Potterrow Student Centre
in Edinburgh, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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The University of Edinburgh, 5/1 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH8 9AL, UK Print route »
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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.
Potterrow contains a variety of student entertainment and support services including two shops, a cafe, Edinburgh's largest nightclub, two banks, the University's Chaplaincy and the main EUSA offices.
During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August, the building is used as a comedy venue with five performing spaces known as the Pleasance Dome.
In 1986 students voted to rename the centre in honour of imprisoned anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela.
The building, with a distinctive large Plexiglas dome, was designed by noted architects Morris and Steedman and completed in 1973. The centre was refurbished in 2012.
