Designer Philippe Starck unveiled the Maison Heler hotel in Metz, France, featuring a unique design where a 19th-century mansion appears to sit atop a nine-story tower. This inventive structure embodies the story of Manfred Heler, a fictional character who experiences boredom in his inherited home and beginscreating various whimsical devices. The hotel includes a restaurant and event spaces, with interiors designed to reflect a surreal interpretation of 19th-century aesthetics, including playful objects that evoke curiosity, aligning with Heler's imaginative narrative.
"Manfred Heler has inherited his parents' beautiful house. As an orphan, he finds himself all alone, in this mansion surrounded by a large park. Everything's going well for him until he starts to get bored. To cope with this boredom, he tries to invent everything... an extraordinarily rigorous and inventive man, he doesn't necessarily succeed in everything he undertakes, but it's always done with intelligence and poetry."
"It's springtime. He's daydreaming in his armchair. Suddenly, the earth begins to tremble. He doesn't understand what's happening. He looks around and realizes, to his aghast, that he's going up in the air, along with his park, his house, and his armchair."
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