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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Architectural element</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Aisle_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Aisle (disambiguation)">Aisle (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aisle.bristol.cathedral.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Aisle.bristol.cathedral.arp.jpg/220px-Aisle.bristol.cathedral.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Aisle.bristol.cathedral.arp.jpg/330px-Aisle.bristol.cathedral.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Aisle.bristol.cathedral.arp.jpg/440px-Aisle.bristol.cathedral.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2005" /></a><figcaption>An aisle of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Cathedral" title="Bristol Cathedral">Bristol Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, England.</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>aisle</b> is a linear space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, in buildings such as <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">churches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedrals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogues</a>, meeting <a href="/wiki/Hall" title="Hall">halls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliaments</a>, <a href="/wiki/Courtroom" title="Courtroom">courtrooms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theatre_(structure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatre (structure)">theatres</a>, and in long passenger vehicles. An aisle floor may be level or, as in theatres, sloping upward from a stage. </p><p>Aisles also cross through <a href="/wiki/Retailing#Shops_and_Stores" class="mw-redirect" title="Retailing">shops</a>, where they have shelving on either side; <a href="/wiki/Warehouse" title="Warehouse">warehouses</a>, flanked by storage pallets; and <a href="/wiki/Factory" title="Factory">factories</a>, where they separate different work areas. In <a href="/wiki/Health_club" title="Health club">health clubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exercise_equipment" title="Exercise equipment">exercise equipment</a> is normally arranged along aisles. </p><p>They are distinguished from corridors, hallways, <a href="/wiki/Walkway" title="Walkway">walkways</a>, footpaths, pavements (<i>American English</i> <a href="/wiki/Sidewalk" title="Sidewalk">sidewalks</a>), trails, paths and open areas of buildings: aisles lie between other open or seating areas, which are all enclosed within a structure. Spaces between buildings are not considered aisles, regardless of their size. </p><p>The word is related to French <i>aile</i> (wing). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Warehouse_md17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Warehouse_md17.jpg/220px-Warehouse_md17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Warehouse_md17.jpg/330px-Warehouse_md17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Warehouse_md17.jpg/440px-Warehouse_md17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>An aisle at the Green cream Logistics Co., <a href="/wiki/Kotka" title="Kotka">Kotka</a>, Finland.</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Typical_physical_characteristics">Typical physical characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Typical physical characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wedding_aisle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Wedding_aisle.jpg/220px-Wedding_aisle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Wedding_aisle.jpg/330px-Wedding_aisle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Wedding_aisle.jpg/440px-Wedding_aisle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="1244" /></a><figcaption>Wedding aisle in Montgomery, Alabama.</figcaption></figure> <p>Aisles have certain general physical characteristics: </p> <ul><li>They are almost always straight, not curved.</li> <li>They are usually fairly long. An open space with three rows of chairs beside it would not usually be considered an aisle.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Width_of_various_types_of_aisles">Width of various types of aisles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Width of various types of aisles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Theatres, meeting halls, shops</b>, etc., usually have aisles wide enough for 2–3 strangers to walk past each other without feeling uncomfortably close. In such facilities, a space that could comfortably accommodate more than four people side-by-side would generally be considered an "open area", rather than an "aisle".</li> <li><b>Factory work area</b> aisles are usually wide enough for workers to comfortably sit or stand while working, while allowing safe and efficient movement of persons, equipment and/or materials.</li> <li><b>Passage</b> aisles are usually just wide enough for a large person to carry a suitcase in each hand, but not for two people to pass side-by-side without touching. Usually, even without luggage one person must turn sideways for the other to pass.</li> <li><b>Warehouse</b> aisles normally are at least 8–10 feet (2.4–3 meters) wide to fit mechanical loading equipment.</li> <li><b>Wedding</b> aisles are at least wide enough for two people to walk comfortably beside each other.</li> <li><b>Vehicle</b> aisles are wide enough for a designated type of vehicle to pass, either one way or two way.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a>, an aisle is more specifically the wing of a house, or a lateral division of a large building. The earliest examples of aisles date back to the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> times and can be found in the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_Ulpia" title="Basilica Ulpia">Basilica Ulpia</a> (basilica of Trajan), which had double aisles on either side of its central area. The church of <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> has the same number.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Church_architecture">Church architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Church architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aisle.bath.abbey.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="An aisle in Bath Abbey, Bath, England. The aisle is lined with wooden seating (pews), the nave seating can be seen on the right, beyond the arcade pillars. The roof of the aisle is fan-vaulted."><img alt="An aisle in Bath Abbey, Bath, England. The aisle is lined with wooden seating (pews), the nave seating can be seen on the right, beyond the arcade pillars. The roof of the aisle is fan-vaulted." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Aisle.bath.abbey.arp.jpg/120px-Aisle.bath.abbey.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Aisle.bath.abbey.arp.jpg/180px-Aisle.bath.abbey.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Aisle.bath.abbey.arp.jpg/240px-Aisle.bath.abbey.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1122" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An aisle in <a href="/wiki/Bath_Abbey" title="Bath Abbey">Bath Abbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a>, England. The aisle is lined with wooden seating (pews), the <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> seating can be seen on the right, beyond the arcade pillars. The roof of the aisle is <a href="/wiki/Fan_vault" title="Fan vault">fan-vaulted</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seitenschiff.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The nave-aisles in this plan view of a cathedral are shaded pink; the arcade pillars are black dots"><img alt="The nave-aisles in this plan view of a cathedral are shaded pink; the arcade pillars are black dots" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Seitenschiff.svg/120px-Seitenschiff.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Seitenschiff.svg/180px-Seitenschiff.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Seitenschiff.svg/240px-Seitenschiff.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="248" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The nave-aisles in this <a href="/wiki/Plan_view" class="mw-redirect" title="Plan view">plan view</a> of a cathedral are shaded pink; the arcade pillars are black dots</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arcade_diagram.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, looking from the nave, with nave-aisle arcade highlighted."><img alt="Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, looking from the nave, with nave-aisle arcade highlighted." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arcade_diagram.png/58px-Arcade_diagram.png" decoding="async" width="58" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arcade_diagram.png/87px-Arcade_diagram.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arcade_diagram.png/116px-Arcade_diagram.png 2x" data-file-width="1393" data-file-height="2880" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior <a href="/wiki/Elevation_view" class="mw-redirect" title="Elevation view">elevation view</a> of a Gothic cathedral, looking from the nave, with nave-aisle arcade highlighted.</div> </li> </ul> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_cathedrals_and_great_churches" title="Architecture of cathedrals and great churches">church architecture</a>, an aisle (also known as an <i>yle</i> or <i>alley</i>) is more specifically a passageway to either side of the nave that is separated from the nave by <a href="/wiki/Colonnade" title="Colonnade">colonnades</a> or <a href="/wiki/Arcade_(architecture)" title="Arcade (architecture)">arcades</a>, a row of pillars or <a href="/wiki/Column" title="Column">columns</a>. Occasionally aisles stop at the <a href="/wiki/Transept" title="Transept">transepts</a>, but often aisles can be continued around the <a href="/wiki/Apse" title="Apse">apse</a>. Aisles are thus categorized as <i>nave-aisles</i>, <i>transept-aisles</i> or <i>choir-aisles</i>. A semi-circular choir with aisles continued around it, providing access to a series of chapels, is a <a href="/wiki/Chevet" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevet">chevet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a>, the aisles' roofs are lower than that of the nave, allowing light to enter through <a href="/wiki/Clerestory" title="Clerestory">clerestory</a> windows. In <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque architecture</a>, however, the roofs are at roughly equal heights, with those of the aisle being only slightly lower than that of the nave. In Germany, churches where the roofs of the aisles and nave are the same height, such as <a href="/wiki/Stephansdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephansdom">St. Stephen's, Vienna</a>, the Wiesenkirche at <a href="/wiki/Soest,_Germany" title="Soest, Germany">Soest</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Landshut%2C_Germany#Churches">St. Martin's, Landshut</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Frauenkirche" class="mw-redirect" title="Munich Frauenkirche">Frauenkirche</a> (Church of Our Lady) in <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> are known as <a href="/wiki/Hall_church" title="Hall church"><i>Hallenkirchen</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When discussing overall design, architectural historians include the centrally-positioned nave in the number of aisles. Thus the original <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="St Peter's Basilica">St Peter's Basilica</a> in Rome, <a href="/wiki/Duomo_di_Milano" class="mw-redirect" title="Duomo di Milano">Milan Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amiens_Cathedral" title="Amiens Cathedral">Amiens Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="Notre Dame de Paris">Notre Dame de Paris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_Cathedral,_Sofia" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia">Alexander Nevsky Cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are all described as having five aisles, meaning they have two side aisles either side of the nave. <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady,_Antwerp" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp">Antwerp Cathedral</a> even has seven aisles (three at either side of the central nave). In the United Kingdom, cathedrals generally only have one aisle on each side, with <a href="/wiki/Chichester_Cathedral" title="Chichester Cathedral">Chichester Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Cathedral" title="Elgin Cathedral">Elgin Cathedral</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Magdalene,_Taunton" class="mw-redirect" title="St Mary Magdalene, Taunton">St Mary Magdalene, Taunton</a> being the only three exceptions. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supermarkets_and_retail_stores">Supermarkets and retail stores</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Supermarkets and retail stores"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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width="144" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Supermarket_check_out.JPG/216px-Supermarket_check_out.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Supermarket_check_out.JPG/288px-Supermarket_check_out.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="972" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Supermarket" title="Supermarket">Supermarket</a> checkout aisles.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Supermarket" title="Supermarket">supermarkets</a> there are two types of aisles, food aisles and checkout aisles. </p><p><b>Food aisles</b> are where goods are displayed. At the end of food aisles may be found <b>crown end displays</b>, where high-<a href="/wiki/Profit_margin" title="Profit margin">margin</a> goods are displayed for <a href="/wiki/Impulse_purchase" title="Impulse purchase">impulse purchase</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Retail_store" class="mw-redirect" title="Retail store">retail stores</a> that do not primarily sell food, aisles containing products would be referred to either generically as <b>merchandise aisles</b>, or by the particular products contained in the aisle, e.g., "the gardening aisle", "the sports equipment aisle". </p><p><b>Checkout aisles</b> contain <a href="/wiki/Cash_register" title="Cash register">cash registers</a> at which customers make their purchases. Regardless of the type of merchandise the establishment sells, it is common to display a range of "impulse buy" items along the checkout aisle, such as cold beverages, magazines, candy and batteries. These are often called "lanes" to distinguish them from the food aisles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Signage">Signage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Signage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For customer convenience, supermarkets and retail stores commonly number the aisles and have signs indicating both the aisle number and the types of products displayed in that aisle. </p><p>Churches, courtrooms, legislatures, and meeting halls may identify individual rows, seats or sections but do not normally assign aisle numbers or display signs regarding aisles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Libraries">Libraries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg/220px-LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg/330px-LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg/440px-LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6144" data-file-height="4098" /></a><figcaption> U.S. Library of Congress reading room with aisles.</figcaption></figure> <p>Libraries are commonly divided into several areas: </p> <ul><li>Circulation desk</li> <li>Collections, areas where materials are grouped, e.g., Children's Collection. This may include book shelves, manuscripts, photos, etc.</li> <li>The "stacks", where books are shelved</li> <li>The Reference Room where materials with limited circulation are stored</li> <li>Public reading areas containing seats and desks</li></ul> <p>The spaces between rows of book shelves in the "stacks" area are called aisles and desks in the reading area are frequently arranged in rows with aisles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Computer_server_rooms">Computer server rooms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Computer server rooms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Servers-0051_10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Wikimedia_Servers-0051_10.jpg/220px-Wikimedia_Servers-0051_10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Wikimedia_Servers-0051_10.jpg/330px-Wikimedia_Servers-0051_10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Wikimedia_Servers-0051_10.jpg/440px-Wikimedia_Servers-0051_10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>An aisle between Wikimedia servers</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Server_room" title="Server room">Server rooms</a> are typically divided into hot and cold aisles for cooling efficiency, and access to servers. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Performance_venues">Performance venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Performance venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:592px;max-width:592px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:175px;max-width:175px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meeting_hall-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Meeting_hall-3.jpg/173px-Meeting_hall-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="173" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Meeting_hall-3.jpg/260px-Meeting_hall-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Meeting_hall-3.jpg/346px-Meeting_hall-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="529" data-file-height="394" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Theatre-type seating in a lecture hall with a stair aisle.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:217px;max-width:217px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qwest_field_end_zone_seats.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Qwest_field_end_zone_seats.jpg/215px-Qwest_field_end_zone_seats.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Qwest_field_end_zone_seats.jpg/323px-Qwest_field_end_zone_seats.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Qwest_field_end_zone_seats.jpg/430px-Qwest_field_end_zone_seats.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="311" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">End zone of Qwest field with blue seats and grey aisles</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:194px;max-width:194px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qwest_field_seating_section.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Qwest_field_seating_section.jpg/192px-Qwest_field_seating_section.jpg" decoding="async" width="192" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Qwest_field_seating_section.jpg/288px-Qwest_field_seating_section.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Qwest_field_seating_section.jpg/384px-Qwest_field_seating_section.jpg 2x" data-file-width="607" data-file-height="407" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Closer view of seats.</div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cinemas,_indoor_theatres_and_concert_halls"><span id="Cinemas.2C_indoor_theatres_and_concert_halls"></span>Cinemas, indoor theatres and concert halls</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cinemas, indoor theatres and concert halls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Films, stage plays and musical concerts ordinarily are presented in a darkened facility so the audience can see the presentation better. To improve safety, often the edges of the aisles in such facilities are marked with a row of small lights. The markers frequently are strings of <a href="/wiki/Light-emitting_diode" title="Light-emitting diode">light-emitting diodes</a> (LEDs) because LEDs are durable, have low power consumption and use low voltages that are not subject to <a href="/wiki/National_Electrical_Code_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Electrical Code (US)">electrical codes</a>. To provide a higher level of light focused downward, lighting fixtures referred to as <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sitelighting.com/Family.cfm+brand+gar+ProLine+Step">luminaries</a> are often built into the side of the seat facing the aisle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stadiums_and_outdoor_arenas">Stadiums and outdoor arenas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Stadiums and outdoor arenas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sport stadiums and outdoor arenas frequently have several types of aisles, including aisles to purchase tickets for events, aisles to enter the main event area and aisles to go to seating. Stadium seating routinely is separated into sections by aisles. Seating rows are accessed by stairsteps. To promote safety, aisles commonly are divided by a handrail in the middle of the aisle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stables_and_barns">Stables and barns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Stables and barns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ShiltonBarn_drawings.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/ShiltonBarn_drawings.tif/lossy-page1-220px-ShiltonBarn_drawings.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/ShiltonBarn_drawings.tif/lossy-page1-330px-ShiltonBarn_drawings.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/ShiltonBarn_drawings.tif/lossy-page1-440px-ShiltonBarn_drawings.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2450" data-file-height="1890" /></a><figcaption>The Shilton Barn, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, England has three <i>aisles</i> and six <i>bays</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The floor plan of aisled barns resembles that of an aisled church. However, the nave in farm buildings is called an aisle thus a "three aisled barn".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aisled barns have the big barn doors on the gable end of the building giving access to the center aisle, often called the drive floor or threshing floor. The side aisles may be the same widths making the barn symmetrical or the aisle where animals were housed may be narrower which is apparent outside the barn because the barn doors are then off-center. The area between the posts, perpendicular to the aisles are called bays. In stables there is a <b>stable aisle</b> down the centre with individual stalls facing the aisle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vehicles">Vehicles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On vehicles, the aisle is more specifically a passageway for passengers to move along within the vehicle. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Translink_bus_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bus aisle with stairs"><img alt="Bus aisle with stairs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Translink_bus_interior.jpg/240px-Translink_bus_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Translink_bus_interior.jpg/360px-Translink_bus_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Translink_bus_interior.jpg/480px-Translink_bus_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bus aisle with stairs</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 156px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 154px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bombardier_S_Stock_Circle_line_Interior_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="London Circle Line tube train aisle with open gangways"><img alt="London Circle Line tube train aisle with open gangways" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bombardier_S_Stock_Circle_line_Interior_3.jpg/231px-Bombardier_S_Stock_Circle_line_Interior_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bombardier_S_Stock_Circle_line_Interior_3.jpg/346px-Bombardier_S_Stock_Circle_line_Interior_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bombardier_S_Stock_Circle_line_Interior_3.jpg/462px-Bombardier_S_Stock_Circle_line_Interior_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2303" data-file-height="1797" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">London Circle Line tube train aisle with open gangways</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 160.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 158.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AirAsia_interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Narrow-body aircraft aisle"><img alt="Narrow-body aircraft aisle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/AirAsia_interior.jpg/238px-AirAsia_interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="159" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/AirAsia_interior.jpg/357px-AirAsia_interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/AirAsia_interior.jpg/476px-AirAsia_interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3556" data-file-height="2692" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Narrow-body aircraft aisle</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Safety_and_regulatory_considerations">Safety and regulatory considerations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Safety and regulatory considerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National and local government regulations require a minimum width for aisles in various building types. Regulatory agencies frequently inspect buildings, vehicles, etc., to enforce regulations requiring that aisles not be restricted. Inspectors have imposed fines for blocking or restricting passage when boxes or folding chairs are stored in aisles, for example. Insurance companies frequently have safety inspectors to examine the premises, both to determine whether insureds are complying with the insurer's requirements for coverage and to look for any practices that could lead to injury or property damage, including restricting passage in aisles. <span class="anchor" id="Architectural_barrier"></span> The <a href="/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Americans with Disabilities Act">Americans with Disabilities Act</a> sets certain standards for building access and other design considerations in all new construction and major renovations in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <b>architectural barrier</b> is any feature that makes access or use of a building difficult, unreasonably dangerous or impossible. This can include aisles that are too narrow for easy access by a <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair" title="Wheelchair">wheelchair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often, the only way to get from a row of chairs, shelves, workstations, etc., to an exit is by an aisle. Historically, many deaths and serious injuries have occurred due to fire, inhalation of smoke or noxious fumes, etc., because blocked or partially blocked aisles prevented persons from promptly leaving a dangerous area. </p><p>Regulations applicable to public carriers transporting passengers often require aisles to be completely clear in vehicles, such as airlines, buses and trains. Many <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">insurance</a> companies have requirements regarding minimum aisle width, unrestricted aisles and easy access to exits, and will refuse to insure companies that do not meet their requirements or will increase the premiums on companies that frequently violate the requirements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Building_design" title="Building design">Building design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_diagram" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral diagram">Cathedral diagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_positioning_system" title="Indoor positioning system">Indoor positioning system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety" title="Safety">Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soutra_Aisle" title="Soutra Aisle">Soutra Aisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedding" title="Wedding">Wedding</a> ("walking down the aisle")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_basic_architectural_topics" class="mw-redirect" title="List of basic architectural topics">List of basic architectural topics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aisle&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Walter Horn, 'On the Origins of the Medieval Bay System', in: <i>Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians</i> 17 (1958), nr. 2, p. 2–23.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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"<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Aisle" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Aisle">Aisle</a>". In <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 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