I turned to my alchemy table and noticed this:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/72/bugsg.jpg/
If you jump in the green you actually fall downwards and you get teleported savely back in the room (thank god).
I tried a different savegame. But this time with no result. Is there a way to "reload" the arch-mage chamber (i moved all my stuff to whiterun).

If you see missing objects, you will soon get CTDs.