Marc Sherratt founder of Marc Sherratt, Sustainability Architects (MSSA) is a professional architect (PrArch) registered with the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP). He is a Net Zero accredited professional certified by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA). He is a member of faculty of the GBCSA and teaches Net Zero to their aspiring accredited professiona
ls. He is currently appointed as a technical expert in the development of the new Green Building Standards for South Africa by the GBCSA. He has nine years experience in the building industry and was chosen by the Mail & Guardian as one of the pioneers of the green economy in South Africa. In 2019 the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS) selected him as one of their top emerging entrepreneurs in the country. Marc has lectured Sustainable Design at the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Architecture and he currently works with National, Provincial and Municipal government in helping them implement their Climate Action Plans. Marc finished his Master’s at the University of Johannesburg where he attained a distinction for his dissertation that reintroduced the endangered Cape Vulture back into the City of Johannesburg. He received the “Architectural Student of the year award”, Runner up for his university and was selected as their Fuchs candidate, having the highest academic average in his class by his Honour’s year. His career begun at the internationally awarded firm Mashabane Rose Associates, where he quickly rose to running his own projects. At the firm he led numerous professional teams in completing a number of high-value, civic buildings including a World Heritage Site Museum complex. At MRA he became known as the “expert” in sustainability and environmental issues. In 2017 he founded MSSA where his personal portfolio of work achieved international recognition in him being unconditionally accepted into the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (rated in the top 5 Universities in the world). In 2020 MSSA was invited by the European Cultural Centre to exhibit during the Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy. MSSA was the first firm to design a triple Net Zero project on the continent, certified by the GBCSA. They were also the first architectural firm in the country to pledge to reach Net Zero Carbon Emissions in their company and projects by 2030. MSSA is apart of the Alliances for Climate Action South Africa, facilitated by the WWF, C40 and NBI. MSSA is a team of specialist architects and engineers passionate about delivering contemporary development to the highest sustainability standards. They focus on both rural and urban African projects of environmental sensitivity with a minimum Net Zero Carbon imperative. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa they additionally equipped with a mobile field office that gives them access across the African sub-continent. They offer property development, green building and architectural design consulting services to a selected number of clients.
