Wednesday December 11, 2019 at 12:25pm
Biohm is an award
winning research and development company that is using nature to revolutionise
construction and create a healthier and more sustainable environment. Placing
biological systems at the heart of their inspiration, Biohm use future-tech to
create a step-change in building technologies, materials and manufacturing
methods.
Triagomy is
their revolutionary construction system. Capable of achieving drastic
reductions in a building’s environmental impact, build-times and costs, Biohm
use unique bio-based materials, which include mycelium (mushroom-based)
insulation, Orb (Organic Refuse Biocompound) and a plant-based concrete
alternative. This off-site interlocking construction system creates carbon-negative
buildings that can be deconstructed at any stage of their life. The result is a
much more agile infrastructure to architects, property developers and
occupants.
As well as delivering sustainable high-performance buildings,
Biohm are driven by continuous property research, through which they offer
consultation services to the industry. They work in symbiosis with industry,
local and national government, community and academia to lead the construction
sector towards a circular future that is inspired by nature and driven by
human, environmental and economical needs.
Their team of industrial designers was first introduced to
SOLIDWORKS at Brunel University. “As a start-up, we are always on the lookout
for operation opportunities and the SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur Program has given us such an essential support to our
business”, says Founder and Director of Innovation, Ehab Sayed.
He continues, “The program has allowed us to deliver the
final design specifications for our mycelium insulation manufacturing facility
in West Somerset. Having access to the CAD drawings in SOLIDWORKS meant we
could comply much earlier with the grant funding we received from Waitrose and
Power2Change. The program has also contributed to the ongoing project delivery
and pre-manufacturing stages. The level of detail we were able to communicate
on our production line has been crucial to our product development and facility
set-up.
We not only prototype and simulate our designs in SOLIDWORKS,
but also finalise and communicate them to our partners and clients.”
Biohm are making the most out of their SOLIDWORKS
Entrepreneur Licence and using the software to create their models and
prototypes. They also use ‘stress strain modelling’ to better understand
whether their designs are sufficiently strong and to optimise their geometry to
the right level of performance.
They also use CAM interface for their model surfacing and
Simulation to predict their materials behaviour in relation to their designs.
Ehab comments, ‘Simulation is essential to test our interlocking construction
system, Triagomy. We also use Visualize to bring our systems to life through
animation, which is not only very useful for communicating and presenting the
concepts to clients and partners, but also for working out the aesthetic
details of our system’s configuration.’
He continues, ‘The customer service from Solid Solutions is
excellent. We have enjoyed the rapid responses, the friendly and alternative
manner in which we have been treated throughout our work with their team. We
will definitely recommend them to any fellow entrepreneurs and larger companies
we cross path with.’
For more information about BIOHM’s revolutionary building
systems, please visit: https://www.biohm.co.uk/
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you know a start-up company looking for free CAD software, training and
support, CLICK HERE to find out more details about our Entrepreneur Program.