PAACADEMY offers online Mandelbulb 3D courses, teaching computational designers how to use mathematical fractal algorithms to generate infinite, complex and self-similar 3D geometries.
Mandelbulb 3D is a fractal rendering and exploration software for generating three-dimensional fractal geometries. Unlike parametric modeling tools that construct form from defined geometric relationships (like drawing a line or extruding a surface), Mandelbulb 3D generates form from mathematical fractal algorithms where complex, self-similar structures emerge from iterated function systems. The results are geometries that have no direct analogue in conventional CAD.
At PAACADEMY, Mandelbulb 3D is taught in Fractal Matrix Architecture by Jack Rendler. This course approaches fractal rendering not just as abstract art, but as a methodological tool for spatial design:
- Algorithmic Form Generation: Navigating massive 3D fractal formulas to discover inhabitable architectural voids and structures.
- Parameter Control: Manipulating iteration count, scale and formula weights to refine structural density.
- Schematic Composition: Exporting and organizing these highly intricate volumetric systems to inform architectural massing, facade porosity and structural lattices.
