Subdivision is a site-specific installation that references urban planning strategies and the built environment. The installation is comprised of six rolling structures fabricated from 2x4s, drywall and ceramic castings of Styrofoam packaging. The work is sited in a multi-use space, which Heidel exemplifies by placing the structures on casters and designing them to notch into the walls they are located in front of. Heidel subdivides the project space with these structures taking into consideration the flow of foot traffic. She visually echoes this idea of multi-use by creating repetitive patterns of one type of casting at a time. These patterns progress from one end of the room to the other, culminating in a mixed-use cityscape composed of hybrid castings. The castings reference both the brick, a building block of cities, and consumerism in relation to the buying, dividing and selling of land. The work can be interpreted as subdivisions of an aged cityscape merged with new construction that is built into the space rather than through it. The outcome is an emergent installation that can adjust according to the needs of the viewer.

Recent research includes: Redesigning the American Dream, Building Suburbia and The Power of Place by Dolores Hayden, The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro, and The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs.