Published on 23, Feb 2023

Boxabl Builds 130,000-ft.2 Factory for Homes that Unpack in One Hour

With sustainability and the environment on many people’s minds these days, the news that Boxabl is building a second factory for its tiny homes is major news. Whereas previously houses could take months to build, the company’s 375-ft.2 Casita is assembled in under a minute and, once delivered to the owner, takes less than an hour to unpack. Boxabl’s factory, then, is important for anyone who believes in minimizing their impact on the planet and who likes the idea of paying only $50,000 for a legitimate, high-quality home.

It’s worth pausing to think about where the founders of Boxabl, Galiano Tiramani and Paolo Tiramani, are taking society: homes that are made on assembly lines just like cars, eliminating the cost of overhead and labor and driving down housing prices.

Not so long ago, American society in particular was married to the idea of “bigger is better.” The bigger your house was, the more status you had. These large homes took a lot of manpower to construct, and we were accustomed to worksites that evolved slowly. First, the concrete foundation was laid. Then the frame of the house was constructed, and on and on until a beautiful new home had been built.

Is there anything wrong with this model? Not necessarily - unless you care about helping more lower and middle-income people to become homeowners in an expensive market. There is also the question of how to rehouse people whose property has been destroyed by tornadoes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. When you consider these long-standing issues, then you start to see the traditional housing industry differently. A tiny home that is assembled in 60 seconds, that can be easily shipped to different states and perhaps even countries, and that can be quickly erected, gives new meaning to “affordable, sustainable housing.”

It was perhaps inevitable that homes that are built like cars would draw criticism. Words like “scam” or “illegitimate,” however, speak not to Boxabl’s quality but to the lack of imagination exhibited by detractors. After all, with Boxabl’s customers including Elon Musk, who owns a prototype of the Casita, a 110,000-strong waitlist, and even Kanye West interested in meeting with Boxabl, the company must be doing something right.

Thus the new factory, which Galiano states will continue to manufacture more Casita homes and their various configurations that allow them to be assembled like Legos. Boxabl’s engineers have designed a precise process that allows the Casita to be constructed, including its full-sized kitchen, bathroom, and living space. Everything from the sliding glass doors, cupboards, vessel sink, oven, and fridge is installed in the Casita at exact times so that in less than 60 seconds, the home is built. 

Paolo adds that sections of the factory are designated for storage of the Casita’s main biodegradable materials, which include steel, concrete, and EPS foam as well as structurally laminated panels for the walls, floor, and roof. The materials, purposefully chosen to make the Casita resistant to fire and rated for snow loads and hurricane-speed winds, help the tiny home to be stronger than the average building.

Boxabl’s second factory is evidence that the public is embracing its vision of sustainable, affordable living. It will be interesting, to say the least, to see where the company takes the housing industry and what our neighborhoods look like twenty years from now.

About Boxabl:

Boxabl, a building construction technology startup with a valuation of over $3B, is the creator of the Casita, a tiny home that can be unpacked in only an hour. Resistant to bugs, water, mold, fire, and wind, it is redefining the future of sustainable living. 

For more information on Boxabl and the Casita, please see www.boxabl.com. To invest or read the offering circular, please visit https://invest.boxabl.com/. 

About Paolo Tiramani:

Paolo Tiramani is an American industrial designer and billionaire. He has provocative thoughts on technology and the future. Currently, Paolo is CEO and majority shareholder of Boxabl, the technology startup creating a comprehensive building system for the $13 trillion global construction industry. His work is manifold; he holds 155 patent filings, covering a diverse mix of inventions and intellectual property, including hardware, housewares, juvenile, sporting goods, medical, personal care, construction, and automotive. 

About Galiano Tiramani:

Galiano Tiramani is a multimillionaire entrepreneur who has founded many successful startups: two of his notable exits were a cryptocurrency exchange/ATM network founded in 2012 and a large marijuana farming, hash oil production, wholesale distribution, and trap house facility, which was sold in 2019. Boxabl will be the 3rd startup to use his ability to get projects operational and generating revenue quickly.