Al Jamea Tus Saifiyah Campus

Nairobi, Kenya

Client: Al Jamea tus Saifiyah

The Al Jamea tus Saifiyah campus in Kenya is a Daudi Bohra institution devoted to faith-based education and pedagogy. This 14-acre master plan is conceived as an intricate sequence of open-to-sky quads and courts, each embodying sacred Bohra tenets through plant choices, water bodies, and other specific landscape elements. Building design emerges out of a deep study of traditional Bohra architecture, which has roots in Cairo and the African and South Asian diaspora. The campus is entered through a sacred gateway towards a plaza surrounded by the mosque, assembly hall, dining hall, and library. Gender specific classrooms and residence halls are separated on either side of the plaza. Other buildings include a building for Quranic study, a health center, and various sports facilities.