Rule of thumbMandatory
Primary bedroom hallway access
LAY-PRIMARY-ACCESS-01Description
The primary bedroom must be reachable from a hallway or entry without passing through a bathroom, closet, or another bedroom.
Why this exists
The primary bedroom needs a direct door from a hallway, entry, or living space — never reached only through a bath, closet, or another bedroom.
Categories
CirculationBedroom
Source
Industry consensusno manifest entry
Architectural Graphic Standards (12th Edition)
Section: Residential layout
Published 2026-05-09 · last verified 2026-05-09
Solver enforcement
The constraint solver runs check function lay-primary-access-01 as a hard constraint — layouts that fail are rejected outright.
Related directives
- Dining room sizing · DINING-ROOM-SIZE
- Primary bedroom minimum size · MASTER-BEDROOM-SIZE
- Secondary bedroom minimum size · SECONDARY-BEDROOM-SIZE
- Mudroom sizing · MUDROOM-SIZE
- Primary closet sizing · PRIMARY-CLOSET-SIZE
Last reviewed 2026-05-09.