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A R Tinches thick, compared to the usual four inches. But people are perceptuallytricked into feeling like they’re falling. Some feel seasickor wobbly. It’s disorienting.Yet it’s also familiar and cozy. Measuring 15 by 18 feet, the houseis a three-quarter-sized version of a small house in Providence, R.I.The found furniture is a bit worn. There are family photos. Books.Touristy knickknacks. And the sorts of things you might see in alived-in house: Keys on the coffee table. A cell phone. A remote.The “Fallen Star” house weighs 70,000 pounds; it took one ofAmerica’s largest cranes to lift it into place. Photographs on the mantleare baby pictures of deans at the Jacobs School of Engineering.Other house photos are from donors’ families and others connectedto the work. A small rocking chair is an heirloom from the family ofBeebe.The project is supported entirely by private donations to the StuartCollection and a $90,000 grant from the National Endowmentfor the Arts.The project team included Hodges and Hodges, architects; SpurlockPoirier, landscape architects; Walsh Structural Engineering; andPacific Southwest Structures Inc.Korean-born artist Do Ho Suh visits his creation, ‘Fallen Star.’The cottage’s interior has left somespectators seasick or wobbly.2 7 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y 1 9 8 5 - 2 0 1 2 | J U LY 2 0 1 2 | S A N D I E G O M E T R O . C O M2 5