Disability, Politics and Architecture — Part 1: The Decade of Nothingness

Disability, Politics and Architecture — Part 1: The Decade of Nothingness

June 29, 2026 · 20 min · Season 19 · Episode 5

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Naziaty discusses the relationship between disability and architecture in Malaysia, highlighting accessibility issues.

Send us Fan Mail Host Naziaty, a disability activist from 1998 to 2024, opens this first episode by tracing the deep, two-way relationship between disability and architecture in the Malaysian context — a story that likely mirrors struggles in your own country. From streets unusable by wheelchair users to bus stop ramps that dangerously spill into traffic, shows how access is too often treated as an afterthought rather than designed in from the start. The result, Naziaty argues, is “a decade o...

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