Heindl, Gabu

Bio Sketch

Gabu Heindl is a Vienna-based architect, critic, and educator whose work addresses everyday architecture, the right to the city, and the politics of public space. She is a key voice in Geoffrey's everyday & vernacular architecture and right-to-the-city concerns.

Key Works

• "The Everyday: Wandering, Wondering. Re-Positioning Architecture, Spectacle and Everyday Life" (2009).
• Städte und ihre Rechte (Cities and their Rights) and other essays on urban rights.

Key Concepts

Concepts associated with this author that have pages in this wiki:

• Everyday Architecture
• Everyday Life
• Dérive
• Gentrification

Relevance to Geoffrey's Research

Heindl matters to Geoffrey's everyday & vernacular architecture, right to the city, and spectacle vs. function concerns: her revaluation of the everyday against spectacle, and her "whose use?" and "taking position" arguments, connect everyday practice, walking/dérive, and the critique of spectacular capital.

Source Support

Source notes in this wiki drawn from this author's work:

• The Everyday: Wandering, Wondering