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The purpose of this study was to find the local spaces vulnerable to the spread of infectious disease with user's daily movement at a complex terminal and to suggest architectural planning detections for disease prevention. The exploration of vulnerable spaces to disease spread is necessary for effectively using the limited resources preventing epidemics. This study focused on the different types of user movement, composed of one with a starting point and an endpoint and the other as free movement. Walking speed as per age, pedestrian number, space exposed to contamination, and possibility of disease spread were applied to simulation of this study. The analysis result showed that corridors in front of ticketing desks, waiting rooms of bus terminal, and the escalators, stairs and elevators building core located at the central area of shopping mall were vulnerable to disease spread. This study also considered walking velocity as per user's age, commuting time, and floating population to analyze the possibility of disease spread via user movement. The movement simulation showed the specific spaces vulnerable to disease spread at a complex terminal and their locational differences as per the type of user movement. The study result led to suggesting architectural planning directions for the specific spaces vulnerable to disease spread.