Yolanda Hamlett is a spatial practitioner and researcher whose work engages the intersections of vernacular architecture, indigenous knowledge, and regenerative design. A graduate of the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Architectural Studies, her practice explores how traditional building techniques and material cultures can serve as living archives of ancestral intelligence, offering pathways toward sustainable and culturally rooted futures. Her approach is cross-disciplinary, bridging research, design, and making, and informed by a commitment to rethinking heritage as a dynamic process rather than a static past. At the Pan-African Biennale, Yolanda supports the broader development of the institution through research, coordination, and project assistance. Her work contributes to shaping the Biennale’s architectural initiatives and advancing its impact across the continent, with a focus on how design and heritage can inform sustainable and inclusive futures. Through her work, she advances critical dialogues around heritage, culture, and the built environment, positioning architecture as both a vessel of memory and a tool for transformation.