秋元康幸はアートを専門にした都市デザイナーである。早稲田大学建築学科を卒業した秋元は田村明が市の表舞台から去る頃に横浜市に入る。当初、みなとみらい事業を担当した秋元が都市デザイン室に配属されてから、色の濃い先輩たちに囲まれる中で秋元らしい独自路線を打ち出す。それがイベントとアートによる都市デザイン活動であった。2007年中田宏市政(2002/2009)で都市デザイン室長に就任するが、一貫して現代アートと都市デザイン活動のコラボレーションに執着する。そして、それが創造都市活動に展開していく。ただし、残念ながら市長も変わり師匠の北沢猛(元市都市デザイン室長・東京大学教授、1953/2009)も死去し、創造都市活動も先が見えにくい状況下にある。かつまた、横浜の現代アート活動を牽引してきたBankART1929代表の池田修が急死した。秋元は、これからの困難な役目を引き継ぎBankART1929副代表に就任した。秋元は、横浜都市デザインの潮流を変えた人物の一人である。(文責:田口俊夫)
Akimoto Yasuyuki is an urban designer specialising in art. A graduate of the architecture department of Waseda University, Akimoto joined the City of Yokohama around the time Akira Tamura left the city's major road. Initially Akimoto worked for the Minato Mirai project, he was then assigned to the Urban Design Office, where he developed his own unique line of work amidst a group of senior designers of strong characters. In 2007, he became head of the Urban Design Office under the administration of Hiroshi Nakata (2002/2009). During his urban design activities, he was consistently obsessed with the collaboration of contemporary art and urban design activities. This developed into Creative City activities in the 2000s. Unfortunately, as the mayor has changed and his mentor Takeru Kitazawa (former head of the city's Urban Design Office and professor at the University of Tokyo, 1953/2009) has passed away, it became difficult to see the future of Creative City activities. In addition, Osamu Ikeda that was head of BankART1929 and a driving force behind Yokohama's contemporary art activities, died suddenly. Akimoto took over the difficult role of deputy head of BankART1929. Akimoto was one of the people who have turned the trend of Yokohama urban design. By Toshio Taguchi
秋元康幸のヒアリング記録を掲載しました。