Hudec Heritage Project

The mission of Hudec Heritage Project, which was established by László Ede Hugyecz‘s relatives in Hungary, is to research and categorize the archivaldocuments related the famous architect. These documents only recently came tolight in early 2008. L.E.Hudec, as he was later known,
was a Hungarian born architect who became famousbetween 1920 and 1937 when he played an outstanding role in designing Shanghai’s modern urbanarchitecture.

The professional public already knows part of this material,although this new material greatly adds to this knowledge base. The HHP’s goalis to elaborate the heritage through various media – including a website,
adocumentary film and a book -- and make it available for further research onlineas well. Our focus is on publicizing on an international level Hudec’sarchitectural works, his compelling personal and
professional career, and hisphilosophical and political thoughts.

The HHP has started to archive the documents and photos (owned byHudec’s niece, Dr. Eszter Jánossy) that will provide a basis for an online documentary collection. We have been digitizing photosthat were made by Hudec depicting Shanghai andhis own works, sites in Lugano and America, and photos about hisfamily from the beginning of the 20th century. We have also found approximately250 letters written by him during the 40 years of his life. Most of them are ofhistoric importance, full of precious
information about Hudec’s career, privatelife, political and philosophical thinking. As part of this project they willbe studied and translated to English. Finally, we have also begun to reviewover 10 hours of 16mm archive film from 1927 to 1940, shot by L.E. Hudechimself, which we hope to add to the website in the near future.

Contact: Virag Csejdy, Project Coordinator: viragcsejdy@gmail.com