Potterrow Student Centre
55°56′46″N 3°11′17″W / 55.94611°N 3.18806°W The Potterrow Mandela Centre or Potterrow Student Centre is a students' union building in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The building is operated by Edinburgh University Students' Association. The name "Potterrow" recalls a mediaeval suburb which stood outside the town walls. Its Victorian buildings and street layout disappeared when the University demolished the area for redevelopment in the mid 1960s.[1]
Potterrow contains a variety of student entertainment and support services including a shop, a bank, two cafés, Edinburgh's largest nightclub, the University's Chaplaincy, The Advice Place and the main EUSA offices.[2]
During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August, the building is used as a comedy venue under the name Pleasance Dome with five performing spaces, operated by the Pleasance Theatre Trust.[3]
In 1986, students voted to rename the centre in honour of imprisoned anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela.[4]
With its distinctive large Plexiglas dome, the building was designed by noted architects Morris and Steedman and completed in 1973.[5] The centre was refurbished in 2012.[6]
References
- ^ "Lost Edinburgh: Bristo Street". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Edinburgh University Students' Association, George Square and Potterrow
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Nelson Mandela British Honours List". Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives. 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Potterrow Development Design and Access Report" (PDF). LDN Architects. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Potterrow Dome Courtyard". Graham. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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