The enfilade is a typical compositional principle of Baroque and Neoclassical palace architecture. When doors of successive rooms are aligned on a common axis, opening them all creates a long, impressive visual corridor. This principle was consistently applied in palaces such as Versailles to achieve representation and a sense of spatial depth. The enfilade simultaneously allows flexible use of space: rooms can be individually closed off or opened into a grand suite. In modern architecture, the principle lives on in open floor plans and connecting sight lines, even though historical symmetry is often abandoned in favor of more organic spatial connections.