In this episode, Emmett Scanlon talks to Emma Geoghegan about the currently vacant BRAUN factory building in Carlow, Ireland. Carlow is a town with a combined urban and rural population of about 25,000 people. Back in 1974 BRAUN, the German company, set up a new factory in Carlow, which, at its peak employed 1,400 people most of whom were women. Details of the Braun Archive can be found on the VISUAL website. Details of the Women in the Machine project can be found here. _ Photo of BRAUN under construction: Dermot O Brien, used with permission. ABOUT EMMA GEOGHEGAN Emma Geoghegan is an architect, urban designer and lecturer at the Dublin School of Architecture TU Dublin. Since 2007 her practice has focused on the design of beautiful, resilient, buildings and places for people with a broad range of abilities and needs. In parallel her research and teaching practice has been driven by a commitment to the social purpose of architecture and inclusive design principles and embedding these in architectural education. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 2002, Emma completed her professional practice studies at the AA and worked for a large healthcare architecture practice in London. In 2010 she completed an MSc in Urban Design at UCD and from 2007-2017 was a partner in MEME Architecture an award-winning design practice working on projects across the UK and Ireland. Since 2017 Emma has continued to work in collaborative private practice and undertakes consultancy work in the areas of inclusive design and accessibility alongside her role as Chair of the Bachelor of Architecture programme at TU Dublin. She is also currently a Vice President of the RIAI and a board member of Arts and Disability Ireland. DEDICATION This podcast is dedicated to Angela Jupe. I met Angela several times over the years and to my shame I did not know she was the architect of this building and I never asked her about it. I regret this, she was a formidable and energetic woman, who made an impact on so many people who met her. She died in her home in Offaly on May 4th 2021 | Emmett Scanlon __ Music is by Sinead Finegan, played by the Delmaine String Quartet (Philip Dodd, leader). The podcast was recorded on Zoom in July 2021.

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