site: Guideline for Square Footage Requirements for Educational Facilities . Georgia Department of Education . 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. . 21 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321203102/http://www.gadoe.org/Finance-and-Business-Operations/Facilities-Services/Documents/4%20%20Guideline%20for%20Square%20Footage%20Requirements%20051012.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Carson . Chip . The Life Safety Code and health care corridor width . www.nfpa.org . 10 March 2021 . According to NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, new health care facilities are required to have corridors 8abbr=offNaNabbr=off “in clear and unobstructed width.” . 25 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125142745/https://nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2013/January-February-2013/The-Experts/In-Compliance . dead .
  5. Book: Judith Flanders. The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes. 8 September 2015. St. Martin's Press. 978-1-4668-7548-7.

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