Designer Philippe Starck introduced the Maison Heler hotel, a striking nine-story structure in Metz, France, featuring a 19th-century mansion seemingly perched atop it. Entirely envisioned by Starck, the hotel intends to narrate the whimsical tale of Manfred Heler, a fictional character whose mansion has been lofted nine stories high.Manfred Heler has inherited his parents beautiful house, said Stark. As an orphan, he finds himself all alone, in this mansion surrounded by a large park. Everythings going well for him until he starts to get bored. To cope with this boredom, he tries to invent everything, he continued. An extraordinarily rigorous and inventive man, he doesnt necessarily succeed in everything he undertakes, but its always done with intelligence and poetry, guided by a naive desire to create meticulously at all costs.Designer: Philippe StarckThis entirely metal-clad mansion now sits atop a nine-story monolithic tower, housing a restaurant, bar, and event spaces. In Starcks imaginative narrative, Manfred Heler was inside the mansion when it unexpectedly ascended into the sky. The interior design aims to capture the essence of 19th-century style, reflecting the fictional ambiance of Helers home. Starck incorporated whimsical objects throughout the mansion, each crafted to enhance its surreal atmosphere. These include unique items like a crystal hammer, plaster anvils, double-ended axes, and inverted rocking chairs, all designed to evoke curiosity and wonder within the spaces.Its springtime, said Starck. Hes daydreaming in his armchair. Suddenly, the earth begins to tremble. He doesnt understand whats happening. He looks around and realizes, to his aghast, that hes going up in the air, along with his park, his house, and his armchair. He climbs and climbs and climbs until the shaking stops. Then theres silence. Manfred is high above the city. His house has been extruded: as if a cookie-cutter had arrived from below, cut off the Earths cap, and mounted it vertically, he concluded.Beneath the mansion, the unassuming tower includes 104 bedroom suites. These rooms provide a stark contrast to the mansions eclectic style, featuring large windows, exposed concrete ceilings, and plain white walls, which can be mostly obscured by pale, full-height curtains. The hotels ground floor hosts the reception and a restaurant named La Cuisine de Rose, honoring Helers fictional lover. Unlike the mansion, the restaurant boasts bright interiors complemented by dark furniture and opens onto a terrace adorned with trees. According to Starck, the rooms have an almost spartan spirit. He says they are stripped of any superficiality, where each material asserts its own color: the white of cotton, the grey of concrete on the ceiling and walls.The post Philippe Starcks Whimsical Hotel Is A Nine-Story Tower With A Mansion In The Sky first appeared on Yanko Design.