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CAT in Context
Learning with the Spatial Model
BA-Diploma 2025 - Aimée Martinez
Grasping anatomical relationships in three dimensions poses a central challenge in veterinary medical education. Students must not only understand theoretical content but also translate it into practical scenarios. Conventional teaching tools often provide only limited support in this regard.
In collaboration with the Vetsuisse Faculty Zurich, an interactive prototype was developed based on three-dimensional CT scan data of a domestic cat, illustrating the anatomy of its abdomen as an example. The model actively engages students in the learning process and explores visual and didactic approaches to make spatial–anatomical relationships comprehensible and tangible.
The project unites design, didactics, and science in a tool that makes complex content accessible, creates orientation within the anatomical context, and provides new impulses for contemporary teaching.
Mentorship: Simon Tschachtli, Alessandro Holler
Collaboration: Prof. Dr. Nicole Borel, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich (UZH)
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Design Process
Design Process
Visit to Simon Tschachtli’s studio:
Fine-tuning of volume renderings using path tracing.
Visit to Simon Tschachtli’s studio:
Fine-tuning of volume renderings using path tracing.
Editing of an organ model in 3D Coat:
The stomach is extracted from the volume and optimized at the surface level.
Editing of an organ model in 3D Coat:
The stomach is extracted from the volume and optimized at the surface level.
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