ABOUT | AAKA SPACE STUDIO

WE ARE A TEAM COMMITTED TO FURTHER BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HUMANITY AND OUTER SPACE !

AAKA Space Studio, led by founder and award-winning architect Aastha Kacha, is an international Space Architecture firm with a core focus on designing, building and testing human-centric habitats for extreme climatic territories, space missions and Lunar and Martian expeditions.

We took our first step towards space in 2021, with a team of inspired and passion-driven individuals who believe in finding the pathway from impossible to possible by learning, evolving and addressing the fundamental question of our existence. AAKA aims to spread the word of Space Architecture to students and professionals alike - as Asia and Canada’s first Space Architectural Firm.

AAKA AT A GLANCE

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STUDENTS TRAINED IN OUR CERTIFIED COURSES

SPACE BASED
COLLABORATIONS
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COUNTRIES WE WORK WITH

PROJECTS ACROSS THE WORLD

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ACROSS OUR TEAM

EXECUTIVES

Aastha Kacha

Founder, CEO

Aastha Kacha is an award-winning space architect and the founder of AAKA Space Studio, the first space architectural studio in Canada and India.

Pristine with many prestigious accolades under her name, including ‘Global Icon Award’ (India’s youngest Icon in Space Architecture), ‘President Honour Award, Innovative Category Selection- Mangala’ (The Martian Habitat), ‘Lunar Base contract Award’ (NASA Space Academy), Aviation Champion award, Top Women in Aviation on LinkedIn, was nominated in Forbed30under30, won She Rise award and other International and National accolades in design amongst others. Aastha graduated with a dual degree from Leeds Beckett University (U.K) and VIA University (Denmark) in Architectural Technology and Construction Management and post graduation in Construction Management alongside zero energy buildings offered by TU Delft and Space System Architecture from MIT.

Recently featured in The Better India journal marking a milestone in her journey of space architecture elaborating one of her prominent beliefs, “The Universe lies within us, so we must explore far and beyond.”

Karan Jhala

Director, Investor

Is an industrialist in the making - at 20 he launched his first solo construction project Highway Hari ( A 3 star property). Within 2 years, at 22 he set his eyes on and set up a 2500MT/annum bromine plant. He is fully involved in the family’s industrial salt business and is actively supporting AAKA SPACE STUDIO