Marc Sherratt has been exposed to and worked in a variety of informal settlement scenarios differing in complexity, size, ethnographic etc.

Specific projects undertaken include the following:

• Diepsloot – on site landscaping intervention proposal

• Alexandra / Marlboro – “informal studio” community scheme (published in Afritecture, 2014)

• Orange Farm – construction of formal housing

• Kliptown / Soweto – community centre renovation

• Johannesburg inner city – numerous projects including extensive ethnographic mapping and urban design framework

• Pretoria inner city – fuchs competition proposal for a heritage renovation

• Thabo Mbeki village – rural school proposal (des baker competition)

Community projects were approached through community leadership and driven by the specific needs of those communities. Extensive on-site mapping and community discussion, was under- taken before any response was presented. though challenging these projects were extremely influential in the development of the author’s premise towards architecture and spatial planning.