ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 The city of Orlando unveiled new renderings Thursday for the permanent Pulse memorial, offering a closer look inside the planned visitor center as the project moves further into development nearly 10 years after the tragedy.<\/p>\n
City leaders and members of the design team presented the updates during a meeting at Orlando City Hall, announcing the memorial has now reached the 60% design phase.<\/p>\n
The newly released renderings show several interior design elements planned for the memorial\u2019s visitor center, including a disco ball reflecting light across nearby walls, artwork installations and photographs honoring the 49 victims killed in the June 12, 2016 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub.<\/p>\n
Design rendering inside Visitor Center (WKMG-TV)<\/p>\n
The renderings also include a timeline detailing how events unfolded the night of the attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is incredibly challenging. I think they\u2019ve done a very admirable job,\u201d senior project manager Dan Michael Trbovich said during the meeting.<\/p>\n
Trbovich said the design team has worked to create a memorial space where visitors can reflect and honor the victims.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo see this evolution of everybody having an idea of what we thought it was going to be,\u201d Trbovich said. \u201cThe interesting thing is what came out of the discussion was something very remarkable \u2014 something we would have not anticipated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previous renderings released in March highlighted the exterior design of the memorial, which includes columns, a water wall and a reflecting pond.<\/p>\n
The design team also announced plans to repurpose concrete from the original Pulse site and incorporate it into the memorial.<\/p>\n
Not everyone attending Thursday\u2019s meeting supported the updated designs.<\/p>\n
Pulse Memorial Advisory Board member Nancy Rosado expressed concerns about the interior concept, saying it felt \u201ctoo much of a museum-esque quality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rosado also raised concerns about representation of the Latino community, which was disproportionately impacted by the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Latino community was also disproportionately impacted and I feel like we are being minimized,\u201d Rosado said. \u201cI don\u2019t see any emphasis of that or any focus of that interior design that we saw.\u201d<\/p>\n
The city has set the memorial\u2019s budget at $12 million. Construction is expected to begin in September and finish about a year later.<\/p>\n
The permanent memorial will be built at the former Pulse nightclub site in Orlando.<\/p>\n
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