Passage 33
学霸导读 拉斯洛·邬达克—与上海有着不解之缘的匈牙利建筑巨擘。
It is impossible for your eyes to avoid Laszlo Hudec’s （ 1893—1958 ） buildings in Shanghai， e 1 in the Bund area and former French Concession （ 法租界 ）. Laszlo Hudec was a Hungarian-Slovak architect who lived in Shanghai from 1918 to 1945 and the person responsible for some of the city’s most well-known structures.
Most Shanghai residents will most certainly have come across his works at one time or a 2 —the Park Hotel （ 国际饭店 ）， the Grand Theater （ 大光明电影院 ） or the Normandie Apartments （ 武康大楼 ）， just to name a few.
As a schoolboy， Hudec spent his summers at the construction sites where his father， a Slovak architect， worked—including the tunnels （ 隧道 ） of the Budapest （ 布达佩斯 ） underground， the oldest metro in continental Europe （ 欧洲大陆 ）. He studied architecture at the Hungarian Royal Joseph Technical University in Budapest from 1910 to 1914.
As an Austro-Hungarian （ 奥匈帝国的 ） patriot （ 爱国主义者 ）， Hudec volunteered to join the army when World War I broken out. In 1916， he was caught by the Russian army and sent to jail （ 监狱 ）. While being transferred （ 转移 ） to another prison two years later， he jumped off a train near the Chinese border and made his w 3 to Shanghai.
Hudec set up his own architectural f irm （ 建筑事务所 ） in 1925. Over 28 years， the man who had arrived in Shanghai by chance had already designed and built over 60 buildings， more than half of which survive to this day. Just two of his buildings are o 4 China—a small church in the Slovak town of Vyhne and the home he built for himself in California. Hudec’s designs were cutting edge （ 先进的 ） and innovative， using the l 5 technologies： he built the f irst air-conditioned hospital， the f irst brewery （ 啤酒厂 ）， the f irst movie theater， and the f irst skyscraper in Shanghai.
But after he l 6 for Switzerland in 1947， his once-famous name was nearly forgotten until 2008， when the Hungarian Consulate-General （ 匈牙利总领事馆 ） in Shanghai and the local government launched the “Year of Hudec”. The w 7 reported event f ired public interest in the legendary architect and the city’s architectural heritage （ 遗产 ） which has proven to be long-lasting.
“Hudec’s works represented the modern culture of the 1930s and strongly showcased （ 展示 ） the spirit of Shanghai at the time，” says Wu Jiang， Tongji University Vice President.
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高频词汇
avoid /ə'vɔɪd/ v. 避开；逃避
come across 偶然发现；碰见；无意中发现
by chance 偶然；碰巧
long-lasting /lɒŋ'lɑːstɪŋ/ adj. 持续很久的，持久的