E002 - Hatem Al Khafaji

Our guest today truly pushes the boundary of architectural design, to infinity and beyond. We are super stoked to have Hatem Al Khafaji join us today! With a relatively ,conventional foundation to his architectural journey, Hatem completed his undergrad in architectural engineering from the University of Sharjah. Whilst in professional practice, Hatem maintained a healthy connection to academic research. He spent 4 months in Japan as a research scholar at the world renowned Tohoku University designing the “Gripper”, the next generation of climbing robots to explore the surfaces of Moon, Mars and near-by Asteroids. Not to mention, having held multiple talks and seminars at universities locally within the country and internationally. Hatem was invited to be a jury member at Google, for the Lunar X-Prize Moon Bots challenge.  In 2015, Hatem came onboard to Killa Design where he has spent his time designing for 'the future'. Being involved with projects like the Museum of the Future and Office of the Future for the Dubai Future Foundation, it is clear that he no signs of slowing down! During a brief sabbatical in 2016, Hatem obtained masters degree in Space Studies at the international space university in France, where he focused his research on utilizing artificial intelligent on developing the next architectural construction methods on extra-terrestrial planets. Since then he has returned to Killa Design, where he currently practices.  Early last year, Hatem went on to setup Space Roasters Inc, an aerospace startup with a twist, pushing the boundary of space and science!.. Oh wait, Did we mention he's given a TEDx Talk on Lunar Architecture in his spare time? Wrote the first book to conclude codes to guide future architects designing on the Moon? Have a space technology design patent registered in the US and UAE? And participated in many NASA competitions, where his work lately exhibited at the famous NASA JPL in Houston, the same center that launched Neil Armstrong to the Moon!?. We are truly honored to have our first space architect on the show! To stay updated with our weekly episodes, please follow us on your favorite streaming plattform Follow us on our socials The aForm Show - Instagram | LinkedIN Audio by Strum@ease - Instagram | Youtube . . Follow our awesome guests! Hatem Al Khafaji | Instagram Killa Design | Instagram Space Roasters Inc | Instagram . . Much love to our friends & supporters Inscape Education Management - Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIN Orange Design Group - Instagram | LinkedIN . . Want to get on the show or know someone who should be? Email us at [email protected]