The bones of the original garden were retained, including the pergola, to which timber beams were added.
It has nowhere near the pulling power of tractor beams envisaged in science fiction, but the first long-distance optical tractor beam has so far moved particles one fifth of a millimetre in diameter a distance of up to 20cm.
In explaining the closure, which has nothing to do with the oak beams, the warden suggested that perhaps the college was not so hot on foresight as Cameron had indicated.
Other performers on the night included award winners Goulding, Mars, Bastille and Rudimental, as well as Katy Perry, whose set resembled an Aztec scene with fluorescent dance outfits and laser beams.
"Everyone comes back with a smile on their face," he beams.
The piping around which the beams of protons whizz must be maintained at a vacuum as tenuous as interplanetary space.
Black must be freezing as she takes out her Scottish National party rosette and pins it to her lapel, but beams warmly.
It is a lesson that has evaded Rafael Viñoly, purveyor of "fryscrapers" to London and Las Vegas, who seemingly can't resist channelling the powers of the sun into beams capable of singeing sun-loungers and scorching Jaguars.
On the one hand, he specified timber "from the saw" and plaster "from the float", while on the other he was constantly on site, breathing down his workers' necks, insisting that the ends of steel beams be carefully stripped and twisted into impossibly elaborate decorative curls.
"I turned away from the monitor then looked back – and there it was: a clear image of a shipwreck with exposed beams lying on the sea floor.
Languorous and stylish with a touch of the film set, it's all greys, whites and creams, with tiled floors, marble staircases, beams, shutters and billowing curtains, crisp linens and chandeliers.
