CJD Day Nursery

Nuremberg · 2012–2013

The new facility in Zerzabelshof houses a three-group kindergarten and a two-group day nursery. The educational concept focuses on bilingual early education and the support of gifted children.

Client: CJD e.V.
Location: Nuremberg – Pastoriusstraße
Type of works: New build
Work stages (HOAI): 1-8
Status: Completed
Typology: Education & Culture
Year: 2012 Planning start
2012 Construction start
2013 Completion

Updated: 10/2026

Open family zones, a separate family room, studios for art and crafts and a multi-media workroom offer, in addition to the group rooms, an attractive and varied multitude of instructional opportunities and communication forms in this unique institution.

In the façade which faces the garden, the two-storey structure features large-scale openings; the north and east façades are marked by meandering snaking curves of plaster.

A special feature is the ecological concept, which allows the primary energy demand to be reduced. In addition to use of sullage (grey water), geothermic energy comes into play in the form of a well system and a heat pump, which supply both warm water and the heating system.

Paved forecourt with boulders and stone seating blocks in front of the orange-clad entrance porch

Side view of the entrance with the orange porch, glazed façade to the stairwell and cycle stands

Floor plan of the nursery in Zerzabelshof with colour-coded group rooms, dining area and ancillary rooms

View from a group room through the open door with a wooden safety gate onto a curving garden path

Blue-tiled splash area with a hand shower, mosaic gradient on the floor and colourful play buckets

Nursery washroom with a curved child-height washbasin, splash corner and timber-framed corner windows

Crèche room with a two-level wooden play platform and butterfly decorations on the wall

Washroom with two curved rows of washbasins, toothbrush cups on wall shelves and a shower behind

View from the access gallery over the sand playground with slide tower, play hut and concrete arch

Carpenter's workbench in the craft room with handprint paintings, a paint plate and craft materials

Room with a timber stage platform, parquet floor, lighting truss and windows looking out onto trees

Group room with parquet floor, a bookcase, trapezoidal tables and children's drawings on the wall

Courtyard with a sand play area in front of the two-storey building with access gallery and orange doors

Corner of the nursery with an external staircase to the upper floor and full-height glazing to the terrace

Upper-floor access gallery with a steel staircase, timber deck and birch log on the courtyard lawn

Concrete arch with a passage and basketball hoop in front of the external stair and glazed ground floor

Courtyard in Zerzabelshof with a play hut in the sand, concrete arch and access gallery with sun louvres

Balancing course of timber posts, ropes and a suspended log at the edge of the sand playground

Metal sand chute as a play element on a timber play tower in the sandpit

Water tap on circular natural stone paving next to the sand play area

Seating area with trestle tables and benches by the building and in front of a natural stone wall

Garden with parasols, colourful canopies, paddling pools and a curving path with stone edging

Colourful sunshade above the curving garden path with paddling pools beside the building

Dining area with children's tables and a serving counter, glazed doors to the garden beyond

Storage and utility room with timber shelving, a washing machine and a tumble dryer

Internal staircase with timber treads and a glass balustrade in front of the tall glazed stairwell façade

Kitchen with white fitted units, an island and colour-sorted children's crockery on open shelves

Nursery activity room with wall bars, a climbing net, a climbing wall and gym benches

Activity room with play tunnels, a gym bench and a full-height window front to the garden

Nappy-changing room with a changing table, children's steps, child-height toilets and a washbasin

Balancing course of timber posts with red and yellow ropes along the garden fence in evening light

View over flowering shrubs to the play tower with slide and the balancing course

Crèche group room with a round red rug, building blocks and a play platform with wooden railings

Cloakroom with timber benches, cubbies, children's jackets on hooks and boxes on shelving

Crèche room with a play platform under a turquoise drape, green slide surface and round rug

Art studio with painting smocks on blue pegboards, covered tables and craft materials

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