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The purpose of this study is to analyze the architectural characteristics and spatial structure of aged care facilities representative of residential welfare facilities for the elderly and to provide information necessary for the construction, extension, and renovation of aged care facilities. The study subjects include ten aged care facilities located in Seoul. The methods used for the study include literature review and spatial structure analysis from the perspective of space syntax. The findings are as follows: Due to their architectural status, most of the aged care facilities are located in areas classified as general residential zone. Among them, some small-sized facilities underwent zoning change for operation while medium to large-sized aged care facilities underwent new construction or extension for operation. Aged care facilities, except for J case, are three stories or lower, and the sun orientation in private space point not only southward but also northward, westward, and eastward. In terms of spatial composition in aged care facilities, space for private, public, medical and maintenance purposes comply with legal requirements in general, but large facilities are more diverse in the composition of their public space. Furthermore, large facilities, owing to their spatial structure, had lowest mean spatial depth in space for movement. Integration was highest in space for movement and maintenance in small aged care facilities and in space for maintenance in medium-sized aged care facilities. Control was highest mostly in space for movement in all aged care facilities.