Thaqalayn
Campus Vision

Rooms that help children learn and pray

Classroom design explained 16% of the variation in pupils' learning progress in a study of 3,766 pupils in 153 classrooms.[32] We design for daylight, fresh air and calm.

Concept renderings

Concept rendering — not the final design. Generated with Cloudflare Workers AI (FLUX.2 [dev]); for illustration only.

Concept rendering of a modern two-storey school with white walls, timber panels and perforated screens in an eight-pointed star pattern; a covered entrance opens onto a courtyard with olive trees.
ConceptThe permanent campus. Concept rendering — not the final design.

A Silicon Valley campus with geometric screens that filter the sun and a daylit courtyard at its heart.

Concept rendering of an open courtyard with a reflecting pool between olive trees and tall white geometric lattice screens, leading to a simple prayer hall with a blue and turquoise tiled mihrab niche.
ConceptCourtyard of light. Concept rendering — not the final design.

Geometric screens around a daylit courtyard and the prayer hall: the heart of the permanent campus.

Concept rendering of a bright classroom with a round guide station in the centre and wooden desks around it; children seen from behind work on laptops, girls in headscarves; tall windows and a lapis and turquoise tile wall.
ConceptFocus studio. Concept rendering — not the final design.

A central guide station with every screen in view, daylight and calm walls.

Concept rendering of a small glass-fronted booth lined in deep blue felt, with a wooden desk, an open book on a stand, headphones, a microphone, a warm pendant light and a wooden geometric lattice panel.
ConceptRecitation booth. Concept rendering — not the final design.

Quiet booths for recording recitation and one-to-one sessions with remote specialists.

Concept rendering of an outdoor workshop under a timber pergola with sturdy wooden workbenches and hand tools, raised herb beds edged in turquoise geometric tile, and olive trees.
ConceptMaker garden. Concept rendering — not the final design.

Outdoor workshop tables for making, building and growing.

Concept rendering of a tall library with oak bookshelves, low cushioned benches and wooden folding book stands, lit by a large geometric lattice window that casts star-shaped shadows on the floor.
ConceptQur'an house. Concept rendering — not the final design.

A library for memorisation and recitation, lit through a geometric screen.

The learning room

Isometric floor plan of the learning roomIsometric drawing of one ~960 sq ft classroom with six zones: 1 Focus studio (Guide station at the centre with every screen in view); 2 Small-group table (Guide-led lessons and tutoring for 4–6 students); 3 Recitation & call booth (Quiet booths for recitation recordings and one-to-one remote sessions); 4 Feature wall (Interactive flat panel for circles and presentations); 5 Workshop area (Messy, hands-on making and art); 6 Prayer & circle space (Carpeted space for salah, du'a and circles). Windows along one wall bring daylight. The learning room: six zones1234561Focus studio2Small-group table3Recitation & call booth4Feature wall5Workshop area6Prayer & circle space~960 sq ft standard classroom (CDE guide). Daylight from one long wall. Illustrative layout, not to scale.

Six zones

  1. Focus studio. Guide station at the centre with every screen in view.
  2. Small-group table. Guide-led lessons and tutoring for 4–6 students.
  3. Recitation & call booth. Quiet booths for recitation recordings and one-to-one remote sessions.
  4. Feature wall. Interactive flat panel for circles and presentations.
  5. Workshop area. Messy, hands-on making and art.
  6. Prayer & circle space. Carpeted space for salah, du'a and circles.

Design principles

  • Daylight in every room
  • Mechanical fresh air with CO₂ monitoring
  • Calm walls
  • Interactive flat panels in classrooms
  • Laser projector only in the hall

Three campus phases

2027

Founding lease

~4,000 sq ft

Lease in Fremont, Union City or Santa Clara.

2029

Expansion

6,000–9,000 sq ft

Larger lease as enrollment passes 80.

2031+

Permanent campus

12,000+ sq ft

Own Silicon Valley campus: courtyard of light with geometric screens and prayer hall, focus studios, Qur'an house and maker garden.

Sizing reference: ~59 sq ft per K–6 pupil and a 960 sq ft standard classroom.[26] Silicon Valley R&D/flex rents ran ~$24–29/sq ft/yr NNN in Q2 2026.[25] Our model budgets $40/sq ft/yr all-in.