An enfilade is several rooms located one after another and connected along a line by doorways, through which a through view opens.
This definition primarily refers to interior design, but can also be moved to outdoor – an inner courtyard (separate courtyards), urban space (zones divided by elements), a garden or park (flower beds or meadows divided by rows of trees), and so on.
In today’s construction, it is almost impossible to find an enfilade in the classic form, as it came to us from royal palaces and ancient castles, but in modern interior design, an enfilade layout is often used.
Main criteria of the enfilade
- A single axis along which several rooms, separate zones or spaces are located. Although the enfilade can be not only a straight corridor type, but also a ring type, when all the rooms are closed in a circle.
- Perspective is a through view that opens onto several connected rooms or spaces.
- One way or another, symmetry is created – doors, openings, windows along one of the walls or something else.
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