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the architectural confession that the destination always matters more than the in-between.
means A long passage inside a building, off which rooms or doors open, used for getting from one place to another.
from From French 'corridor,' borrowed from Italian 'corridore,' meaning a runner or a running-place, built on the verb 'correre,' to run — ultimately from Latin 'currere,' to run (the same root racing through 'current,' 'courier,' and 'course'). It first described a covered passage along which one could run, especially a military gallery between fortifications, before settling into the quieter indoor hallway we hurry down today.
- war term
- armies seize corridors to cut enemies off entirely
- horror staple
- endless hallways trigger primal fear of no escape
- latin root
- comes from currere, to run, like couriers
- power move
- corridors of power means where real decisions happen
- liminal icon
- empty hallways define the unsettling backrooms aesthetic
berlin corridor — air supply route to west berlin during soviet blockade, 1948-1949
panama canal corridor — strategic waterway connecting atlantic and pacific through panama since 1914
suez canal corridor — critical shipping route between europe and asia, egypt, handles 12% of global trade