The Eames House, also known as Case Study House No. 8, located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, is an internationally recognized exemplar of modernist residential design. Constructed in 1949, it was designed by Charles and Ray Eames, who moved in at the end of that year and remained there for the rest of their lives. In 1988, ownership passed to Charles’s daughter, Lucia, who with her five children felt a keen responsibility to preserve it as Charles and Ray had left it. In 2004, the family established the nonprofit Charles and Ray Eames House Preservation Foundation to preserve and protect the House and provide educational experiences that celebrate the creative legacy of Charles and Ray Eames.
Since its creation, the Eames Foundation has endeavored to preserve the site and share it with visitors, using it as a locus for understanding the Eameses’ approach to design and providing the opportunity to learn about Charles and Ray through direct experience. The Foundation has been a careful steward, but as the House approaches seventy years, evidence of its aging is becoming apparent, particularly in significant and vulnerable elements and fabric.
The Eames Foundation is seeking to develop a long-range strategy for the ongoing conservation, maintenance, display, and interpretation of the House and its contents and collections, and the management of the setting. This CMP will be a critical tool in developing and underpinning that strategy and to guide the Eames Foundation in its stewardship mission to ensure the survival of the House for future generations.
Eames House，又被稱為研究案例建築第8號，座落在洛杉磯的太平洋帕利塞德斯社區，是國際上公認的現代主義住宅設計典範。這座建築於1949年建成，由查爾斯和瑞·艾姆斯(Charles and Ray Eames)設計，他們在當年年底搬入，並一直居住到他們生命的最後。1988年，房屋的所有權轉移給了查爾斯的女兒露西亞，她與她的五個子女感到強烈的責任，要保護它，就像查爾斯和瑞留下的那樣。2004年，家族成立了非營利組織查爾斯和瑞·艾姆斯之家保護基金會，以保護和維護這座房屋，並興辦教育體驗導覽來延續與傳播查爾斯和瑞·艾姆斯的理念。
從建成至今，查爾斯和瑞·艾姆斯之家保護基金會費盡心思的保存這場地，並與訪客分享，將這個地方視為了解與學習艾姆斯的設計理念，透過直接的生活經驗與體驗。基金會一職是謹慎的管理著此處，但隨著屋齡邁入70年，老化的跡象變得明顯，特別是針對重要且脆弱的物件家具與織品。
基金會在找尋一個較長遠的計畫因應未來的保存，維護，展示，與詮釋這建築內有的內容與收藏，以及維護的標準。CMP(保存管理計畫)會很必要的工具去建立一個準則，為基金會確保著此建築的存活面對未來數個世代的保存目標。
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